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Review Roundup: Week of April 23rd

4/24/2018

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We're excited to share the reviews our titles have received this past week!

Shelf Awareness:

Shelf Awareness reviewed The Stupendously Spectacular Spelling Bee by Deborah Abela.

Abela...gives her characters, who are depicted in simple black-and-white line drawings, a realistic and comforting depth. Anyone who has ever experienced anxiety due to their own ambition will understand exactly how India feels, right up to the "splendiferous (excellent)" conclusion.

Read the full review online here.

Kirkus Reviews:

Kirkus Reviews reviewed Bruja Born by Zoraida Cordova.

An exciting read with a wonderful Latinx feel woven throughout.

Read the full review online on April 30th, or in the May 15th print edition of Kirkus Reviews.

Kirkus Reviews reviewed The Dark Beneath the Ice by Amelina Berube.

Fun frights and a well-constructed haunting..it's Black Swan meets Carrie.

Read the full review online on April 30th, or in the May 15th print edition of Kirkus Reviews.

Kirkus Reviews reviewed The Last Summer of the Garrett Girls by Jessica Spotswood.

Narrative focus shifts between chapters to highlight the perspectives of individual sisters, with notes of Little Women and a dash of Gilmore Girls.

Read the full review online on April 30th, or in the May 15th print edition of Kirkus Reviews.

School Library Journal:

School Library Journal reviewed August and Everything After by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski.

Fans of Leila Sales’s This Song Will Save Your Life and Sarah Dessen’s Just Listen will likely enjoy this romance

The full review will be available in the May issue of School Library Journal.

School Library Journal reviewed Tell Me No Lies by A.V. Geiger.

In the style of Follow Me Back, this sequel also features a mystery that unfolds slowly, keeping teens guessing right to the very end ... This book will be enjoyed by mystery lovers and pop star enthusiasts alike.

The full review will be available in the May issue of School Library Journal.