36 Must-Have Books from Award-Winning Michaela Goade, María Dolores Aguila, and More | Web Starred Reviews, October

Purchase these web-exclusive titles, including a celebration of libraries, gorgeous picture books, and stirring YA novels. 

Picture Books

DAYWALT, Drew. Forty the Fortune Teller. illus. by Kevin Cornell. Philomel.
FINISON, Carrie. Even Steven: A Book About Sharing. illus. by Daniel Wiseman. Putnam.
GOADE, Michaela. Moon Song. Little, Brown.

NES, Tim. King of the Dump. illus. by Scot Ritchie. Groundwood.
RAMSEY, Calvin Alexander. The Library in the Woods. illus. by R. Gregory Christie. Lerner/Carolrhoda.
RIDOLFI, Danielle. When the Dark Clouds Come. HarperCollins/Quill Tree.
YUM, Hyewon. A Spoonful of the Sea. illus. by Hyewon Yum. Norton.

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BARROWS, Annie. Stella & Marigold: Mermaids and Mix-Ups. illus. by Sophie Blackall. Chronicle. 

Middle Grade


ÁGUILA, María Dolores. A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez. Roaring Brook.

BLOOR, Edward. Goalkeeper. HarperCollins/Clarion. 
BRASHARES, Ann & Ben Brashares. Into the Fire. (Westfallen). S. & S.
BRINER, Karen. Starry, Starry Heist. Holiday House.
GOLDEWIJK, Yorick. The Tree That Was a World. tr. from Dutch by Laura Watkinson. illus. by Jeska Verstegen. Eerdmans.

HOYLE, McCall. Forever Ripley. Shadow Mountain.

MACKAY, Jack. Gloam. Viking. 
MARINO, Andy. Escape from the USS Indianapolis. (Escape From: Bk. 5). Scholastic. 

REYNOLDS, Jason. Coach. (Track). S. & S./Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy.

YA

ARNOLD, Marie. Split the Sky. Little, Brown. 
COOPER, Emily. Season of Fear. Little, Brown/Christy Ottaviano. 
DEO, Jesmeen Kaur. Reasons We Break. Disney-Hyperion.

GILL, Nikita. Hekate: The Witch. (Goddesses of the Underworld: Bk. 1). Little, Brown.

GOODWIN, Idris. King of the Neuro Verse. S. & S./Atheneum.
GRAY, Jordan Stephanie. Bitten. Little, Brown.

MCKAY, Kirsty. Seven All Alone. Sourcebooks/Fire. 
OLLESTAD, Norman & Brendan Kiely. Sole Survivor. Farrar. 

SMITH, Lyssa Mia. Gilded in Vengeance. Harper/Storytide.

STRATTON, L.S. Sundown Girls. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.
VALENTINE, Stefany. Love Makes Mochi. (Love in Translation: Bk. 3). Random/Joy Revolution.


Graphic Novels


YAN, Stan. The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang. S. & S./Atheneum.


Nonfiction


HARRIS, Quartez. Go Tell It!: How James Baldwin Became a Writer. illus. by Gordon C. James. Little, Brown.

PAZNER, Anita Fitch. Words Matter: The Story of Hans and Sophie Scholl, and the White Rose Resistance. illus. by Sophie Casson. Groundwood. 
PERRY, Caroline L. Messi’s Magic: How Lionel Messi Became the G.O.A.T. illus. by Luciano Lozano. Scholastic. 
PRIEBST, Thekla. The Voyage That Changed the World: The Epic Story of the First Crew to Sail Around the Globe. Quarto/Wide Eyed Eds.
SEKANINOVA, Stepanka. Poops and Farts: The Bottom Line. illus. by Miroslava Gomolcakova & Daniel Handak. Albatros.
SLADE, Suzanne. Women on a Mission: The Remarkable Heroes Who Put Men on the Moon. illus. by Molly Magnell. Charlesbridge.

Reference


SKERRY, Brian & Stephanie Warren Drimmer. The Ultimate Book of Whales: Up-Close Encounters with Earth’s Mightiest Mammals. (Ultimate Books). National Geographic. 

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