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Curato has created a beautiful story of a teen who must decide if he will force himself into the mold of what he thinks a “normal” boy is, or if he can allow himself to live life on his own terms. An essential book that shows readers that they are never alone in their struggles.
Essential and exceptional titles reviewed in our August 2020 issue, including picture books, middle grade, YA, nonfiction, and graphic novels for children and teens.
Getten’s heartfelt, lyrical debut will find a home in all collections. Recommended as a first purchase.
Recommended, particularly for fans of books such as Anika A. Denise’s Planting Stories, also illustrated by Escobar, and as a city-set complement to Jeanette Winter’s Biblioburro.
With a return to a distinct and limited color palette like that of Henkes’s award-winning Kitten’s First Full Moon, this is a must have for all collections, appropriate for both sharing out loud and for beginning readers.
For readers who bloomed under Leza Lowitz’s Up From the Sea or Jasmine Warga’s Other Words for Home, this emotionally resonant survival tale is a must-have.
Young readers will be drawn in by the mystery, stay for the characters, and sigh contentedly when the story draws to a close.
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