Cynthia K. Ritter
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Review of Gilded
Gilded by Marissa MeyerHigh School Feiwel 512 pp. g11/21 978-1-250-61884-9 $19.99e-book ed. 978-1-250-61883-2 $10.99Every full moon, the demon Erlking and his hunters and hellhounds roam freely, claiming the souls of humans and killing magical creatures for sport. On one such night, eighteen-year-old miller’s daughter Serilda saves two of the Erlking’s...
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Review of Gilded
Gilded by Marissa MeyerHigh School Feiwel 512 pp. g11/21 978-1-250-61884-9 $19.99e-book ed. 978-1-250-61883-2 $10.99Every full moon, the demon Erlking and his hunters and hellhounds roam freely, claiming the souls of humans and killing magical creatures for sport. On one such night, eighteen-year-old miller’s daughter Serilda saves two of the Erlking’s...
Readers, assemble!
It’s hard to miss the excitement (and spoilers — eek!) about Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame, released in theaters on April 26th. This latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe concludes what the company refers to as Phase 3 of the Infinity Saga and wraps up many favorite story lines from the...
Review of Lovely War
Lovely Warby Julie BerryHigh School Viking 471 pp.3/19 978-0-451-46993-9 $18.99When the Greek god of fire, Hephaestus, catches his wife Aphrodite, goddess of love, in 1942 Manhattan in a passionate affair with his brother Ares, god of war, Aphrodite defends her actions by showing the two gods what real love looks...
Spring into nature
Spring is a season of rebirth, which makes it a great time to discover Mother Nature's many wonders. These new picture books will inspire inquisitive preschoolers-and-up to venture outside and explore.The Home Builders by Varsha Bajaj invites children to observe nature as a variety of creatures busily create homes to...
Versify at Harvard Book Store
Last night, we snagged press passes (thank you Spencer at Harvard Book Store!) for an event at First Church in Cambridge, MA, celebrating the launch of Versify, Kwame Alexander’s new imprint with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Alexander — along with Versify authors Lamar Giles, Raúl the Third, and Kip Wilson —...
Review of Max & the Midknights
Max & the Midknightsby Lincoln Peirce; illus. by the authorIntermediate Crown 280 pp. g1/19 978-1-101-93108-0 $13.99Library ed. 978-1-101-93109-7 $16.99e-book ed. 978-1-101-93110-3 $8.99It’s the Middle Ages, and redheaded Max is Uncle Budrick’s troubadour apprentice. Max longs to become a knight, but there’s just one problem: Max is a girl, a fact...
Burn, baby, burn
These days, I expect fire and fury when I look at the news, but imagine my surprise when I was assigning reviews yesterday and unwittingly sorted these four books into the same pile:An instance of art imitating life? Perhaps. But also perhaps a new cover trend? In particular, the covers...
Review of Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientist
Path to the Stars: My Journey from Girl Scout to Rocket Scientistby Sylvia AcevedoIntermediate, Middle School Clarion 311 pp.9/18 978-1-328-80956-8 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-328-52690-8 $9.99Spanish ed. 978-1-328-53481-1 $18.99Acevedo defied expectations as a girl growing up in a working-class Mexican American family in 1960s and 1970s Las Cruces,...
