Luann Toth

Jan 16, 2024 | hbook.com | Luann Toth |Michelle Lee |Rachel Kerns |Dean Schneider

The Blood Years by Elana K. ArnoldHigh School    Balzer + Bray/HarperCollins    400 pp. 10/23    9780062990853    $19.99e-book ed. 9780062990877    $10.99In this historical novel set in Czernowitz, Romania, thirteen-year-old Rieke and her beautiful, headstrong older sister, Astra, live with their depressive mother and religiously observant grandfather, Opa, a jeweler and business owner.

Jan 4, 2024 | hbook.com | Luann Toth |Betty Carter |Jerry Dear |Amanda Toledo

Not Quite a Ghost by Anne UrsuIntermediate, Middle School    Walden Pond/HarperCollins    288 pp. 1/24    9780062275158    $19.99e-book ed. 9780062275172    $10.99The transition to middle school is often a time of tumult, with the upheaval of old elementary school routines and friendships. But for eleven-year-old Violet Hart, the changes are even more far-reaching.

Dec 13, 2023 | hbook.com | Luann Toth |Danielle Ford |Pauletta Brown Bracy |Sarah Rettger

I’m Gonna Paint: Ralph Fasanella, Artist of the People by Anne Broyles; illus. by Victoria Tentler-KrylovPrimary, Intermediate  Holiday    48 pp. 10/23    9780823450060    $18.99e-book ed. 9780823457380    $11.99In this engaging and child-friendly overview of Fasanella’s (1914–1997) life and evolution as a self-taught, working-class artist, Broyles highlights the man’s “rambunctious,” resilient, and independent nature, even as a child.

Nov 28, 2023 | hbook.com | Luann Toth |Julie Hakim Azzam

Remember Us by Jacqueline WoodsonMiddle School    Paulsen/Penguin    192 pp. 10/23    9780399545467    $18.99e-book ed. 9780399545481    $10.99Sage Durham, a basketball-obsessed Black twelve-year-old, is looking forward to a summer of pick-up games with the boys (she’s always the only girl on the court) in her close-knit 1970s Brooklyn neighborhood. Instead, it proves to be a season of screaming sirens and burned-out buildings.