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A Greater Goal: The Epic Battle for Equal Pay in Women’s Soccer-and Beyond

Dec 20, 2024 | slj.com | Elizabeth Rusch |Alicia Abdul |Amanda MacGregor |Patricia Ann Morris

. Jul. 2024. 336p. Tr $19.99. ISBN 9780063220904. COPY ISBN Gr 10 Up–The topic of equality in sports between women and men, especially on pay, is the focus of Rusch’s nonfiction book.
Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I’d Known

Dec 20, 2024 | slj.com | George Johnson |Alicia Abdul |Amanda MacGregor |Patricia Ann Morris

. Sept. 2024. 144p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9780374391249. COPY ISBN Gr 9 Up–Johnson’s voice fills a void in teen literature, and his newest collection of essays about Black and queer folks from the 1920s unequivocally belongs on shelves across the country. A complement of art from Palmer and Johnson’s text profiling these individuals speaks to erasure of their sexuality or their race in the culturally rich time of the Harlem Renaissance.
Dear Dad: Growing Up with a Parent in Prison-and How We Stayed Connected

Sep 1, 2024 | slj.com | Alicia Abdul |Bonnie Bader |Doris Kearns

. Sept. 2024. 128p. Tr $24.99. ISBN 9781546128373. COPY ISBN Gr 5 Up–Keeping in communication with an incarcerated parent is tough. Jay Jay’s mom knew it was important, so as the girl grew, Jay Jay stayed connected with her dad. Upon his release from prison, where he earned a computer degree, father and daughter teamed up to create an app to keep families in touch. Her work and their life are documented in this graphic novel memoir, penned by daughter and dad, along with the help of others.
Heebie Jeebies

Aug 27, 2024 | slj.com | Matthew Erman |Alicia Abdul |Kim Ji Hyun

. Sept. 2024. 184p. pap. $14.99. ISBN 9781545811887. COPY ISBN Gr 5-8–What kid hasn’t thought about their school being haunted? Middle schoolers Blue and Herschel break into their school at night, alongside a frightened new janitor, in the hopes of finding a treasure that might solve their financial issues and help with being bullied at school. What they get instead is a case of the heebie jeebies as they battle to solve the mysteries of the haunted ghosts that live within the school’s walls.
Marked Man: Frank Serpico’s Inside Battle Against Police Corruption

Jul 19, 2024 | slj.com | Alicia Abdul |Beatrice Boggs |Belle Boggs

. Mar. 2024. 160p. Tr $21.99. ISBN 9781250621955. COPY ISBN Gr 10 Up–Frank Serpico stood up for what he knew was right, and if that meant taking down the New York City police department, so be it. He became a marked man because of it. Florio and Shapiro bring readers into the world of policing in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the massive corruption that was deeply entrenched in everyday interactions with businesses and the public.
Road Home

Jun 1, 2024 | slj.com | Alicia Abdul

. May 2024. 272p. Tr $18.99. ISBN 9781324019923. COPY ISBN Gr 10 Up–Readers have been on a personal journey with Ogle since the publication of Free Lunch in 2019. In what’s billed as the final book of his literary memoir look back, this may be the rawest due to Ogle’s experiences after being kicked out of his dad’s house and being unhoused when a toxic relationship with an older man implodes.
The Worst Ronin

May 23, 2024 | slj.com | Maggie Tokuda-Hall |Alicia Abdul

Gr 9 Up–Past meets present in a samurai story for a new generation. Chihiro worships a samurai idol, Tatsuo, through social media, and she wants the opportunity to partner with Tatsuo to increase her chances of getting into the prestigious samurai school, Kesi Academy, to follow in her father’s footsteps. What Chihiro doesn’t know is Tatsuo is more interested in being a belligerent drunk who lives on her own terms.
Summer Vamp

May 1, 2024 | slj.com | Alicia Abdul

. May 2024. 240p. Tr $21.99. ISBN 9780593425237. COPY ISBN Gr 5-8–As if it wasn’t bad enough that Maya’s dad’s girlfriend is going to move in with them, Maya realizes too late that the summer camp she's attending is not the culinary camp that was promised, but one filled with vampires, instead. Will they want to suck her blood? Fortunately, the campers haven’t yet figured out that Maya is human, and to Maya they’re surprisingly normal.
Best Nonfiction Elementary 2023 | SLJ Best Books

Nov 22, 2023 | schoollibraryjournal.com | Alicia Abdul |Karen Bilton |Lisa Buffi |Shelley Diaz

NONFICTION ELEMENTARYBackhouse, Frances. Grizzly Bears: Guardians of the Wilderness. Orca. ISBN 9781459828544. Gr 4-8–Backhouse spent five months in British Columbia’s North Coast, located in Ts’msyen territory, learning “from the Gwich’in to the Diné, and from the Niitsitapi to the Yup’ik, each group has its own grizzly-bear stories, songs, and dances.” This defining text on a misunderstood species blends science, heart, and deep knowledge. Charles, Tami.