In honor of Women’s History Month: Rappaport, Doreen. Elizabeth Started All the Trouble. Matt Faulkner, Illus. Non-fiction. Disney/Hyperion, 02/2016. [40]pp. $17.99. 978-0-78685-142-3. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 2-5. Although the title may lead one to believe this [continue reading]
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We Will Not Be Silent Review
Freedman, Russell. We Will Not Be Silent: The White Rose Student Resistance Movement That Defied Adolf Hitler. Non-fiction. Clarion, 05/2016. 112pp. $17.99. 978-0-544-22379-0. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 5-8. Between spring 1942 and summer 1943, a small [continue reading]
The Plan
Paul, Alison. Plan, The. Barbara Lehman, Illus. Picture Book. Houghton, 11/2015. [32]pp. $17.99. 978-0-544-28333-6. OUTSTANDING. GRADES PRE-1. A young farm girl is determined to fly in her mother’s old plane and, with her dog, hatches [continue reading]
Salt to the Sea
Sepetys, Ruta. Salt to the Sea. Fiction. Philomel, 02/2016. 400pp. $18.99. 978-0-399-16030-1. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 8-12. Based on actual events, this harrowing and moving historical YA novel brings to life an enormous, but largely forgotten tragedy. [continue reading]
Goodnight, Good Dog
Ray, Mary Lyn. Goodnight, Good Dog. Rebecca Malone, Illus. Picture Book. Houghton, 11/2015. [32]pp. $16.99. 978-0-544-28612-2. OUTSTANDING. GRADES TOD-2. As the house quiets down for the night, a dog cannot sleep thinking about running in [continue reading]
Friday Barnes, Girl Detective Review
Spratt, R. A. Friday Barnes, Girl Detective. Phil Gosier, Illus. Fiction. Friday Barnes Series, Bk. 1. Roaring Brook, 01/2016. 272pp. $13.99. 978-1-62672-297-2. HIGH ADDITIONAL. GRADES 3-6. In this hilarious first book in a new series, [continue reading]
Most Dangerous Review
Sheinkin, Steve. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War. Non-fiction. Roaring Brook, 09/2015. 384pp. $19.99. 978-1-59643-952-8. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 7-12. Steve Sheinkin (Bomb, Flashpoint, 2012) is a master of narrative non-fiction [continue reading]
Orbiting Jupiter
Schmidt, Gary D. Orbiting Jupiter. Fiction. Clarion/Houghton, 10/2015. 183pp. $17.99. 978-0-544-46222-9. OUTSTANDING. GRADES 6-9. Their son Jack’s narrative begins when a rural farm family takes in foster son Joseph, a 13-year-old who has a record [continue reading]