Gr. 7-12 ***Starred Review*** Fifteen-year-old Amandla has always set her sights on leaving Sugar Town, a slum outside Durban, South … More
Category: Middle Grade Readers
The Pick-Up by Miranda Kenneally
Gr. 8-12 Rising senior Mari is excited to be in Chicago at her dad’s for the weekend. She’s going to … More
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
Gr. 4-8 ***Starred Review*** Introspective and instructive, the inimitable Snicket returns with a philosophical and nearly stream-of-consciousness tale about learning … More
Playing a Dangerous Game by Patrick Ochieng
Gr. 6-9 In the 1970s, 10-year-old Lumush lives with his family in Railway Estates in Kenya. A recent transfer to … More
How to Be a Girl in the World by Caela Carter
Gr. 4-8 The summer before seventh grade, Lydia begins wearing extra clothes to ward off new, unwanted attention from neighborhood … More
My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann
Gr. 7-12 Until ninth grade, Greer Walsh’s body was acceptable. Then her bustline grew. And grew. Now a sophomore, she’s … More
Rebel in the Library of Ever by Zeno Alexander
Shout Out!Rebel in the Library of Ever.Zeno Alexander, Author.(The Library of Ever Book 2)April 28, 2020.Macmillan. 224 pages.$16.99 hardcover; also … More
My Best Books for Youth in 2019
I am a Books for Youth reviewer for Booklist, a publication of the American Library Association, and I have the … More
The End of the World as I Know It by Matthew Landis
Gr. 5-8 It’s been nearly a year since Derrick “Dee” Waters lost his mom, a Major in the Air Force … More
The Class by Frances O’Roark Dowell
Gr. 4-8 ***Starred Review*** Beloved Mrs. Herrera’s sixth-grade class at Milton Falls Middle School is a lively one of 20 … More
