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Book Review: Bold Women of Medicine: 21 Stories of Astounding Discoveries,...
Publisher’s description Meet 21 determined women who have dedicated their lives to healing others. In the 19th century, Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton—the “Lady with the Lamp” and the “Angel of...
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Book Review: Kaleidoscope Song by Fox Benwell
Publisher’s description Fox Benwell delivers a harrowing and beautifully written novel that explores the relationship between two girls obsessed with music, the practice of corrective rape, and the...
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Post-it Note Reviews of Elementary and Middle Grade Books
Now that I work in an elementary library, I’m reading a lot more titles for younger readers. Rather than review all of them like I usually do, especially as many are older, I’m going to steal Karen’s...
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Book Review: A Line in the Dark by Malinda Lo
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one...
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Book Review: Release by Patrick Ness
Publisher’s description Inspired by Judy Blume’s Forever and Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, this novel that Andrew Smith calls “beautiful, enchanting, [and] exquisitely written” is a new classic about...
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Book Review: Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman
Publisher’s description A gorgeous and emotionally resonant debut novel about a half-Japanese teen who grapples with social anxiety and her narcissist mother in the wake of a crushing rejection from...
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Book Review: There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins
Publisher’s description Scream meets YA in this hotly-anticipated new novel from the bestselling author of Anna and the French Kiss. “There’s Someone Inside Your House is a heart-pounding page-turner...
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Book Review: That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E.K. Johnston
Publisher’s description Victoria-Margaret is the crown princess of the empire, a direct descendent of Victoria I, the queen who changed the course of history. The imperial tradition of genetically...
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Book Review: Cast No Shadow by Nick Tapalansky and Anissa Espinosa
Publisher’s description Greg has lived in Lancaster his whole life. The town’s always had its quirks, and being born without a shadow means he’s counted among them. When Greg discovers an old mansion...
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Book Review: Cucumber Quest: The Doughnut Kingdom by Gigi D.G.
Publisher’s description What happens when an evil queen gets her hands on an ancient force of destruction? World domination, obviously. The seven kingdoms of Dreamside need a legendary hero. Instead,...
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Book Review: Sparrow by Sarah Moon
Publisher’s description Sparrow has always had a difficult time making friends. She would always rather have stayed home on the weekends with her mother, an affluent IT Executive at a Manhattan bank,...
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Book Review: Like Water by Rebecca Podos
Publisher’s description Like Water is an unforgettable story of two girls navigating the unknowable waters of identity, millennial anxiety, and first love, from the acclaimed author of The Mystery of...
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Book Review: Here, There, Everywhere by Julia Durango and Tyler Terrones
When I’m reviewing books for professional publications, I stay quiet about them on social media. I’m always really excited once a review comes out to be able to talk about the book, finally! Here’s one...
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Book Review: Calling My Name by Liara Tamani
Publisher’s description Calling My Name, by debut author Liara Tamani, is a striking, luminous, and literary exploration of family, spirituality, and self—ideal for readers of Jacqueline Woodson, Jandy...
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Book Review: The Ocean in My Ears by Meagan Macvie
Publisher’s description Meri Miller lives in Soldotna, Alaska. Never heard of it? That’s because in Slowdotna the most riveting activities for a teenager are salmon fishing and grabbing a Big Gulp at...
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Book Review: Piper by Jay Asher, Jessica Freeburg, and Jeff Stokely
Publisher’s description Long ago, in a small village in the middle of a deep, dark forest, there lived a lonely, deaf girl named Maggie. Shunned by her village because of her disability, her only...
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Book Review: Dear Martin by Nic Stone
Publisher’s description Raw, captivating, and undeniably real, Nic Stone joins industry giants Jason Reynolds and Walter Dean Myers as she boldly tackles American race relations in this stunning debut....
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Book Review: The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves
Publisher’s description The Closest I’ve Come is a must-read from talented first-time author Fred Aceves, in the tradition of Walter Dean Myers. Marcos Rivas yearns for love, a working cell phone, and...
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Book Review: Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani
Publisher’s description Priyanka Das has so many unanswered questions: Why did her mother abandon her home in India years ago? What was it like there? And most importantly, who is her father, and why...
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Book Review: I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina, Stacey Robinson, and John...
Publisher’s description Alfonso Jones can’t wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school’s hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his best friend, Danetta, know how...
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