Review

Lockhart, E. Genuine Fraud. Fiction. Delacorte, 09/2017. 272pp. $18.99, 978-0-385-74477-5. PLB $21.99, 978-0-375-99184-4. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 9-12. Jule West Williams is the enigma at the heart of this riveting thriller which opens with the police tracking [continue reading]

Lee, Suzy. Lines. Suzy Lee, Illus.  Picture Book. Chronicle, 09/2017. 34pp. $17.99. 978-1-4521-5665-1. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES PRE-2. In this transcendent wordless picture book, Korean book artist Suzy Lee considers the parallel challenges and pleasures of drawing [continue reading]

Prager, Sarah. Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who Changed the World. Zoe More O’Ferrall, Illus. Biography. HarperCollins, 05/2017. 259pp. $17.99. 978-0-06-247431-5. HIGH ADDITIONAL.  GRADES 7-10.      Queer, There, and Everywhere: 23 People Who [continue reading]

Del Duca, Leila. Afar. Kit Seaton, Illus.  Graphic novel. Image, 04/2017. [168]pp. PB $14.99. 978-1-63215-941-0. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 7-12. Afar, an original, stand-alone graphic novel written by an all-female creative team, tells the fantasy adventure of [continue reading]

Haydu, Corey Ann. Someday Suitcase, The.  Fiction. K. Tegen/HarperCollins, 06/2017.  298pp.  $16.99. 978-0-06-235275-0. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES 3-7. Floridian fifth graders Clover and Danny are completely in tune, super-best friends, so when Danny becomes mysteriously ill, causing [continue reading]

Snyder, Laurel. Charlie and Mouse and Grumpy. Emily Hughes, Illus.  Easy Reader. Charlie and Mouse Series; bk. 2. Chronicle, 10/2017. [48]pp. $14.99. 978-1-4521-3748-3. OUTSTANDING.  GRADES PRE-2.       Two young Caucasian brothers enjoy a [continue reading]