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Review of Big Dreams, Small Fish
Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen; illus. by the authorPrimary Levine Querido 40 pp. g3/22 978-1-64614-126-5 $17.99It’s 1931 (per a wall calendar in an illustration), and Shirley’s family is struggling to get customers to try their store’s speciality: “The neighbors don’t know from good gefilte fish,” declares Mama. Shirley...
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Review of Ellen Outside the Lines
Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. SassIntermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 336 pp. g3/22 978-0-7595-5627-0 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-7595-5630-0 $9.99The incoming eighth-grade Spanish students from Ellen Katz’s Georgia prep school take a summer field trip to Barcelona. Ellen, who is autistic, is sometimes overwhelmed by the surprises the trip presents,...
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Review of My Fine Fellow
My Fine Fellow by Jennieke CohenHigh School HarperTeen 352 pp. g1/22 978-0-06-304753-2 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-304755-6 $9.99This clever, gender-swapped retelling of My Fair Lady is set in an alternate version of 1830s England ruled by Queen Charlotte (who, a historical note explains, was King George IV’s only heir but died before...
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Review of Big Dreams, Small Fish
Big Dreams, Small Fish by Paula Cohen; illus. by the authorPrimary Levine Querido 40 pp. g3/22 978-1-64614-126-5 $17.99It’s 1931 (per a wall calendar in an illustration), and Shirley’s family is struggling to get customers to try their store’s speciality: “The neighbors don’t know from good gefilte fish,” declares Mama. Shirley...
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Review of Ellen Outside the Lines
Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. SassIntermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 336 pp. g3/22 978-0-7595-5627-0 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-7595-5630-0 $9.99The incoming eighth-grade Spanish students from Ellen Katz’s Georgia prep school take a summer field trip to Barcelona. Ellen, who is autistic, is sometimes overwhelmed by the surprises the trip presents,...
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Review of My Fine Fellow
My Fine Fellow by Jennieke CohenHigh School HarperTeen 352 pp. g1/22 978-0-06-304753-2 $17.99e-book ed. 978-0-06-304755-6 $9.99This clever, gender-swapped retelling of My Fair Lady is set in an alternate version of 1830s England ruled by Queen Charlotte (who, a historical note explains, was King George IV’s only heir but died before...
Review of Ogilvy
Ogilvyby Deborah Underwood; illus. by T. L. McBethPreschool, Primary Godwin/Holt 40 pp.5/19 978-1-250-15176-6 $17.99Ogilvy, a wide-eyed, line-drawn bunny, is excited to make friends in a new town. But upon arrival, the rabbit’s sartorial choices are challenged; Ogilvy, clad in a knit article of clothing, is asked: “Is it a sweater...
Middle grade and YA for Pride Month 2019
These novels — some upper-middle grade and some young adult — reflect a range of experiences among LGBTQIA+ young people. Happy Pride! Find more recommendations for Pride Month reading in these featured lists of picture books, middle grade, and YA on the shiny and new Horn Book Guide Online.In The...
The Sun Is Also a Star movie review
In Nicola Yoon’s YA novel The Sun Is Also a Star (Delacorte, 2016), Natasha Kingsley and her family are a day from being deported to Jamaica after nine years living in New York City. Natasha is doing everything she can to get that decision overturned — and then she meets...
