A funny, touching look at the life of a social media influencer who starts to question the #goals life she has created for herself.
Category: Starred Review
The Cartographers by Amy Zhang
Struggling to balance the expectations of her immigrant mother with her own deep ambivalence about her place in the world, seventeen-year-old Ocean Sun takes her savings and goes off the grid.
My Imaginary Mary by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
It’s aliiiiiiiive! New York Times bestselling authors of My Lady Jane are back with the electric, poetic, and (almost) historical tale of the one and only Mary Shelley.
The Summer of Bitter and Sweet by Jen Ferguson
In this complex and emotionally resonant novel about a Métis girl living on the Canadian prairies, debut author Jen Ferguson serves up a powerful story about rage, secrets, and all the spectrums that make up a person—and the sweetness that can still live alongside the bitterest truth.
My Best Books for Youth in 2021
Click here to read about these nine books that I reviewed in 2021 for Booklist Magazine and India Currents Magazine. … More
The Nobleman’s Guide to Scandal and Shipwrecks by Mackenzi Lee
Gr. 9-12 ***Starred Review*** Following his beloved mother’s suicide, Adrian Montague—a Lord-to-be who suffers from acute anxiety—receives her personal affects. … More
Here’s to Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
Gr. 9-12 ***Starred Review*** Ben Alejo and Arthur Seuss are back in this sequel to What If It’s Us (2018), … More
Sugar Town Queens by Malla Nunn
Gr. 7-12 ***Starred Review*** Fifteen-year-old Amandla has always set her sights on leaving Sugar Town, a slum outside Durban, South … More
You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow
Gr. 9-12 ***Starred Review*** Everyone in Mill Haven has secrets—even smart, rich Emory Ward, kid sister to the beautiful Maddie … More
When Loose Ends Meet 