A story of familial bonds in which a 12-year-old girl spends the summer with her grandparents who are harvesting wheat in the Midwest.
Pick of the Day: Kindness for Weakness
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A gut-wrenching narrative set in a juvenile detention facility
Pick of the Day: Far Far Away
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The ghost of Jacob Grimm narrates a story about complex characters who have conflicted motivations.
A Happily-Ever-After Ghost Story | Tom McNeal’s ‘Far Far Away’
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Jacob Grimm, the folklorist, is dead, and stuck as a ghost. He wants to be reunited with his younger brother Wilhelm, who predeceased him. In Tom McNeal’s suspenseful and haunting new novel, ‘Far Far Away,’ fairy tale and ghost story collide and merge.
Book/Multimedia Review Stars List | June 2013
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Novels by Holly Black, Cynthia Kadohata, Rita Williams-Garcia, and others.
Grades 5 & Up | June 2013
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Tales of platypus police officers; a talking therapy dog; and life along the Mississippi in 1811.
Pick of the Day: The Mystery of Darwin’s Frog
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Crump documents investigations of the Rhinoderma darwinii, an inch-long frog native to Chile and discovered by Darwin in 1834.
Pick of the Day: Soldier Dog
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This World War I story pays homage to the Allied forces.
Pick of the Day: Pieces
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This sequel to Lynch’s Iceman (1994) is a sophisticated look at a teen’s maturation through a series of dynamic life changes.
Pick of the Day: Zebra Forest
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A novel about two siblings and their presumed-dear father that captures the nuances of family dynamics in spare prose
Pick of the Day: A Corner of White
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The first book in “The Colors of Madeleine Series,” a fantasy about two teens living in different worlds, Madeleine in Cambridge, England, and Elliot in the Kingdom of Cello.
Mysteries and a Mission | iPad Apps for Older Students
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Will Agostino Steffani the Baroque composer, Catholic priest, diplomat, and spy be able to “prevent an assassination and help a princess escape an undesirable marriage?” And what is the astute Sherlock Holmes up to? Teens can help gather the clues in two interactive iPad apps .
Book/Multimedia Review Stars List | May 2013
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May, a month of “ducky” stars.
Pick of the Day: The Lucy Variations
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A coming-of-age story about music, passion, and the search for identity
Fiction Series Update | May 2013
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The latest installments in intriguing adventures, gripping sci-fi, and more.
Grades 5 & Up | May 2013
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Look for reviews of first books in debut fiction series.
Pick of the Day: Hold Fast
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From the author of Chasing Vermeer, an engaging mystery in which books are the problem and the solution. Read SLJ’s starred review.
Pick of the Day: Dear Life, You Suck
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A first novel about an angry young man turned role model for younger boys
Book Review: Grades 5 & Up | April 2013
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Add depth to your poetry collections with these new titles: Gail Bush & Randy Meyer’s Indivisible Poems for Social Justice, J. Patrick Lewis’s When Thunder Comes: Poems for Civil Rights Leaders, and Marilyn Singer’s Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems.
Book/Multimedia Review Stars List | April 2013
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This month’s star listings include That is Not a Good Idea by Mo Willems, among others.
