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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...
