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Tag: historical fiction

September 22, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: The Lost Year by Katherine Marsh

If you think the 2020 COVID-19 lockdown, the famine in Ukraine in the 1930s, and Brooklyn at that same time makes for an awkward tri-narrative, you are wrong. And if you also think that it would be highly difficult to weave three such perspectives together, there you are correct, but it can be done. The Lost Year proves as much.

February 10, 2023 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri, ill. Daniel Miyares

Nothing about this novel is wholly ideal except possibly its intentions and its ability to charm some readers into a general state of submission. The question now is: Are you such a reader?

November 10, 2022 by Betsy Bird

Review of the Day: Three Strike Summer by Skyler Schrempp

“Three Strike Summer” is the sports book/ escape narrative / union organizing novel you wish every kid had the chance to read. Good news. Now they can.

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Review of the Day: The Beatryce Prophecy by Kate DiCamillo, ill. Sophie Blackall

September 10, 2021 by Betsy Bird

Pairing with the utterly lovely Sophie Blackall, Kate DiCamillo presents us with a story that has all the trappings of a fable, and all the reality of a thoroughly thrilling tale.

Review of the Day: Amber and Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz, ill. Julia Iredale

January 27, 2021 by Betsy Bird

This is a book positioned to impress, that then sneaks over and steals your heart. Hermes would be proud.

Review of the Day: Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare LeZotte

July 1, 2020 by Betsy Bird

May casual cruelties fall by the wayside in the presence of such books as this ione. May our children find it and love it and read it repeatedly. And may we see more such books from Ann Clare LeZotte and authors like her, that put work and care into the very folds of their stories.

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Review of the Day: Echo Mountain by Lauren Wolk

January 31, 2020 by Betsy Bird

Hand this to the kid that yearns for that freedom. For wide-open spaces and mysterious figures hiding in the shadows and snot nosed brothers and lots and lots of puppies. Hand it to someone who needs their own mountain. Even if it’s just a literary one.

Review of the Day: The Line Tender by Kate Allen

April 10, 2019 by Betsy Bird

There are books for kids that dare to be more thoughtful than pulse pounding. If chosen freely by a child, they can unlock something inside. Something that means more to the person reading than anyone else. The Line Tender carries this promise in its pages. It's the right book for the right reader.

Review of the Day: Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk

June 22, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Beyond the Bright Sea By Lauren Wolk Dutton (an imprint of Penguin Young Readers) $16.99 ISBN: 978-11-101-99485-6 Ages 10-14 On shelves now. No author gets a free pass. Your last book have been a spot-on bit of brilliance, lighting up the literary landscape like a thousand Roman candles. Pfui. A writer is only as good […]

Review of the Day: Bronze and Sunflower by Cao Wenxuan, ill. Meilo So

March 30, 2017 by Betsy Bird

Bronze and Sunflower By Cao Wenxuan Illustrated by Meilo So Translated by Helen Wang Candlewick Press $16.99 ISBN: 978-0-7636-8816-5 On shelves now It’s odd. Parents these days. I meet so many of them that believe that to live in a globalized society it is imperative for their children to learn another language. That’s not the […]

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