Reviews

Gr 10 Up—The titular bookstore, set in urban Japan, buys and sells used manga...

Gr 1—4—It is almost time for Eid, and Sarah's brother and sister have already selected gifts for their mother...

Gr 1—3—Molly and her friend Abby can't wait to get to the Ruby Rose concert...

Gr 9 Up—Mean Girls from the Land Down Under meet Francesca Lia Block in this import that features, among other things, a teenage Queen Bee who regularly converses with the members of her Barbie Doll collection; a feral girl who may or may not have been partially raised by dingoes; a heartthrob football star whose new pro career is imperiled when he is photographed kissing a girl who (for reasons impossible to explain) is wearing the clothes of his gay best friend; and the lesbian daughter of a maharaja who is avoiding an arranged marriage with an Indian prince while pursuing an Amazonlike classmate whose mother is the deputy prime minister...

Gr 8 Up—Royce, 16, hardly knows his 95-year-old grandfather, a world-renowned cellist and general grump...

Gr 4—7—In a small town in the 1970s, 11-year-old Esther Page feels the weight of the world on her shoulders...

Gr 3—5—Beatrix is distraught...

Gr 7 Up—Bullying and cyberbullying have become growing concerns to school personnel and others who care about the mental and physical health of teens...

PreS-Gr 2—Mama puts her five little chicks to bed, kisses them, and tucks them in...