Grant, Shauntay. My Fade is Fresh. Kitt Thomas, Illus. Penguin Workshop. 11/2022. 32pp. Picture Book. GRADES Preschool – 2. $17.99. 978-0-593-38708-5. OUTSTANDING. Earning four starred reviews, this team creates a fresh and fun story about [continue reading]

McNeil, Gretchen. Dig Two Graves. Hyperion, 04/2022. 342pp. Fiction. GRADES 9 – 12. $17.99. 978-1-368-07284-7. ADDITIONAL. Seventeen-year-old Neve was betrayed by her best (and only) friend last school year, leaving her isolated and alone. She [continue reading]

Kemp, Laekan Zea. Crown for Corina, A. Eliza Chavarri, Illus. Little, Brown, 02/2023. [33]pp. Picture Book. GRADES Kindergarten – 4. $18.99. 978-0-7595-5684-3. OUTSTANDING. On Corina’s birthday, her abuela guides her in making a Mexican flower [continue reading]

Weatherford, Carole Boston. Standing in the Need of Prayer: A Modern Retelling of the Classic Spiritual. Frank Morrison, Illus. Crown/Young Readers, 09/2022. [32]pp. Picture Book. GRADES 1 – 4. $18.99. 978-0-593-30634-5. OUTSTANDING. Even those unfamiliar [continue reading]

Stroud, Jonathan. Notorious Scarlett and Browne, The. Scarlett and Browne Series; bk. 2. Knopf, 04/2023. 432pp. Fiction. GRADES 6 – 10. $17.99. 978-0-593-43040-8. OUTSTANDING. Scarlett McCain and Albert Browne are both in their teens, but [continue reading]

Cuevas, Adrianna. Ghosts of Rancho Espanto, The. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 04/2023. 304pp. Fiction. GRADES 4 – 7. $17.99. 978-0-374-39043-3. ADDITIONAL. Cuban American Rafa and his friends planned to end sixth grade with an epic [continue reading]

Craft, Jerry. School Trip. Jerry Craft, Illus. New Kid Series. Quill Tree, 04/2023. 256pp. Graphic. GRADES 6 – 8. $24.99. 978-0-06-288554-8. Paper $14.99. 978-0-06-288553-1. HIGH ADDITIONAL. In his final weeks of junior high, African American [continue reading]