McCulloch, Amy. Jinxed. Fiction. Sourcebooks, 01/2020. 336pp. $16.9.9 978-1-4926-8374-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-8. Lacey Chu thought she had been rejected from Profectus, the tech-centric school of her dreams. Getting into Profectus is the only way [continue reading]
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Gnome Review
Blunt, Fred. Gnome. Fred Blunt, Illus. Picture Book. Andersen, 04/2020. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-1-5415-9624-5. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-4. “This little fellow is a gnome. Say hello to the readers, Mr. Gnome.” “NO!” Readers follow the gnome on [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – February 2020
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]
28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto
Safier, David. 28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto. Fiction. Translated from the German by Helen MacCormac. Feiwel, 03/2020. 416pp. $18.99. 978-1-250-23714-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 9-12. As the novel opens, 16-year-old Mira is [continue reading]
Infinite Hope Review
Bryan, Ashley. Infinite Hope: A Black Artist’s Journey from World War II to Peace. Biography. Atheneum/C. Dlouhy, 10/2019. 110pp. $21.99. 978-1-5344-044090-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 5-12. For most of his life, multiple award-winning writer/illustrator Bryan avoided revisiting [continue reading]
Cog Review
Van Eekhout, Greg. Cog. Beatrice Blue, Illus. Fiction. HarperCollins, 10/2019. 196pp. $16.99. 978-0-06-268607-7. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 3-7. Cog looks like a 12-year-old boy, but he is actually a seven-month-old robot designed to learn. He learns about [continue reading]
Pawed Piper Review
Robinson, Michelle. Pawed Piper, The. Chinlun Lee, Illus. Picture Book. Candlewick, 2019. [36]pp. $16.99. 978-1-5362-0165-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. “I wanted a cat to cuddle. A great big furry fluff ball, like the cat in my [continue reading]
OUTSTANDING! – January 2020
Each month we post an annotated bibliography of books that were rated ‘Outstanding’ and nominated for our Distinguished List at our previous month’s meeting. Members can see full reviews of these books and many more [continue reading]