16 Excellent Titles by Anne Ursu, Nina Crews, and More | Starred Web Reviews, January 2024

Check out picture book biographies about Virginia Hamilton and John Lewis, and titles from Anne Ursu and Aden Polydoros.

A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration (Harmony) ©2024 by Devon Holzwarth
A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration (Harmony) ©2024 by Devon Holzwarth


Picture Books

Burgess, Matthew. Sylvester’s Letter. illus. by Josh Cochran. Enchanted Lion.

Eady, Antwan. The Last Stand. illus. by Jerome Pumphrey & Jarrett Pumphrey.

Harmony, Cynthia. A Flicker of Hope: A Story of Migration. illus. by Devon Holzwarth. Viking.

Kohuth, Jane. Something on the Hill. illus. by Sonia Sanchez. Random/Anne Schwartz.

 

Chapter Books

Ezomoghene, Sophia. The Trickster in the Vase. illus. by Sanjay Charlton. Reycraft. 

 

Middle Grade

Ursu, Anne. Not Quite a Ghost. HarperCollins/Walden Pond. 

Vickers, Elaine. Half Moon Summer. Peachtree.

 

Graphic Novels

Mitsuboshi, Tama. Call the Name of the Night, Vol. 1. tr. from by Amanda Haley. illus. by Tama Mitzuboshi. Yen Pr. 

 

YA

Graves, Byron. Rez Ball. Heartdrum. 

Polydoros, Aden. Wrath Becomes Her. Inkyard. 
 

Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis (Cline-Ransome) ©2024 by James E. Ransome


Nonfiction Elementary

Cline-Ransome, Lesa. Fighting with Love: The Legacy of John Lewis. illus. by James E. Ransome. Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books.

Crews, Nina. Extraordinary Magic: The Storytelling Life of Virginia Hamilton. Little, Brown/Christy Ottaviano.

Curlee, Lynn. The Other Pandemic: An AIDS Memoir. Charlesbridge Teen.

Finkelstein, Norman H. Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan’s Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants. illus. by Vesper Stamper. Holiday House. 

Mack, Jeff. Time to Make Art. Holt.

Stone, Tanya Lee. Remembering Rosalind Franklin: Rosalind Franklin & the Discovery of the Double Helix Structure of DNA. illus. by Gretchen Ellen Powers. Little, Brown/Christy Ottaviano.

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