Review

Wolk, Lauren. Echo Mountain. Fiction. Dutton, 04/2020. 356pp. $17.99. 978-0-525-55556-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-7. Twelve-year-old Ellie has adjusted to the life changes associ­ated with moving from town to the mountains in Maine during the Depression, but [continue reading]

Avi. Gold Rush Girl. Fiction. Candlewick, 03/2020. 306pp. $17.99. 978-1-5362-0679-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Tory recounts her experience in San Francisco, where she, her father, and her younger brother have relocated from Rhode Is­land to seek [continue reading]

Yang, Gene Luen. Dragon Hoops. Gene Luen Yang, Illus. Graphic novel. First Second, 03/2020. 448pp. $24.99. 978-1-626720-79-4. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. This graphic novel follows Bishop O’Dowd High School’s 2014-2015 basketball team and their quest for [continue reading]

Callender, Kacen. King and the Dragonflies. Fiction. Scholastic, 02/2020. 260pp. $17.99. 978-1-338-12933-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 4-8. Deep in the Louisiana bayou, King and his parents grieve over the recent passing of King’s older brother Khalid, though [continue reading]

Dionne, Erin. Balletball. Gillian Flint, Illus. Picture Book. Charlesbridge, 02/2020. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-1-58089-939-0. OUTSTANDING. PRE-3. Nini loves ballet, and when dance class ends and baseball sea­son begins, she’s upset and doesn’t want to play. Nini’s [continue reading]

Aceves, Fred. New David Espinoza, The. Fiction. HarperTeen, 02/2020. 336pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-248988-3. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-ADULT. David has gotten used to being shoved around and bullied at school, which he attributes to being extremely skinny. But [continue reading]