Books Reviewed
I have always enjoyed reading children's literature and was excited to dive in deeper this semester. Here is the list of books (and...
I have always enjoyed reading children's literature and was excited to dive in deeper this semester. Here is the list of books (and...
Priyanka Das is an Indian-American teenager living in Los Angeles. She dreams of her mother’s homeland and has so many questions about...
It is 1930, and Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their ranch in Aguascalientes, Mexico after her father dies. The two flee to...
In the futuristic world of Scythe, disease, war, pain, and even death have been conquered. People can live forever, but to sustain the...
Young Julián lives with his abuela and is entranced by mermaids. One day, after swim class, Julian and his grandmother are riding the el...
Morrigan Crow is a cursed child. Born on Eventide, the unluckiest day of the year, Morrigan is blamed for everything that goes wrong in...
In the 2019 Caldecott Award-winning Hello Lighthouse, Sophie Blackall tells a story that explores the history of lighthouses and the...
Two Dogs in a Trench Coat Go to School by Julie Falatko is a 2019-2020 Bluebonnet nominee. This funny new book is told from the point of...
Winner of the 2013 Newbery Award, The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate is a touching story of two unlikely friends: a gorilla...
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat is the story of an imaginary friend who can’t find his person. This 2015...
Drama by Raina Telgemeier is a graphic novel that perfectly captures the drama of middle school. Callie is a seventh grader who loves the...
The Boo-Boos That Changed the World, a 2019-2020 Bluebonnet nominee, is a nonfiction picture storybook about the invention of the...
It is 1947 and India, finally free after nearly two centuries of British rule, is being divided into two separate countries, India and...
Winner of the 2019 Pura Belpré Award, The Poet X is an incredible novel about a Xiomara, a teenaged slam poet who writes to try to make...
Chaya Lindner is a Jewish girl who joins the Resistance in Poland during World War II. Because of her more “Aryan” features, she can...
Coraline by Neil Gaiman is a creepy, horror novel for middle-grade students. Young Coraline has just moved into a new apartment, and her...
Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is the victim of a carjacking-turned-kidnapping. Not only is Cheyenne ill with pneumonia, but she is...
Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty is the story of shy little Rosie Revere who dreams of being a great engineer. She scavenges the...
As a newcomer to the small town of Pine Mountain, Colorado, Arlo Finch joins the Rangers (a scouting group) to fit in and make friends....
In Claire Dimaline’s The Marrow Thieves, the world as we know is has been devastated by global warming, pollution, and the disappearance...