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Best Digital Puzzle Games of 2019
The best go beyond challenging to engage players on a number of levels: through distinct but readable design, evolving mechanics or difficulty, and repetitive but soothing soundtracks.
Green Lantern: Legacy
Sci-fi and adventure are flashy vehicles for a tale about power and compassion—and the importance of service to others. Here is a Green Lantern story where owning a magic ring is the least extraordinary thing about the heroes.
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Clean Getaway
This lighthearted adventure story explores racial inequality and the complex nature of interracial relationships. This title is a good addition for school libraries seeking unconventional approaches to history.
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Code Cracking for Kids: Secret Communications Throughout History, with 21 Codes and Ciphers
Worthy of any library or history classroom. A range of readers, from elementary-age code breakers to rising high school students, will enjoy this title.
Best Young Adult Books 2019 | SLJ Best Books
Seventeen titles made SLJ's list of the most distinguished young adult books published in 2019.
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Full of Beans: Henry Ford Grows a Car
Fun and informative for fans of American history and innovation, this book shares the story of Ford’s lesser-known soybean pursuits.
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Diana: Princess of the Amazons
A young Wonder Woman leads a playful, emotionally astute morality tale about the responsibilities children and adults have to each other. For comics fans and newcomers alike.
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The Forgotten Girl
A solid title for public and school libraries in search of horror with roots in black history.
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The Book of Big Science Ideas: From Atoms to AI and from Gravity to Genes… How Science Shapes Our World
A good additional purchase for upper elementary science collections.
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