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Book Review: Doodles from the Boogie Down by Stephanie Rodriguez
Publisher’s description A young Dominican girl navigates middle school, her strict mother, shifting friendships, and her dream of being an artist in this debut coming-of-age graphic novel inspired by...
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Book Review: A Work in Progress by Jarrett Lerner
Publisher’s description A young boy struggles with body image in this poignant middle grade journey to self-acceptance told through prose, verse, and illustration. Will is the only round kid in a...
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Book Review: America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History by Ariel...
Publisher’s description A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Redux is a necessary and galvanizing read. What are the stories we tell...
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Book Review: I Have Something to Tell You–For Young Adults: A Memoir by...
Publisher’s description The young adult adaptation of the hopeful and refreshingly candid bestselling memoir by the husband of a former Democratic presidential candidate about growing up gay in his...
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Book Review: Finally Seen by Kelly Yang
Publisher’s description From the New York Times bestselling author of Front Desk comes a gripping middle grade novel about a young girl who leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five...
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Book Review: Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang
Publisher’s description From New York Times bestselling comic artist Betty C. Tang comes a funny, fast-paced, and heartrending story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new...
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Book Review: Pardalita by Joana Estrela, Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Translator)
Publisher’s description A beautiful slice-of-life story that is This One Summer meets Ursula K. Le Guin’s Very Far Away from Anywhere Else, told in flashbacks 16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town...
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Book Review: Code Red by Joy McCullough
Publisher’s description In the spirit of Judy Blume, this empowering and heartfelt middle grade novel celebrates finding yourself, making new friends, and standing up for what’s right as a girl...
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Book Review: Lolo Weaver Swims Upstream by Polly Farquhar
Publisher’s description “Not since Ramona Quimby has a character marched right out of a book with so much bravado, humor, and heart.”—Barbara O’Connor, New York Times bestselling author of Wish A...
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Book Review: The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels written by Beth Lincoln...
Publisher’s description On the day they are born, every Swift child is brought before the sacred Family Dictionary. They are given a name, and a definition. A definition it is assumed they will grow...
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Post-It Note Reviews: Quick peeks at a handful of new titles
It’s happening! It’s really happening! I am actually making my way through some of the books I set aside in the last months of the school year! Here are quick reviews of a handful of those titles. All...
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Book Review: Bea and the New Deal Horse by L. M. Elliott
Publisher’s description This lyrical middle grade historical novel set during the Great Depression from award-winning author L. M. Elliott is a moving tale of the spirit of American persistence, found...
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In SLJ: Exploring SLJ’s 2023 Starred Books
Hop on over (or maybe back over!) to School Library Journal to see my new article, Exploring SLJ’s 2023 Starred Books, which looks at prevalent themes in starred reviews. This kind of article is...
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Book Review: Fatima Tate Takes the Cake by Khadijah VanBrakle
Publisher’s description Fatima Tate wants to be a baker AND enjoy some innocent flirting with her hot friend Raheem—but her strict Muslim parents would never approve of either… Seventeen-year-old...
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Book Review: 102 Days of Lying About Lauren by Maura Jortner
Publisher’s description After being abandoned by her mother in a most unusual place, a defiant heroine sticks to her plan for staying hidden—even though getting caught could mean saving her life....
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Book Review: Ever Since by Alena Bruzas
Publisher’s description An intense, beautiful debut about the power of finding your voice and sharing your story after trauma. Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Kathleen Glasgow. Seventeen-year-old...
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Book Review: Mèo and Bé by Doan Phuong Nguyen
Publisher’s description Just before the United States enters the Vietnam War, eleven-year-old Bé and her three-footed kitten Mèo must rise above the injustices of war to find the comfort, safety, and...
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Book Review: Make a Move, Sunny Park! by Jessica Kim
Publisher’s description From the author of Stand Up, Yumi Chung! comes a funny and utterly charming novel about friends—how to make them, how to let go of them, and how to be your own BFF. This is the...
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Book Review: Cross My Heart and Never Lie by Nora Dåsnes, Matt Bagguley...
Publisher’s description In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva’s questions about becoming a teenager are confusing—so when her first crush turns out to be on another...
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Post-It Note Reviews: 14 quick reviews of recent MG and YA books
Summer! I DID make progress with Mount TBR! I DID get to read many of the books I’d set aside, hoping to get to them. I DID make it all the way now to reading August releases, so I keep of feel caught...
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