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Book of the Day #4: “Wild Dreamers”
Title: “Wild Dreamers”
Author: Margarita Engle
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub Date: April 23, 2024
Summary: “How do we leave our mark when it feels like the world has no space for us? This is a tale of love, hope, and animal conservation.”
Review: “Emotions run deep and true in the concrete poems and free verse, which offer complex relationships that are familial, cultural, romantic, and environmental, appropriately blurring the lines between them for readers already invested in effecting heartfelt change.” — The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, Starred Review
Awards: National Book Award Long List, Junior Library Guild Selection
Notes: Conservation. Diversity. Ages 12-18. Award-winning author of Drum Dream Girl and The Poet Slave of Cuba, The Surrender Tree, and many others.
- Hardcover Book
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 224 Pages – 04/23/2024 (Publication Date) – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
Other Books by Margarita Engle
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 224 Pages – 08/02/2016 (Publication Date) – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 41 Pages – 01/12/2021 (Publication Date) – Two Lions (Publisher)
- Hardcover Book
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 40 Pages – 08/27/2019 (Publication Date) – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- Hardcover Book
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 40 Pages – 08/03/2021 (Publication Date) – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 176 Pages – 03/07/2017 (Publication Date) – Square Fish (Publisher)
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 384 Pages – 03/16/2010 (Publication Date) – Square Fish (Publisher)
- Hardcover Book
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 48 Pages – 03/31/2015 (Publication Date) – Clarion Books (Publisher)
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 224 Pages – 08/28/2018 (Publication Date) – Atheneum Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
- Engle, Margarita (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 144 Pages – 01/07/2014 (Publication Date) – Clarion Books (Publisher)
Title: Like a Charm
Author: Elle McNicoll
Illustrator: None
Publisher: Random House Children’s Books
Pub Date: October 22, 2024
Summary: “After the death of her grandfather, nuerodivergent tween Ramya uncovers a world of mystery and magic—and she’s the only one who can see it!”
Review: “McNicoll paints a vivacious portrait of one neurodivergent tween’s experience navigating the world. Ramya’s frustrations and vulnerability make for a resilient character who refuses to be defined by her challenges.” Publishers Weekly, Starred Review.
Notes: Neurodiversity. Ages 8-12. Award-winning author of A Kind of Spark.
- Hardcover Book
- McNicoll, Elle (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 320 Pages – 10/10/2023 (Publication Date) – Random House Books for Young Readers (Publisher)
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Title: Turning Twelve
Author: Kathryn Ormsbee
Illustrator: Molly Brooks
Publisher: Random House Graphic
Pub Date: October 29, 2024
Summary: “Turning twelve means big changes for Katie–first bra, first time babysitting, and a first crush that she knows not everyone will approve of, From the creators of the acclaimed graphic novel Growing Pangs, comes another pitch-perfect coming-of-age graphic novel, set in the same beloved universe.”
Review: “A heartfelt and endearing snapshot of adolescence.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
Series: Growing Pangs universe
Notes: Trade Paperback. Ages 8-12.
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Ormsbee, Kathryn (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 240 Pages – 10/29/2024 (Publication Date) – Random House Graphic (Publisher)
Title: Elf Dog and Owl Head
Author: M.T. Anderson (previous winner of National Book Award)
Illustrator: Junyi Wu
Pub Date: October 8, 2024 (Trade Paper)
Summary: “From the singular imagination of National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson comes a magical adventure about a boy and his dog—or a dog and her boy—and a forest of wonders hidden in plain sight.”
Review: “Writing with his characteristic precision, Anderson melds the fantastic with the everyday. . . . A hilarious, heartfelt triumph.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
Awards: Newbery Honor Book
Notes: Hardcover came out in 2023. Reading age is 8-12.
- Anderson, M. T. (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 240 Pages – 10/08/2024 (Publication Date) – Candlewick (Publisher)
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