37 Fantastic Titles, Including Audio and Lots of Graphic Novels | Web Starred Reviews, December 2024

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Audio

FLEMING, Candace. The Enigma Girls: How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II. narrated by Moira Quirk. Scholastic Audio.

 

Holidays

GUTMAN, Dan. My Weird School Special: Hip, Hip, Hooray! Every Day Is a Holiday! illus. by Jim Paillot. HarperCollins.

GUTTA, Razeena Omar & Faaiza Osman. Ramadan on Rahma Road: A Recipe Storybook. illus. by Atieh Sohrabi. Barefoot Bks. Picture Books

AWAN, Jashar. Every Monday Mabel. illus. by Jashar Awan. S. & S.

HILLYARD, Kim. Ned and the Great Garden Hamster Race: A Story About Kindness. illus. by Kim Hillyard. Penguin Workshop.

JOYCE, William. Rocket Puppies. illus. by William Joyce. S. & S./Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy.

MACKENZIE, Bryher. The Night Whale. illus. by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara. Candlewick.

MARWAN, Zahra. Sakina and the Uninvited Guests. illus. by Zahra Marwan. Bloomsbury. Transitional

ROSEN, Michael. One Day: A True Story of Survival in the Holocaust. illus. by Benjamin Phillips. Candlewick Studio.

 

Middle Grade

MCDANIEL, Tiffany. A Sky Full of Dragons. illus. by Ayesha L. Rubio. S. & S.

NIX, Garth. We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord. Scholastic.

WOODS, Brenda. With Just One Wing. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.

 

YA

ALKAF, Hanna. The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette’s. 352p. S. & S./Salaam Reads. Sept. 2024. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781534494589.

CASHORE, Kristin. There Is a Door in This Darkness. 384p. Dutton. Jun. 2024. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780803739994.

CRESPO, Alex. Queerceañera. 304p. HarperCollins/HarperTeen. May 2024. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780063257405.

DOYLE, Catherine. The Dagger and the Flame. 512p. (The City of Fantome: Bk. 1). S. & S. Oct. 2024. Tr $21.99. ISBN 9781665955119.

GREEN, Simon James. Boy Like Me. 352p. Scholastic. May 2024. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9781339045870.

MADDEN, Tobias. Wrong Answers Only. 384p. Page Street YA. Oct. 2024. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9798890030740.

VISHNY, A.R. Night Owls. 368p. HarperCollins. Sept. 2024. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780063327306.

 

Graphic Novels

FUKUMOTO, Nobuyuki. Confession. illus. by Kaiji Kawaguchi. Kodansha/Vertical.

GUREISHI, Yako. Somali and the Forest Spirit, Vol. 1. illus. by Yako Gureishi. Titan.

GRAVEWEAVER. I’m the Grim Reaper, Vol. 1. illus. by GRAVEWEAVER. Viz Media.

KIESLING, Kristen. The Harrowing. illus. by Rye Hickman. Abrams.

KINOSHITA, Itaru & Shin-ichi Fujiwara. Dinosaur Sanctuary, Vol. 4. Seven Seas.

PILKEY, Dav. Dog Man: Big Jim Begins: A Graphic Novel. illus. by Dav Pilkey. Scholastic/Graphix.

SHIRATO, Seiichi. Watch Dogs Tokyo, Vol. 1. illus. by Syuhey Kamo. TOKYOPOP.

SONOYAMA, Yukino. Bless, Vol. 1. illus. by Yukino Sonoyama. Kodansha.

TSURUMAIKADA. Medalist, Vol. 1. illus. by Tsurumaikda. Kodansha.

 

Nonfiction Elementary

BUCKLEY, Patricia Morris. To Walk the Sky: How Iroquois Steelworkers Helped Build Towering Cities. illus. by E. B Lewis. HarperCollins/Heartdrum.

GALL, Chris. Dive!: The Story of Breathing Underwater. illus. by Chris Gall. Roaring Brook.

HUDSON, Cheryl Willis. When I Hear Spirituals. illus. by London Ladd. Holiday House.

PINCUS, Meeg. The Crane and the Keeper: How an Endangered Crane Chose a Human as Her Mate. illus. by Gillian Eilidh O’Mara. Candlewick.

SENZAI, N.H. Prince Among Slaves: The Remarkable True Story of an African Prince Enslaved in Mississippi, and His Journey Home. illus. by Anna Rich. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.

STEWART, Melissa. Meet the Mini-Mammals: A Night at the Natural History Museum. illus. by Brian Lies. S. & S./Beach Lane.

 

Nonfiction Middle to High School

HIRSCH, Rebecca E. A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants: Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds. Zest.

JOHNSON, George M. Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known. illus. by Charly Palmer. Farrar.

MARKLE, Sandra. The Great Wolf Rescue: Saving the Red Wolves. Lerner/Millbrook.

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