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40 Excellent Works by Katherine Applegate, Derrick Barnes, and More | Web Starred Reviews, September 2025
Derrick Barnes has a picture book and a middle grade in this roundup. Plus, nonfiction picks range from Gail Jarrow’s latest to a primer on deadly snakes.
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I Got You (Barnes) ©2025 by Shamar Knight-Justice |
Audio
CORSON, Carli J. It’s a Love/Skate Relationship. narrated by Gail Shalan. Harper Audio.
Spanish
MIYARES, Daniel. Decir adiós en cubano. tr. from English by Isaily Pérez. Vintage Español.
VALENCIA, Luis Onofre. Trayecto: Mi historia de migración. tr. from English by Salvador Gómez-Colón. Norton.
VALTIERRA, Emmanuel. A-Ztec: A Bilingual Alphabet Book. Levine Querido.
Picture Books
BARNES, Derrick. I Got You. illus. by Shamar Knight-Justice. Penguin/Nancy Paulsen.
LANG, Suzanne. Archibald and the Furry Dinosaurs. illus. by Max Lang. Random House Studio.
LIES, Brian. Cat Nap. Greenwillow.
MOLINEAUX, Jen-Ai Elena. A Friend for Lucy. Levine Querido.
THOMPKINS-BIGELOW, Jamilah. Together We Are Sunshine. illus. by Raissa Figueroa. Random House Studio.
Transitional
REYNOLDS, Aaron. Troubling Tonsils! illus. by Peter Brown. S. & S.
Middle Grade
APPLEGATE, Katherine. Pocket Bear. illus. by Charles Santoso. Feiwel & Friends.
BARNES, Derrick. The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze. Viking.
COLBERT, Brandy. Let’s Get Together. HarperCollins/Clarion.
GRATZ, Alan. War Games. Scholastic.
GUILLORY, Sarah. Gus and Glory. Roaring Brook.
KING, Rachael. The Grimmelings. S. & S./Margaret K. McElderry.
MEADOWS, Jodi. Confessions From the Group Chat. Holiday House.
STEAD, Rebecca. The Experiment. Feiwel & Friends.
YA
GOURLAY, Candy. Wild Song. Carolrhoda Lab.
HOANG, Jamie Jo. My Mother, the Mermaid Chaser. Crown.
LA SALA, Ryan. The Dead of Summer. Scholastic/PUSH.
SMITH, Cynthia Leitich, ed. Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories. HarperCollins/Heartdrum.
Nonfiction
BECKER, Helaine. Smart Machines: How AI Is Changing Our World. illus. by Pui Yang Fong. Orca.
BOTEJU, Tanya. Allyship as Action: 7 Ways to Advocate for Others. illus. by Bithi Sutradhar. Orca.
Girl Scouts: Take Action; You Can Make the World a Better Place. illus. by Ana Sebastián. HarperCollins.
JARROW, Gail. White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-Ups. Astra/Calkins Creek.
MARKLE, Sandra. Dinosaur Secrets Revealed! How High-Tech Tools Spark Discoveries. Lerner/Millbrook.
MARTIN, Marc. All About Antarctica: A Fact Book About the Southernmost Continent. Chronicle.
MONTGOMERY, Sy. The True and Lucky Life of a Turtle. illus. by Matt Patterson. HarperCollins/Clarion.
NICKEL, Sandra. Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps. illus. by Julie Paschkis. Peachtree.
NICKUM, Nora. Twelve Daring Grays: A Whale Migration Adventure. illus. by Elly MacKay. Candlewick.
POLIQUIN, Rachel. The Gland Factory: A Tour of Your Body’s Goops, Juices, and Hormones. illus. by Clayton Hanmer. Greystone.
PREUS, Margi. Snowshoe Kate and the Hospital Built for Pennies. illus. by Jaime Zollars. Abrams.
RICE, Eleanor Spicer. The Deadliest: Snake. illus. by Max Temescu. Norton.
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Astral Panic (Hicks) ©2025 by Katie Hicks |
Graphic Novels
HICKS, Katie. Astral Panic. illus. by Katie Hicks. Flying Eye.
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