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Review of On a Beam of Light
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein by Jennifer Berne; illus. by Vladimir Radunsky Primary Chronicle 56 pp. 5/13 978-0-8118-7235-5 $17.99 The title of this book refers to the...
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Review of Locomotive
Locomotive by Brian Floca; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Jackson/Atheneum 64 pp. 9/13 978-1-4169-9415-2 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-4424-8522-8 $12.99 Talk about a youth...
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Review of Boxers & Saints
Boxers & Saints Boxers by Gene Luen Yang; illus. by the author; color by Lark Pien Middle School, High School First Second/Roaring Brook 328 pp. 10/13 978-1-59643-359-5 $18.99...
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Gene Luen Yang on Boxers & Saints
In the September/October 2013 Horn Book Magazine, reviewer Sam Bloom asked Gene Luen Yang about the process of creating the two volumes of Boxers & Saints. Read the starred review here. Sam Bloom:...
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Review of Tesla’s Attic
Tesla’s Attic [Accelerati Trilogy] by Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman Intermediate, Middle School Disney-Hyperion 246 pp. 2/14 978-1-4231-4803-6 $16.99 g After his mother dies in a house...
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Review of The Little Bear Book
The Little Bear Book by Anthony Browne; illus. by the author Preschool Candlewick 24 pp. 5/14 978-0-7636-7007-8 $15.99 Bear sets out on a walk through the forest, pencil in hand. Like...
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Review of 100 Sideways Miles
100 Sideways Miles by Andrew Smith High School Simon 277 pp. 9/14 978-1-4424-4495-9 $17.99 g e-book ed. 978-1-4424-4497-3 $10.99 High schooler Finn Easton has unusual scars on his...
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Review of Sam & Dave Dig a Hole
Sam & Dave Dig a Hole by Mac Barnett; illus. by Jon Klassen Primary Candlewick 40 pp. 10/14 978-0-7636-6229-5 $16.99 This adventure starts innocently enough: “On Monday Sam and Dave...
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Firebird: A Guest Post by Sam Bloom
Is it possible for a guy who has won three BGHB Honors, four Coretta Scott King Honors, and one Caldecott Honor (in 1998, for Harlem) to be underrated? Why yes, yes it is. Christopher Myers continues...
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Review of Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom
Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March by Lynda Blackmon Lowery, as told to Elspeth Leacock and Susan Buckley; illus. by PJ Loughran Middle School, High...
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Review of March: Book One
March: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin; illus. by Nate Powell Middle School, High School Top Shelf Productions 128 pp. 8/13 978-1-60309-300-2 $14.95 Congressman John Lewis — the last...
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Review of The Emperor of Any Place
The Emperor of Any Place by Tim Wynne-Jones High School Candlewick 328 pp. 10/15 978-0-7636-6973-7 $17.99 “So much of grief is unlearning,” observes Wynne-Jones in this perceptive and...
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Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina & New Orleans
I was fortunate enough to be in the crowd when the Tamaki cousins’ This One Summer was announced as a Caldecott Honor book (at the Youth Media Awards, where the Coretta Scott King, Caldecott, Newbery,...
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Review of Orbiting Jupiter
Orbiting Jupiter by Gary D. Schmidt Middle School Clarion 185 pp. 10/15 978-0-544-46222-9 $17.99 Jack’s new foster brother, Joseph, has a troubled past. The fourteen-year-old attacked a...
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Review of Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in...
Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II Denmark by Deborah Hopkinson Middle School Scholastic 339 pp. 9/15 978-0-545-59220-8 $17.99 g e-book ed....
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Review of The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon
The Wildest Race Ever: The Story of the 1904 Olympic Marathon by Meghan McCarthy; illus. by the author Primary Wiseman/Simon 48 pp. 3/16 978-1-4814-0639-0 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-4814-0640-6...
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Review of You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?!
You Never Heard of Casey Stengel?! by Jonah Winter; illus. by Barry Blitt Primary, Intermediate Schwartz & Wade/Random 40 pp. 3/16 978-0-375-87013-2 $17.99 Library ed....
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Review of Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the...
Crossing Niagara: The Death-Defying Tightrope Adventures of the Great Blondin by Matt Tavares; illus. by the author Primary, Intermediate Candlewick 36 pp. 4/16 978-0-7636-6823-5 $17.99...
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Review of Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story
Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story by Arun Gandhi and Bethany Hegedus; illus. by Evan Turk Primary Atheneum 48 pp. 8/16 978-1-4814-4265-7 $18.99 g e-book ed. 978-1-4814-4266-4...
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Review of How This Book Was Made: Based on a True Story
How This Book Was Made: Based on a True Story by Mac Barnett; illus. by Adam Rex Primary Disney-Hyperion 48 pp. 9/16 978-1-4231-5220-0 $17.99 g Barnett and Rex, no strangers to...
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