Reviews

Gr 9 Up—Jess should be enjoying his senior year of high school as class president, baseball star, and newspaper editor...

Gr 5—8—This book manages to make the wildly implausible seem possible...

Gr 4—9—Messy, daredevil, tongue-in-cheek, and definitely boy-friendly, this collection of science explorations will energize a boring afternoon or a routine science lesson...

Gr 8—10—The series concludes in this novel with the promise of a fairy-tale ending: Shaley's mom, a famous rock star, is preparing to marry her high school sweetheart, Gary Donovan, who is the teen's father...

Gr 5—8—In 1941 Seattle, Piper Davis is a typical 13-year-old in many ways: she enjoys spending time with her friends, listening to big-band music, and walking home from school with the boy she's sweet on...

Gr 8—11—Australian high school senior Beatle (real name: John Lennon...

PreS-Gr 1—Spoon is happy living with his large family in the silverware drawer, but sometimes he feels sad that he can't spread things like Knife, do some of the things Fork does, and be cool like Chopsticks in this fully-animated version of the tale (Hyperion, 2009) by Amy Krouse Rosenthal...

It would be hard to seriously dispute Fidel Castro's place as the most consistently important and controversial political leader in the hemisphere throughout the second half of the 20th century, yet the man is constantly diminished by mainstream reportage and commentary outside of Cuba that routinely distorts not only the history of the revolution but Castro's very motives...

Gr 9 Up—Full of practical and easy-to-implement tips, this handbook is written in brief segments, perfect for the short attention span of the YouTube generation...