Matson, Morgan. Firefly Summer, The. Simon & Schuster, 05/2023. 400pp. Fiction. Trade $18.99. 978-1-5344-9335-3. GRADES 4–7. HIGH ADDITIONAL. When Ryanna visits a summer camp once run by her grandparents, the seventh grader meets a group of previously unknown relatives and learns more about her mother, [continue reading]
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Sincerely Sicily Review
Burgess, Tamika. Sincerely Sicily. Harper/Collins, 01/2023. 304pp. Fiction. Trade $17.99. 978-0-0631-5960-0. GRADES 4–7. ADDITIONAL. Sicily longs to go to the same middle school as her squad of friends but instead must attend a school closer to home. She is hurt and embarrassed when new classmates [continue reading]
Secret Summer Promise Review
Brown, Keah. Secret Summer Promise, The. Levine Querido, 06/2023. 304pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-64614-173-9. GRADES 9–12. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Andrea and her high school friends have planned out The Best Summer Ever. Of course, friend issues [continue reading]
Making of Yolanda La Bruja Review
Avila, Lorraine. Making of Yolanda La Bruja, The. Levine Querido, 04/2023. 384pp. Fiction. Trade $19.99. 978-1-64614-243-9. GRADES 9–12. ADDITIONAL. Yolanda, a Black girl with Dominican Republic heritage, feels at home at her high school in [continue reading]
Weird Plants Review
Kaiser, Brianna. Weird Plants. Alternator Books: Wonderfully Weird. Lerner, 08/2023. 32pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 978-1-7284-9072-4. Paper $10.99. 979-8765604113. GRADES 3–5. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Please see Weird Places by Jackie Golusky for the series review. Joshua [continue reading]
Weird Animals Review
Kaiser, Brianna. Weird Animals. Alternator Books: Wonderfully Weird. Lerner, 08/2023. 32pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 978-1-7284-9070-0. Paper $10.99. 979-8765604090. GRADES 3–5. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Please see Weird Places by Jackie Golusky for the series review. Joshua Rees—Daly [continue reading]
Weird Places Review
Golusky, Jackie. Weird Places. Alternator Books: Wonderfully Weird. Lerner, 08/2023. 32pp. Nonfiction. PLB $30.65. 978-1-7284-9071-7. Paper $10.99. 979-8765604106. GRADES 3–5. ADDITIONAL. SERIES REVIEW: Each of these series titles introduces readers to a variety of “weird” places, [continue reading]
Tree and the River, The Review
Becker, Aaron. Tree and the River, The. Aaron Becker, Illus. Candlewick, 03/2023. [32]pp. Picture Book. Trade $18.99. 978-1-5362-2329-3. GRADES 1–4. HIGH ADDITIONAL. Time stops for no one and nothing as we experience Aaron Becker’s lens [continue reading]