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Review of Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady
Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem; trans. from Dutch by Kristen GehrmanMiddle School, High School Em Querido/Levine Querido 368 pp. g2/22 978-1-61614-048-0 $18.99In this smoothly translated historical-fiction romp set in 1808, lively, propulsive storytelling whirls us through the countryside of what is now Belgium, France, and...
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Review of The Ghost of Midnight Lake
The Ghost of Midnight Lake by Lucy StrangeIntermediate Chicken House/Scholastic 336 pp. g9/21 978-1-338-68643-2 $17.99This quickly paced gothic tale takes us to England’s Lake District, 1899. Twelve-year-old Lady Agatha Asquith’s elderly father has just died, and the new Earl of Gosswater, her sleazy cousin Clarence, summarily boots Aggie from her...
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Review of The Last Mapmaker
The Last Mapmaker by Christina SoontornvatIntermediate, Middle School Candlewick 368 pp. g4/22 978-1-5362-0495-7 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5362-2466-5 $17.99Following Newbery honoree A Wish in the Dark (rev. 5/20), this is another middle-grade fantasy from acclaimed author Soontornvat. Sai comes from the humblest of humble beginnings but manages to fake it as assistant...
Review of Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady
Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady by Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem; trans. from Dutch by Kristen GehrmanMiddle School, High School Em Querido/Levine Querido 368 pp. g2/22 978-1-61614-048-0 $18.99In this smoothly translated historical-fiction romp set in 1808, lively, propulsive storytelling whirls us through the countryside of what is now Belgium, France, and...
PREMIUM
Review of The Ghost of Midnight Lake
The Ghost of Midnight Lake by Lucy StrangeIntermediate Chicken House/Scholastic 336 pp. g9/21 978-1-338-68643-2 $17.99This quickly paced gothic tale takes us to England’s Lake District, 1899. Twelve-year-old Lady Agatha Asquith’s elderly father has just died, and the new Earl of Gosswater, her sleazy cousin Clarence, summarily boots Aggie from her...
PREMIUM
Review of The Last Mapmaker
The Last Mapmaker by Christina SoontornvatIntermediate, Middle School Candlewick 368 pp. g4/22 978-1-5362-0495-7 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5362-2466-5 $17.99Following Newbery honoree A Wish in the Dark (rev. 5/20), this is another middle-grade fantasy from acclaimed author Soontornvat. Sai comes from the humblest of humble beginnings but manages to fake it as assistant...
Review of Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arc
Voices: The Final Hours of Joan of Arcby David ElliottHigh School Houghton 191 pp. g3/19 978-1-328-98759-4 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-358-04915-9 $9.99In this verse novel, “voices” refers to Joan of Arc’s messages from the saints; to the various people who testified for and against her; to Joan herself; and to the objects...
Review of Love to Everyone
Love to Everyoneby Hilary McKayIntermediate, Middle School McElderry 330 pp.9/18 978-1-5344-2710-5 $17.99e-book ed. 978-1-5344-2712-9 $10.99In Binny in Secret (rev. 7/15), McKay introduced us to Clarry, her brother Peter, and their beloved cousin Rupert in a subplot set during World War I in London. Here, McKay gives us the full story...
Review of The Secret of Nightingale Wood
The Secret of Nightingale Woodby Lucy StrangeIntermediate, Middle School Chicken House/Scholastic 288 pp.10/17 978-1-338-15747-5 $16.99e-book ed. 978-1-338-15749-9 $10.99It’s 1919; the Great War is over; and twelve-year-old Hen and her family — Mama, Father, baby “Piglet,” and Nanny Jane — have just moved to an English country house where they hope...
