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CHILDREN'S
ROBIN HOODby David Calcutt & illustrated by Grahame Baker-Smith
Sure to attract new followers for a perennially popular hero. Full review >
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ZOMBIE MAKERSScience writing at its grossest and best, though as the title (not to mention the blood-spattered pages) warns, not for the... Full review >
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STARRY RIVER OF THE SKYby Grace Lin
A worthy companion to Lin's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (2009). Full review >
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THE DOGS OF WINTERby Bobbie Pyron
Terrifying, life-affirming and memorable. Full review >
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KEEPING SAFE THE STARSFamily loyalty, stubbornness and love in an implausible but totally satisfying blend. Full review >
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THE GIANT AND HOW HE HUMBUGGED AMERICAby Jim Murphy
After reading this fascinating story, young people will appreciate the old expression, spawned by this very hoax, “There’s a... Full review >
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FOODby Kathlyn Gay
A sobering, thought-provoking discussion that provides, yes, much food for thought. Full review >
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HAND IN HANDby Andrea Davis Pinkney & illustrated by Brian Pinkney
A feast for readers whose eyes are (or should be) on the prize, in a volume as well-turned-out as the dapper W.E.B. Dubois,... Full review >
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BUFFALO BIRD GIRLretold by S.D. Nelson & illustrated by S.D. Nelson
Pair with Nelson’s Gift Horse (1999) for a broad vision of Plains Indian childhood. Full review >
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THE FIRE CHRONICLEIrreverent humor and swashbuckling adventure collide in a fetching fantasy. Full review >
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SUMMER AND BIRD"The way a story is told has power," the narrator asserts; Catmull’s languorously beautiful telling is puissant indeed. Full review >
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"WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR?"by Lemony Snicket & illustrated by Seth
Fans of the Series of Unfortunate Events will be in heaven picking out tidbit references to the tridecalogy, but readers... Full review >
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THE ALIEN HUNTER'S HANDBOOKby Mark Brake & illustrated by Colin Jack & Geraint Ford
Sharp extraterrestrial inquiry—and a lesson in not judging a book by its cover. Full review >
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