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    The Wild Robot Protects written and illustrated by Peter Brown

    Published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Summary: Everyone’s favorite robot is back. At the end of The Wild Robot Escapes, Roz had finally returned to the beloved island that she made her home in The Wild Robot. Now that home is being threatened by the poison tide, a toxic...
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    Two last graphic novels of 2023

    Grace Needs Space by Benjamin A. Wilgus and Rii Abrego Published by Random House Graphic A Sky of Paper Stars by Susie Yi Published by Roaring Brook Press Summary: These graphic novels tell the stories of two very different girls who are both grappling with family issues. Grace...
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    New year, old books

    I’m trying out a few tweaks to my schedule in the new year, and this has led to more reading! So instead of my usual practice of taking a few weeks off at the beginning of January, waiting for new books to pile up, I have a few more 2024 posts to share. To start, here are three books that would...
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    Sci Fi graphic novels

    Rodeo Hawkins and the Daughters of Mayhem by John Claude Bemis, illustrated by Nicole Miles (Holiday House, 272 pages, grades 4-7). Sidney Poblocki is trying to convince his best friend Walt to try to run away with him after another failed foster family experience when two mysterious groups...
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    A basketball ace, a designer of space, and an ultramarathon race

    Wat Takes His Shot: The Life & Legacy of Basketball Hero Wataru Misaka by Cheryl Kim, illustrated by Nat Iwata (Lee & Low Books, 40 pages, grades 2-5). Wataru Misaka was an active child, growing up in Utah as a second-generation Japanese American, or Nisei. His father taught him the Japanese...
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    Graphic novels that root for the underdogs

    We Are Big Time by Hena Khan, illustrated by Safiya Zerrougui (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 240 pages, grades 3-7). Aliya’s not happy that her family is moving from Tampa to Milwaukee just as she’s about to start high school. Although it’s nice to be close to her grandparents, she misses the...
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    A ballplayer who dared, a poet who cared, and a sanitation worker who repaired

    Call Me Roberto! Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso, illustrated by Rudy Gutierrez (Calkins Creek, 40 pages, grades 2-5). Roberto Clemente loved playing baseball as a boy in Puerto Rico and was thrilled to be scouted by the MLB. After a disappointing season in Montreal...
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    Nonfiction that will make you question humanity

    Glenn Burke, Game Changer: The Man Who Invented the High Five by Phil Bildner, illustrated by Daniel J. O’Brien (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 32 pages, grades 2-5). As a kid, Glenn Burke was a five-tool talent: fast runner, powerful and accurate hitter, good catcher, and strong pitcher. So it was...
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    A couple last graphic novels from 2024

    The Squad by Christina Soontornvat, illustrated by Joanna Cacao. (Graphix, 288 pages, grades 4-8). Christina continues the memoir she began in The Tryout. Now an eighth grader, she feels like her life is good, with close friends, interesting classes, and a fun group of fellow artists who are...
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    Novels in verse by award-winning authors

    It’s All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango (Random House Readers, 272 pages, grades 4-8). Vale is trying to get back to fencing after a serious motorbike accident that damaged one of her legs, possibly permanently. Despite the pain and weakness, Vale is driven to return to the one thing...
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    Beach reading

    Meet Me at Sunset by Lee Heart (Simon Spotlight, 145 pages, grades 3-7). Julie’s told all her friends at school about James, the cute boy she knows from her summer vacations. Although she’s only talked to him once, she may have led the other kids believe he’s her boyfriend, which is why it’s...
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    Two books for LGBTQ+ collections

    Trans History: A Graphic Novel: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs and Andrew Eakett (Candlewick, 384 pages, grades 8 and up). The title gives a pretty good idea of what this book is: a graphic novel of trans history, starting in ancient times and going to the present, with...
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    Science acclaim, a mouse’s name, and the G.O.A.T. of the game

    Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas by Michelle Cusolito, illustrated by Ellen Rooney (Charlesbridge, 32 pages, grades 1-5). Maude Delap never left home or went to school, but she became a scientist by studying the ocean life around her home on Valencia Island, Ireland...
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    Family: it’s complicated

    Danilo Was Here by Tamika Burgess (HarperCollins, 304 pages, grades 5-8). Danilo’s family has gone through tough times since his beloved Papá left for the United States to try to find work, shortly before the U.S. bombed his Panamanian neighborhood in December, 1989. Papá has stopped writing and...
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    Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Qin Leng

    Published by Candlewick Summary: In this wordless picture book, a girl and her grandparent run Lowell’s General Store. Over their shop is an apartment. When the grandparent puts an “Apartment for Rent” sign in the window, a number of prospective tenants take a look, but are put off by...
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    The Midnight Fair by Gideon Sterer, illustrated by Mariachiara Di Giorgio

    Published by Candlewick Summary: When the fair closes down in this wordless picture book, animals come out of the forest to take over. They start up the rides and games, enjoying the teacups, the carousel, and the cotton candy. As the sun starts to come up, a man gets ready for the day...
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    The Great Zapfino by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Marla Frazee

    Published by Beach Lane Books Summary: The action opens at the circus, where The Great Zapfino is climbing a high, high ladder to a platform from which he will jump onto a tiny trampoline below. One minute he’s there, and the next he’s gone. He hightails it away from the circus to an...
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    A Day for Sandcastles by JoArno Lawson, illustrated by Qin Leng

    Published by Candlewick Summary: The team behind Over the Shop is back with a wordless story about a summer day at the beach. A bus is shown driving down the highway on the title page. It pulls into a beach parking lot, and one by one members of a family emerge: a boy, his younger...
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    The Depth of the Lake and the Height of the Sky by Kim Jihyun

    Published by Floris Books Summary: A young boy and his parents leave their home in the city to drive to his grandparents’ more rural house. As soon as they arrive, he and his dog head off into the woods to explore. They’re delighted to find a lake with a dock, and the boy dives in...
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    I Forgive Alex: A Simple Story About Understanding by Kerascoët

    Published by Random House Studio Summary: Recess begins with different groups of kids doing different things: running, stomping in puddles, and hanging out with friends. One boy pulls out his artwork and displays it for his friends. Alex is bouncing a basketball around the playground...

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