This month, a handful of middle grade and YA titles, along with a manga adaptation of Sherlock Holmes and more, received starred reviews.
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GLEDHILL, Carly. Pencil’s Best Story Ever. Post Wave.
KANG, Angie. Our Lake. illus. by Angie Kang. Penguin/Kokila.
SMALLS, Alexander & Denene Millner. When Alexander Graced the Table. illus. by Frank Morrison. S. & S./Denene Millner.
FOSTER, Kate. The Unlikely Heroes Club. Candlewick.
MULL, Brandon. The Gorgon’s Fury. Shadow Mountain.
NELSON, Vaunda Micheaux. Radiant. Penguin.
WOOD, Maryrose. Bad Badger. illus. by Giulia Ghigini. Union Square Kids & Co.
DE GOLDI, Kate. Eddy, Eddy. Candlewick.
EGAN, Leanne. Lover Birds. Scholastic/PUSH.
GARZA VILLA, Jonny. Canto Contigo. Wednesday Bks.
LESSORE, Nathanael. Dropping Beats. Little, Brown.
PÉREZ, Ashley Hope, ed. Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers’ Rights. illus. by Debbie Fong. Holiday House.
DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan. Manga Classics: Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 1. adapt. by Crystal Chan. illus. by Julien Choy. Manga Classics.
SNYDER, Scott. Duck and Cover. illus. by Rafael Albuquerque. Dark Horse.
SYUU. Victoria of Many Faces, Vol. 1. tr. from Japanese by Andria McKnight. illus. by Komo Ushino & Nanna Fujimi. Yen Pr.
GRUSH, Loren with Rebecca Stefoff. The Six Young Readers Edition: The Untold Story of America’s First Women Astronauts. S. & S.
ROOP, Connie & Peter Roop. Maya Angelou Finds Her Voice. illus. by Noa Denmon. S. & S./Aladdin.
BOWLES, David. Los héroes gemelos y la magia de la canción. illus. by Charlene Bowles. Lee & Low/Cinco Puntos. SP
HEREDIA, María Fernanda. Juan y Yun tienen un plan. illus. by Roger Ycasa. Vista Higher Learning. SP
MANSOUR, Vivian. Códice peregrino. SP
––––. Pilgrim Codex. ea vol: illus. by Emmanuel Valtierra. Levine Querido.
REYNOLDS, Jason. Lu (Spanish Edition). tr. from English by Alison Ridley. Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy. SP
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