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I.R.L.

Oct 31, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Taylor Robin |Emily Taylor

Jenny Goebel. Scholastic Press, $14.99 (176p) ISBN 978-1-5461-2500-6Upon first moving from San Francisco to small, rural White Pines, Alaska, due to her mother’s occupation studying renewable energy, sixth grader Lucy Bell-Rodriguez is excited to leave her former bullies behind. Yet she’s disheartened when she’s stuck at home doing remote learning from October to April, waiting out the treacherous Alaskan winter.
The Otherwhere Post

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Emily Taylor |Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Taylor Robin

A teen endeavors to exonerate her father in this pulse-pounding fantasy from Taylor (Hotel Magnifique). The fictional worlds of Leyland, Inverly, and Barrow connect via Written Doors, passages made with scriptomancy—the art of using inked words to harness arcane magic.
Brianna Banana, Helper of the Day

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Taylor Robin |Emily Taylor

Lana Button, illus. by Suharu Ogawa. Orca, $8.95 paper (96p) ISBN 978-1-4598-4001-0Impulsive and enthusiastic almost-nine-year-old Brianna Ross—who reads as white and is depicted with banana yellow hair—thinks third grade is “as stinky as old cat farts” in this rewarding early reader chapter book that’s reminiscent of Junie B. Jones.
Tear This Down

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Barbara Dee |Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Taylor Robin

Barbara Dee. Aladdin, $17.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-665917-67-4Twelve-year-old, white-cued Freya struggles to relate to her peers, who are put off by her uninhibited enthusiasm. Following a humiliating defeat in the race for class president, Freya vows to keep her views to herself. Then, while researching for a school project, she learns of the sexist writings of the town’s namesake Benjamin Wellstone.
Hunger’s Bite

Oct 24, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Julia Kuo |Patricia Buckley |Emily Taylor |Taylor Robin

Taylor Robin. Union Square, $24.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-45495-024-0; $17.99 paper ISBN 978-1-4549-5025-7Emery Botwright and bespectacled Neeta Pandey have lived most of their lives sailing the Atlantic Ocean aboard the ocean liner SS Lark.