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Echo

By Pam Muñoz Ryan, Reviewed by Sonja Benjamins-Carey

Published April 23, 2016

Echo, by Pam Muñoz Ryan; Scholastic Press: New York, 2015; $19.99 Pam Muñoz Ryan’s book, Echo, weaves together three compelling stories, all centering on a single harmonica and its owners around the time of World...

Fish in a Tree

By Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Reviewed by Vera Sablak

Published April 22, 2016

Fish in a Tree, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt; Nancy Paulsen Books: New York, 2015; $16.99 In Lynda Mullaly Hunt’s new novel, Fish in a Tree, sixth-grader Ally Nickerson has a big secret that she’s afraid...

My Cousin’s Keeper

By Simon French, Reviewed by Raiyah Patel

Published February 23, 2016

The Way to Stay in Destiny

By Augusta Scattergood, Reviewed by Eun Bee (Lena) Park

Published February 23, 2016

The Way to Stay in Destiny, by Augusta Scattergood; Scholastic Press: New York, 2015; $16.99 It’s funny how we can adapt to the way we live and call it normal, right to the point where...

Turn Left at the Cow

By Lisa Bullard, Reviewed by Max T. Smith

Published February 23, 2016

Turn Left at the Cow, by Lisa Bullard; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: New York, 2013; $16.99 When I read this book, I realized right away how it got its name. In the first part of the...

Playing for the Commandant

By Suzy Zail, Reviewed by Sophie Beatrice Cooper

Published February 22, 2016

Mountain Solo

By Jeanette Ingold, Reviewed by Sohee Kim

Published February 15, 2016

Mountain Solo, by Jeanette Ingold; Harcourt, Inc.: New York, 2003; $17 When I first read the back cover of the book, I was so thrilled. Since I began playing the cello seriously, I have been...

The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight

By Gerald Morris, Reviewed by Eliza Kirby

Published February 15, 2016

Nothing Here But Stones

By Nancy Oswald, Reviewed by Hannah Ritter

Published February 13, 2016

Nothing Here But Stones, by Nancy Oswald; Henry Holt and Company: New York, 2004; $16.95 “Bookworm" may be one of the best words you could use to describe me. Ever since I was little I...

Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq

By Thura al-Windawi, Reviewed by Rose Brazeale

Published February 13, 2016

Echo

Review Published April 23, 2016 By Pam Muñoz Ryan, Reviewed by Sonja Benjamins-Carey

Fish in a Tree

Review Published April 22, 2016 By Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Reviewed by Vera Sablak

My Cousin’s Keeper

Review Published February 23, 2016 By Simon French, Reviewed by Raiyah Patel

My Cousin’s Keeper, by Simon French; Candlewick Press: Massachusetts, 2014; $16.99 Do you know what it feels like to be bullied? Have you ever felt left out? These are questions that My Cousin’s Keeper forces the reader to consider. They are questions I never thought a lot about until I read this book. No book can be good unless it has interesting and inspiring characters.

The Way to Stay in Destiny

Review Published February 23, 2016 By Augusta Scattergood, Reviewed by Eun Bee (Lena) Park

The Way to Stay in Destiny, by Augusta Scattergood; Scholastic Press: New York, 2015; $16.99 It’s funny how we can adapt to the way we live and call it normal, right to the point where it all changes. Theo had spent his whole life in Kentucky with his grandparents and his dog. But then, in the summer of 1974, his uncle took away everything that was important to him, including his own home.

Turn Left at the Cow

Review Published February 23, 2016 By Lisa Bullard, Reviewed by Max T. Smith

Turn Left at the Cow, by Lisa Bullard; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: New York, 2013; $16.99 When I read this book, I realized right away how it got its name. In the first part of the book, when the main character, Travis, is describing the setting of the book and how rural it is, he says, “I stared out the window, wondering how this place could qualify as a state. How would GPS even work?

Playing for the Commandant

Review Published February 22, 2016 By Suzy Zail, Reviewed by Sophie Beatrice Cooper

Playing for the Commandant, by Suzy Zail; Candlewick Press: Massachusetts, 2014; $16.99 When Suzy Zail, author of Playing for the Commandant, details how Hanna, our young Jewish protagonist, was shipped with her family to the infamous Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, I couldn’t help but remember Anne Frank, whose life after her diary ended was very similar to Hanna’s.

Mountain Solo

Review Published February 15, 2016 By Jeanette Ingold, Reviewed by Sohee Kim

Mountain Solo, by Jeanette Ingold; Harcourt, Inc.: New York, 2003; $17 When I first read the back cover of the book, I was so thrilled. Since I began playing the cello seriously, I have been looking for a book that describes the life and feelings of an instrumental soloist. Jeanette Ingold's main character does not play the cello, but violin was close enough to get me excited.

The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight

Review Published February 15, 2016 By Gerald Morris, Reviewed by Eliza Kirby

The Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight, by Gerald Morris; Houghton Mifflin Company: New York, zo04; $16 Medieval times are full of knights in shining armor rescuing damsels in distress from gruesome fates and bringing them back to glorious kingdoms. Almost unheard of are medieval tales with women as saviors.

Nothing Here But Stones

Review Published February 13, 2016 By Nancy Oswald, Reviewed by Hannah Ritter

Nothing Here But Stones, by Nancy Oswald; Henry Holt and Company: New York, 2004; $16.95 “Bookworm" may be one of the best words you could use to describe me. Ever since I was little I could be found curled up in the oddest places, deep in a story, obviously oblivious to the real world.

Thura’s Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq

Review Published February 13, 2016 By Thura al-Windawi, Reviewed by Rose Brazeale

Thura's Diary: My Life in Wartime Iraq, by Thura al-Windawi; Viking Children's Books: New York, 2oo4; $15.99 “In the middle of the night we were thrown out of our beds by some massive explosions," described Thura in her diary. Thura al-Windawi was nineteen years old when the war in Iraq began. That was also the time when she started a diary, which was later published into a book.

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