Review

Salerni, Diane K. Jadie in Five Dimensions. Fiction. Holiday House, 10/2021. 288pp. $17.99. 978-0-8234-4909-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-8. Jadie has a lot that sets her apart from other 13-year-old Kansians: soccer skills, grades, a distinctive birthmark. [continue reading]

Brockenbrough, Martha and Grace Lin. I Am an American: The Wong Kim Ark Story. Julia Kuo, Illus. Non-fiction. Little, 11/2021. [36]pp. $18.99. 978-0-316-42692-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 1-5. In this simple and compelling non-fiction book, a boy [continue reading]

Appert, Anne. Blob. Anne Appert, Illus. Picture Book. HarperCollins, 09/2021. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-303612-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. Blob is an ambiguous being who can be any shape it wants (like Rock Star, mouse, panda, cloud, scuba [continue reading]

Lim, Elizabeth. Six Crimson Cranes.  Knopf, 07/2021. Fiction. 456pp. $18.99, 978-0-593-30091-6, PLB $21.99, 978-0-593-30092-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-ADULT. Elizabeth Lim uses East Asian folklore and magic to create a unique retelling of a traditional folktale. A [continue reading]

Ostertag, Molly Knox. Girl From the Sea, The.  Molly Knox Ostertag, Illus. Graphic. Scholastic/Graphix, 06/2021. 208pp. $24.99. 978-1-338-54058-1, PB $14.99 978-1-338-54057-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-11. Sixteen-year-old Morgan has a plan: stay quiet and unnoticed, wait until [continue reading]

Brimner, Larry Dane. Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez ‡ Maya Gonzalez, Illus. Non-fic. Calkins Creek, 09/2021. [40]pp. $18.99 978-1-63437-195-2 OUTSTANDING GRADES 1-5. In 1931 in Lemon Grove, California, the school [continue reading]