Ages 2 – 5
This picture book follows students throughout their school day, It teaches children how fun school is, and at the end, the students want to come back for more fun tomorrow.
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
Category: Netgalley Reviews
The Lies That Bind by Emily Giffin
Ages 18+
I couldn’t put this one down!
Cecily was dumped and she’s drinking her sorrows away when she meets someone new at the bar. They hit it off, and her life is changed forever as they continue to see each other and quickly fall in love. As Cecily gets deeply involved in her new romance, her life becomes full of surprises she never saw coming.
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
28 Days by David Safier
Grades 9 – 12
![28 Days: A Novel of Resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto by [Safier, David]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51uS578RQqL.jpg)
28 Days follows sixteen-year-old Mira who smuggles food into the Warsaw ghetto to keep her family safe in 1942. When the ghetto is set to be liquidated, she is determined to find a way to keep her family safe. She meets a group of young people like herself who are planning an uprising against the occupying forces. She joins them, and they resist for 28 days, much longer than they thought possible.
Thanks to School Library Journal for a review copy of this book.
The Honey-Don’t List by Christina Lauren
Ages 18+
Carey Douglas has worked for Melissa (“Melly”) and Russell (“Rusty”) Tripp since she was a teenager. They run the tight ship that is their remodeling business as well as star in their own reality television series, not to mention, they have a new book and book tour about to launch as well. The problem? The famous couple can no longer stand each other.
James McCann is a newbie who was originally hired as a structural engineer, but both he and Carey find themselves on tour with Melissa and Rusty so as to not let things fall completely apart, and make Rusty and Melly seem like the perfect couple they’ve always been.
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
A High Five for Glenn Burke by Phil Bildner
Grades 4 – 6
Glenn Burke was a gay baseball player in the 1970s, and also the inventor of the high five. Sixth grader Silas decides to do a school report and presentation on Glenn Burke, but it feels more personal than just a school assignment, because Silas himself is gay, and in the closet. This assignment feels like his way of gearing up to coming out to his friends and family. When he does, how will they react?
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine
Ages 18+
Piper Reynard needs to start over, so she packs her bags and heads to Westport, Connecticut. There, she meets Leo Drakos, and is instantly taken by him. Promptly ignoring his wedding ring, she is determined to become his wife.
Joanna is Leo’s ex who, after all these years, is happy that he has come out of his depression and returned to his normal self. He has been busy with his children, and Joanna is determined to scoop him back up. There’s just one problem – Piper beat her to it. Joanna is hell-bent on finding something, anything, in Piper’s past to drag her through the dirt, and boy, does she hit the jackpot. After her discovery, however, she begins to fear for Leo’s and the children’s lives and is on a mission to loosen them from Piper’s grip.
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
Torpedoed: The True Story of the World War II Sinking of the Children’s Ship by Deborah Heiligman
Grades 9 – 12
This book is the intense story of children whose parents sent them away on boats during World War II in order to save their lives. The passenger ship SS City of Benares left for Canada in 1940 with 100 children and chaperones. However, the warships escorting the Benares got torpedoed, putting everyone in danger. Some survived and many did not, and this is their story.
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
Ages 18+
Cady Archer’s brother Eric was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and then took his own life last year, as a junior at Harvard. Now, as a freshman, Cady enters the Harvard campus desperately looking for answers and trying to understand her brother. The catch? She herself starts hearing voices. She’s not sure if she is also schizophrenic, but she believes the information she’s gathering from the ghosts are helping her to better understand her brother. Haunting and intriguing, this novel is not to be missed!
Thanks to Netgalley for a review copy of this book.
Zatanna and the House of Secrets by Matthew Cody
Grades 9 – 12
Zatanna lives with her father who is a magician in the House of Secrets, which is filled with puzzles, trap doors and mythical creatures. One day she stands up to a bully in school, and things start to change. She rushes home to tell her father, but it appears he has gone missing within the House of Secrets’ four walls.
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
Nanea: The Spirit of Aloha by
Grades 3 – 5
Nanea is a young girl living in Hawaii in the 1940s, when Peal Harbor was attacked by the Japanese, the event that initiated the United States in the Second World War. Her father works at the naval base that was attacked, and she has to deal with the fact that some of the members of her family and friends are missing after the act of war. She relies on her spirit of aloha to get her through the tough times that lie ahead.
Thanks to SLJ for a review copy of this book.
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