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The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible … on Schindler's List
Gr 4–9—In an intimate look at one family on Oskar Schindler's famous "list," Leyson's (born Leib Lezjon) memoir (S & S, 2013) begins with his earliest memories of his poor but idyllic life in a Polish village...
A Long Walk to Water
Gr 5–9—Differentiated, African-inspired chapter introduction music assists in delivering this parallel story of two very different, but equally difficult, lives in Sudan...
The Northern Frights
Gr 3–6—Youngsters familiar with the earlier books in this series would be the best audience for this lackluster addition, as frequent references are made to characters and plot developments without adequate explanation...
Bookmarked Bids Adieu to SLJTeen
It is with mixed emotions that high school book group, Bookmarked, and librarian Elizabeth Kahn say goodbye to their stint as contributors to SLJTeen.
Teens Review Spring 2014 Releases, Second Take on Whaley's 'Noggin'
Though there's time travel in Subway Love and a body transplant in Noggin, all of the featured titles here could loosely be labeled contemporary young adult fiction. While one teen attempts to escape from suburban atrophy in The Other Way Around, another finds her way out through dance in Warm Up. What's not to love about YA books?
Teens Review '17 & Gone', 'Landry Park', and Whaley's Latest
A teen slips into a dangerous mental state after seeing an apparition of a girl who has gone missing in 17 & Gone; Landry Park introduces a future world in which the gentry hearken back to the Victorian era; and award-winning John Corey Whaley knocks another one out of the park with Noggin.
You Are Here: The WriteGirl Journey
Gr 7 Up—Captivating and emotional from the first entry to the last, You Are Here is a compilation of journals, essays, poetry, descriptive writing, novel excerpts, songs, etc...
Haunters
Gr 5–9—For more than a year, David Utherwise's vivid dreams have included Eddie, to the point that David considers him a close friend...
Teens Review Klass's 'Grandmaster', Forman's 'Just One Year' and More
SLJTeen young adult reviewers tackle four new teen books. Gayle Forman pulls off a great sequel with Just One Year. Lottery winners meet the devil and the archangel Michael in Tammar Stein's Spoils. In David Klass's, Grandmaster, chess becomes a metaphor for life's challenges and joys. Caminar, written in verse by Skila Brown, takes readers to war-torn Guatemala.
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