Bluebird by Sharon Cameron Barker, Michelle. My Long List of Impossible Things. Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared. Bornstein, Ruth. The Summer Everything Changed. Boyne, John. The Boy at the Top [continue reading]
My Fade is Fresh Review.
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]
Dig Two Graves Review
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]
Crown for Corina Review
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]
Standing in the Need of Prayer Review
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]
Notorious Scarlett and Browne Review
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]
Ghosts of Rancho Espanto Review
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]
School Trip Review
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]