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Dec 11, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Nicholl Denice Montgomery |Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres |Jessica Agudelo |Eric Carpenter
Star Sailor: My Life as a NASA Astronaut by Charles F. Bolden Jr. and Tonya BoldenMiddle School Candlewick 112 pp. 10/24 9781536216325 $19.99Charles Bolden credits Ron McNair, NASA’s second Black astronaut, with encouraging him to apply to be an astronaut. Despite having been a Marine pilot and holding a master’s degree in a STEM subject, Bolden did not think NASA would consider a five-foot-seven Black man—but to his surprise he was accepted into the astronaut program.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Jonathan Hunt |Nicholas A. Brown-Cáceres |Jessica Agudelo |Eric Carpenter
Golden Gate: Building the Mighty Bridge by Elizabeth Partridge; illus. by Ellen HeckPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 56 pp. 10/24 9781452135144 $19.99“Cold winter winds rattle your window and the blast of the foghorn weaves into your morning dreams, warning ships away from the rocky cliffs behind you.” In a second-person narrative voice, Partridge (Parks for the People, rev.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Jessica Agudelo |Eric Carpenter |Marva Hinton |Jennifer M. Brabander
Doña Fela’s Dream by Monica Brown; illus. by Rose IbarraPrimary Little, Brown 48 pp. 9/24 9780316178358 $18.99Spanish ed. 9780316581660 $11.99A richly illustrated picture-book biography of Puerto Rico’s first female mayor, Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1897–1994), with a lively text. As a tropical storm batters San Juan at the start of the book, the fearful residents seek refuge in the home of their trusted local hero, lovingly called Doña Fela.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Danielle Ford |Eric Carpenter |Betty Carter |Pauletta Brown Bracy
A Tour of the Human Body: Amazing Numbers—Fantastic Facts [Number Tours for Curious Kids]by Jennifer Berne; illus. by Dawn DeVries SokolPrimary, Intermediate Kane/Astra 40 pp. 5/24 9781662670152 $18.99e-book ed. 9781662670169 $11.99Berne’s counts and measures of the cells and organs of the human body illustrate just how remarkable—and quantifiable—we are. “Did you know” that we are composed of “30 trillion cells,” eight thousand taste buds, and “60,000 miles” of blood vessels?
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Kitty Flynn |Danielle Ford |Eric Carpenter |Betty Carter
Ernő Rubik and His Magic Cube by Kerry Aradhya; illus. by Kara KramerPrimary Peachtree 32 pp. 5/24 9781682636640 $18.99e-book ed. 9781682636787 $11.99Growing up in Budapest, young Ernő Rubik (b.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Danielle Ford |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Jonathan Hunt |Eric Carpenter
Animal Superpowers! by Amy Cherrix; illus. by Frann Preston-GannonPrimary Beach Lane/Simon 48 pp. 6/24 9781534456273 $18.99e-book ed. 9781534456280 $10.99Much like superheroes, some animal species have remarkable abilities. The ten featured species with “superpowers” have notable adaptations that help them to survive.
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May 15, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Eric Carpenter |Marva Hinton |Naomi Yamada |Pauletta Brown Bracy
The Astrochimps: America’s First Astronauts by Dawn CusickIntermediate, Middle School Chicago Review 216 pp. 2/24 9781641608954 $19.99e-book ed. 9781641608978 $12.99Chimpanzees were “America’s first astronauts,” but what did their missions entail, and how did their voyages help NASA send humans into space? Cusick’s well-researched look at the primates’ training and flights provides details for an area of the space race typically relegated to a footnote.
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Jan 3, 2024 | 
hbook.com | Eric Carpenter |Betty Carter |Sam Bloom |Danielle Ford
They Hold the Line: Wildfires, Wildlands, and the Firefighters Who Brave Them by Dan Paley; illus. by Molly MendozaPrimary, Intermediate Chronicle 40 pp. 9/23 9781797214504 $18.99Daunting, exhausting, sweaty, filthy, and dangerous are all words that can describe the work of the teams of firefighters who join together to contain and control wildfires.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Jessica Agudelo |Jonathan Hunt |Betty Carter |Eric Carpenter
Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir by Pedro Martín; illus. by the authorIntermediate, Middle School Dial 320 pp. 8/23 9780593462287 $24.99Paper ed. 9780593462294 $14.99e-book ed. 9780593462300 $9.99Martín’s humorous and heartfelt memoir recounts a momentous 1977 road trip with his “big Mexican American family.” Apá and Amá gather the nine Martín children to drive to Jalisco to pick up Apa’s father.
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Nov 8, 2023 | 
hbook.com | Jonathan Hunt |Betty Carter |Eric Carpenter |Danielle Ford
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Germany by Steve SheinkinMiddle School, High School Roaring Brook 256 pp. 8/23 9781250265722 $19.99e-book ed. 9781250265739 $11.99In his latest masterful work of narrative nonfiction, Sheinkin’s (Most Dangerous, rev. 9/15; Fallout, rev. 11/21) tale of suspense is tinged with the physical and psychological horrors of the Holocaust.
