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I'm back for another Timeslip Tuesday with Adam's Common, by David Wiseman (1984). 14-year old Peggy is dragged along to England from her home in Boston when he...
Time slipped from my fingers this past month, so it's been a while since last Timeslip Tuesday. But here I am, offering one of the best time travel stories of...
The Curse Breaker, by Jen Calonita (March 10, 2026 by Sourcebooks Young Readers), takes us back to the scenic bit of Long Island where a young girl, Everly, sta...
A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis, by Meera Subramanian and Danica Novgorodoff (March 3, 2026 by First Second), is a beautif...
The Delta Codex, by Devan Fagan, is a vividly engrossing story of a brave girl who fights to save her world. It is upper middle grade science fiction at its be...
This spring was crazy busy, and I'm glad to be hopefully blogging more now the dust is settling, starting with a Timeslip Tuesday post! Where You'll Find Us, b...
Happy book birthday to Adventure in the City of Stories, by Emma Otheguy, illustrated by Polly Bernatene (middle grade, July 21, 2026 by Atheneum Books for Youn...
Having very much enjoyed Julie Abe's middle grade fantasies Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch, and Alliana, Girl of Dragons, it was with great happiness that I...
Back in October of 2011, I read Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George, and it charmed and delighted me. From my review -- "I will start by saying that th...
I have my time travel act together this week with Bawk to the Future, by Kaz Windness (August 2026, Simon Spotlight), a zany easy reader graphic novel starring...
It's been two and a half weeks since I finished reading The Intergalactics by Erick John Slagerup (middle grade, September 29, 2026,. Aladdin), but it is still...
For Robert Earle Paige—fabric artist, textile designer, and arts educator—“Design is an answer to a set of questions.” Yet what are the questions? It depends on...
In times of uncertainty and upheaval, the lucky among us have friends or family we can lean on. They help us trust again after loss or trauma. But what if you’r...
One of my favorite experiences as a reader is that moment when the world of the story comes to life before my eyes. Whether it’s a particular line of dialogue,...
National Book Award finalist Bonnie Jo Campbell’s fourth novel, The Spirits, invites readers to one of the most tense, haunted, and impactful Christmas dinners...
Our review of Sonora Jha's novel, "Foreign." The post Activism Literature as Fiction: A Review of Sonora Jha’s “Foreign” appeared first on Chicago Review of Boo...
Our review of Esther Yi's new book, "To God." The post Strange Loves in Esther Yi’s “To God” appeared first on Chicago Review of Books.
An interview with Yiyun Li about her novel, "Music Against the Night" (the first book in the Nocturne Trilogy). The post Before Hopelessness, There’s Hope: A Co...
Our review of Adam O'Fallon Price's new short story collection, "Objects of Desire" The post Stumbling Toward Our Dreams in “Objects of Desire” appeared first o...
There have been three major literary adaptations released in the last two weeks, all of which are based on books written by women, for women, featuring women-ce...