The Fashion Committee

Told in the alternating voices of its two main characters, The Fashion Committee is the story of a style-obsessed girl named Charlie Dean and John Thomas-Smith, a boy who’s extremely talented in metalwork but couldn’t ... Read More »

May 16, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Undiscovered Country

By Jennifer Gold

In Cat’s life, there is the time Before, and there is the time After. Before her mother died from breast cancer, Cat was a brainy high school student with early admission to Stanford University. After, ... Read More »

May 16, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Substitute

By Nicole Lundrigan

Following the publication of her fifth novel, 2013’s The Widow Tree, Nicole Lundrigan took a break from writing. “I felt drained of ideas,” she acknowledged in a blog post on her website. Eventually, however, she ... Read More »

May 15, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

★ Arabic for Beginners

By Ariela Freedman

It would take a very good writer, in the opening pages of her first published novel, to distill the entire history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict into a symbol of two children fighting over a toy ... Read More »

May 11, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Just Jen: Thriving Through Multiple Sclerosis

By Jen Powley

Just Jen chronicles author Jen Powley’s life with multiple sclerosis. Forthright, illuminating, and frequently moving in her narration, Powley addresses the clichés of typical illness stories upfront. Facing the reality of her diagnosis as a ... Read More »

May 11, 2017 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Summer’s End

By Joel A. Sutherland

What could be worse than knowing it’s the last summer you’ll spend with your closest friends, as well as the last one before you get hit with the innocence-destroying horrors of high school? A lot, ... Read More »

May 8, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Last Neanderthal

By Claire Cameron

In Claire Cameron’s third novel, twinned narratives develop out of the 2010 discovery of two fossilized skeletons – a female Neanderthal and a male Homo sapiens – locked in what appears to be an embrace. ... Read More »

May 8, 2017 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels, Reviews

Laura Monster Crusher

By Wesley King

There’s a reason popular kids aren’t usually called upon to take up quests in middle-grade fantasy: all metaphor goes out the window. Where’s the satisfaction in seeing a well-liked, effortlessly capable 12-year-old take down evil ... Read More »

May 8, 2017 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Boundless

By Jillian Tamaki

The opening and closing spreads in Jillian Tamaki’s new collection of graphic short stories feature characters spilling off the edges of the page. The opener, “World-Class City,” is bookended by figures placed in directional opposition ... Read More »

May 8, 2017 | Filed under: Graphica, Reviews

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