Fiction
Delving into everything from rivalries and heartbreaks to cold shoulders and warm embraces, three recent young adult novels each explore a facet of that bond among young women coming of age simultaneously, bound by blood, and, often, friendship.
From Amber Brown to fairly new-on-the-scene Magician Mike Lane, beloved characters are welcomed by young readers. When a well-loved author introduces a new series, librarians also sit up and take notice. The following titles selected by the editors at Junior Library Guild offer independent readers the comfort of well-known friends
John Scalzi’s Redshirts was one of my favorite books of 2012 to recommend–fun and funny, Science Fiction but easily accessible to non-SF readers. Now he’s back with another high-concept Science Fiction title, Lock In. A disease called Haden’s Syndrome leaves its victims completely paralyzed–”locked in”–but with their mental facilities fully intact, calling for a series [...]
There's something here for middle-grade fans of all stripes this month. Those looking for adventure on the high seas will find it in Heidi Schulz's Hook's Revenge, while readers seeking a quieter tale will enjoy Ann M. Martin's moving Rain Reign, a poignant story of an autistic girl who bonds with a lost dog.
This issue features a cornucopia of titles loaded with child appeal and just right for year-round sharing. Highlights include some runaway cookies, a princess in black, imaginative play, and an exploration of things that make us happy.
This month's YA offerings will take teens through the darkness to the light, from Dana Walrath's Like Water on Stone, a tale of the Armenian genocide, to Meg Wolitzer's engrossing Belzhar, a story of emotionally fragile teens coming to turns with personal losses and griefs.
When I was invited to visit with the 2014 Sendak Fellows at Maurice’s farm, I thought it would be, you know, a “farm,” AKA a rurally situated but otherwise urbane getaway retreat. But it was an actual farming farm with rows of vegetables and corn and a tractor and silo and chickens. Sendak’s longtime assistant […]
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A roundup of spirited and spooky titles just right for autumn and Halloween sharing.
Paul Fleischman opens our eyes to the environmental crisis, young Henri Matisse ponders The Iridescence of Birds, and Philip C. Stead takes to the skies in the August stars, offering the best of fiction, nonfiction, and multimedia.
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