Book Reviews

A Witch’s Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

Sera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain.…

NOT NOTHING by Gayle Forman

Alex did a very bad thing. Because of that bad thing, he must…

The Spy in the Archive by Gordon Corera

In Gordon Corera’s The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried…

Fields of Fire by Ryan Steck

Matthew Redd is a Marine through and through. He is a special…
cover of Into the Blue by Emma Brodie

Into the Blue: a Love Story by Emma Brodie

AJ Graves is feeling stuck. She was supposed to spend this summer…
Image of a THE NAMES book cover. The image shows a flower stem containing three different color flowers, one purple, one orange and one white.

THE NAMES BY FLORENCE KNAPP

In the United States, we usually name our babies before they…

Nonfiction Reads

I am excited to share that I, Sarah Turner-Hill, have read TWO…

ASHIMPA by Catarina Sobral and SUNDUST by Zeke Peña

Happy Spring! I haven’t done a picture book round-up in a while,…

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan

It’s not unusual for revered writers to lose some of their…

The Accidental Rewrite by Milly Johnson

Polly Potter is unhappy. Her partner, Christopher, takes her…
cover of the book Superfan

Superfan by Jenny Tinghui Zhang

Minnie is a college freshman, feeling adrift and isolated after…
Cover image of The Heir Apparent. Features two hands holding a crown. Sea green background.

The Heir Apparent by Rebecca Armitage

New Year’s Day in the Australian outback is not turning out…

The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

Dear Reader, This April marks the fourth year for Joplin Reads…

ALL THE BLUES IN THE SKY by Renee Watson

January is a big month for youth literature. Librarians, authors,…

A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck by Sophie Elmhirst

Imagine being stuck in a life raft on the Pacific Ocean for 118…