Book Reviews – Kids

The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World by Amy Reed 2019

August 29, 2020

The setting is the near future in a downtrodden small town suffering the effects of global warming and economic  disaster following the loss of the surrounding forests. It’s intentionally ugly and depressing with surreal fantasy . . . read more »

The Downstairs Girl by Stacey Lee 2019

July 29, 2020

Although it is written with a light touch, this book hit me hard.   I had not remembered that the southern suffragettes did not include formerly enslaved black women and certainly not Chinese women.They were not even . . . read more »

With the Fire On High by Elizabeth Acevedo 2019

July 29, 2020

I loved this book about a feisty young woman who succeeds against so many odds. She is an Afro Latinx senior in high school, living in racially challenging Philadelphia with her  3 yr old daughter and . . . read more »

The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu 2020

July 16, 2020

The book goes back and forth between reality and fantasy. The telling is inspired with crystalline images from the fantasy world and interesting historical details of Mozart’s time.  I was fascinated by the main characters, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart . . . read more »

CUB by Cynthia L Copeland, 2020

July 6, 2020

CUB by Cynthia L. Copeland 2020In a slightly fictionalized graphic novel memoir the author likens middle school to a jungle with predators (mean and popular kids) and prey (all the other kids). She (the main . . . read more »

Enemy Child, by Andrea Warren 2019

June 27, 2020

We have other books for kids on the Japanese internment camps during WWII. I bought this one because it is told (through interviews) in the voice of a child. A real 10 year old child who loved baseball, . . . read more »

Planet Omar Accidental Trouble Magnet

June 21, 2020

By Zanib Mian,  2019 Three cheers for this wonderful book! I had to read it all at once; taking it all in one big gulp. Omar is a totally wacky fantastic believable kid who navigates . . . read more »

Pages & Co. The Bookwanderers

June 21, 2020

by Anna James, 2018 What a delightful book. It will be more fun if you have read Anne of Green Gables, Alice in Wonderland, and The Little Princess. Treasure Island too. It’s about readers who . . . read more »

Stamped

June 21, 2020

by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, 2020 This book is so important and so gether. “Drinking “this book down quickly like a refreshing glass of water,  I realized how thirsty I was for a simple . . . read more »

Frankly in Love

June 21, 2020

By David Yoon 2019 I listened to this audiobook on cloudLibrary. It’s a coming of age story of Korean American high school seniors in Southern California. The parents have immigrated and worked hard to make . . . read more »