OCDaniel
Title: OCDaniel Author: Wesley King Genre: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Simon and Schuster Release Date: April 12, 2016 Pages: 304 A thirteen-year-old boy’s life revolves around hiding his obsessive compulsive disorder until a girl at school, who is unkindly nicknamed Psycho Sara, notices him for the first time and he gets a mysterious note that changes everything. Review: I wish there were more stars to give to “OCDaniel.” It’s a wonderful and emotional read that I think any middle or […]
Little Chickies
Title: Little Chickies Series: Canticos Author: Susie Jaramillo Publisher: Encantos Release Date: April 1, 2016 Format: Board Book Pages: 25 pages “Los Pollitos Dicen,” or “Little Chickies Squeal” is one of the most popular songs in the Spanish speaking world, akin to “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” in English. This English adaptation of the song is as catchy and lyrical as the Spanish version and sure to engage new audiences not familiar with the original song. The song is an homage […]
A Fierce and Subtle Poison
Title: A Fierce and Subtle Poison Author: Samantha Mabry Genre: Young Adult Fiction Publisher: Algonquin Books Release Date: April 12, 2016 Pages: 288 Spending the summer with his hotel-developer father in Puerto Rico, seventeen-year-old Lucas turns to a legendary cursed girl filled with poison when his girlfriend mysteriously disappears. Review: “A Fierce and Subtle Poison” is a wonderful tale of magical realism and fantasy based heavily upon the stories and superstitions found in Puerto Rico. If you’re looking for […]
Defender
Title: Defender Author: Graham McNamee Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Release Date: April 12, 2016 Pages: 240 Seventeen-year-old Tyne and her boyfriend Stick investigate a decades-old murder after she finds the body of a girl in the basement wall of her apartment building. Review: “Defender” is a gritty mystery set in a downtrodden urban area of Toronto. While I felt that the varied races of the characters and the realistic feel of the location were unique, there was something off […]
Almost A Full Moon
Title: Almost a Full Moon Author: Hawksley Workman Genre: Songs, English Publisher: Tundra Books (NY) Release Date: September 6, 2016 Pages: 32 Almost a Full Moon is a warm-hearted story of family, community, food and home. A boy and his grandmother host a gathering in their small cabin in the middle of winter. Friends travel from near and far, and some new friends even turn up. The walls of the cabin are elastic and the soup pot bottomless; all are […]
Ooko
Title: Ooko Author: Esme Shapiro Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: July 5, 2016 Format: Hardcover Pages: 40 Ooko has everything a fox could want: a stick, a leaf and a rock. Well, almost everything . . . Ooko wants someone to play with too! The foxes in town always seem to be playing with their two-legged friends, the Debbies. Maybe if he tries to look like the other foxes, one of the Debbies will play with him too. […]
Yitzi and the Giant Menorah
Title: Yitzi and the Giant Menorah Author: Richard Ungar Publisher: Tundra Books (NY) Release Date: September 6, 2016 Pages: 32 On the eve of Hanukkah, the People of Chelm have received a special gift from the Mayor of Lublin. A giant menorah in which they place in the square for all the admire. Every night, the villagers meet to watch the lighting of a candle on the menorah. And every night, the villagers ponder What is the most fitting way […]
Bob’s Burgers: Well Done
Title: Bob's Burgers Author: Loren Bouchard, Jeff Drake, Rachel Hastings, Ben Dickerson, Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Release Date: March 15, 2016 Pages: 112 Satisfy your hunger for the red hot Bob’s Burgers with this sizzling new collection, served well done! Written and illustrated by the fine folks at the Emmy Award-winning studio Bento Box Entertainment, these Belcher Family shenanigans are guaranteed to delight fans of all ages. Thrill to Louise’s investigation into a pest control problem, […]
Tell the Wind and Fire
Title: Tell the Wind and Fire Author: Sarah Rees Brennan Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's Book Group Release Date: April 5, 2016 Format: Hardcover Pages: 368 “Sarah Rees Brennan writes with fine control and wit, and I suspect that word of this magical thriller will pass through the populace with the energy of wind, of fire.” —Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked and Egg and Spoon In a city divided between opulent luxury in the Light and fierce privations in the […]
The Midnight Watch
Title: The Midnight Watch Author: David Dyer Genre: Fiction Publisher: Macmillan Release Date: April 5, 2016 Pages: 336 As the Titanic and her passengers sank slowly into the Atlantic Ocean after striking an iceberg late in the evening of April 14, 1912, a nearby ship looked on. Second Officer Herbert Stone, in charge of the midnight watch on the SS Californian sitting idly a few miles north, saw the distress rockets that the Titanic fired. He alerted the captain, Stanley […]
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