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The Sound of Silence by Katrina Goldsaito (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 3-4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0668

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Blacktop: Justin by L.J. Alonge (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 4

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Fuzzy by Tom Angleberger (review)

April Spisak

p. 5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0704

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Marta! Big & Small by Jen Arena (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 5

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0722

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Kids of Appetite by David Arnold (review)

Karen Coats

pp. 5-6

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The Memory Book by Lara Avery (review)

Karen Coats

p. 6

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How This Book Was Made by Mac Barnett (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 6-7

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 7

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Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 7-8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0697

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Fashion Rebels: Style Icons Who Changed the World through Fashion by Carlyn Cerniglia Beccia, and: Bad Girls of Fashion: Style Rebels through the Ages by Jennifer Croll (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 8-9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0715

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Return by Aaron Becker (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 9

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0733

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Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 9

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Fantasy Sports No. 2: The Bandit of Barbel Bay by Sam Bosma (review)

April Spisak

p. 10

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Between Worlds by Skip Brittenham (review)

April Spisak

p. 10

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Naked ’76 by Kevin Brooks (review)

Karen Coats

pp. 10-11

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A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 11

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Lucy by Randy Cecil (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 11-12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0726

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The Treasure of Maria Mamoun by Michelle Chalfoun (review)

April Spisak

p. 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0744

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Maker Lab by Jack Challoner (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 12

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0762

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When We Was Fierce by E.E. Charlton-Trujillo (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 12-13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0665

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The Lost and the Found by Cat Clarke (review)

Karen Coats

p. 13

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0683

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The Light Fantastic by Sarah Combs (review)

Karen Coats

pp. 13-14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0701

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Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 14

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0719

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Moo by Sharon Creech (review)

Jeannette Hulick

pp. 14-15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0737

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The Mighty Dynamo by Kieran Crowley (review)

Amy Atkinson

p. 15

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0755

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The Possibility of Somewhere by Julia Day (review)

Karen Coats

pp. 15-16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0658

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Geis: A Matter of Life & Death by Alexis Deacon (review)

April Spisak

p. 16

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0676

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Truth or Dare by Barbara Dee (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 16-17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0694

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Gutless by Carl Deuker (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 17

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0712

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Tell Me Something Real by Calla Devlin (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 17-18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0730

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Dragon Was Terrible by Kelly Dipucchio (review)

Jeannette Hulick

p. 18

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0748

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Everyone Loves Cupcake by Kelly Dipucchio (review)

Amy Atkinson

pp. 18-19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0766

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Sam the Man & the Chicken Plan by Frances O’Roark Dowell (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0669

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La Madre Goose: Nursery Rhymes for Los Niños by Susan Middleton Elya (review)

Jeannette Hulick

pp. 19-20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0687

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Lion Island: Cuba’s Warrior of Words by Margarita Engle (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0705

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This Is Not a Werewolf Story by Sandra Evans (review)

April Spisak

pp. 20-21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0723

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Kid Beowulf: The Blood-Bound Oath by Alexis E. Fajardo (review)

Karen Coats

p. 21

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0741

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Buddy and Earl and the Great Big Baby by Maureen Fergus (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 21-22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0759

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The Gallery by Laura Marx Fitzgerald (review)

April Spisak

p. 22

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0662

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Giant Squid by Candace Fleming (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 22-23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0680

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A Most Magical Girl by Karen Foxlee (review)

Jeannette Hulick

p. 23

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0698

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Applesauce Weather by Helen Frost (review)

Jeannette Hulick

pp. 23-24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0716

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Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0734

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Jubilee by Patricia Reilly Giff (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 24

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0752

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Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow (review)

Karen Coats

pp. 24-25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0770

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Whatever by S. J. Goslee (review)

Karen Coats

p. 25

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0673

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The Boy With 17 Senses by Sheila Grau (review)

April Spisak

p. 26

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The Cranky Ballerina by Elise Gravel (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 26

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0709

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One Half from the East by Nadia Hashimi (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 26-27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0727

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The Color of Darkness by Ruth Hatfield (review)

April Spisak

p. 27

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0745

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Mighty Jack by Ben Hatke (review)

April Spisak

pp. 27-28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0763

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The Other Boy by M. G. Hennessey (review)

Karen Coats

p. 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0666

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My Thumb by Karen Hesse (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 28-29

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Black River Falls by Jeff Hirsch (review)

April Spisak

p. 29

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0702

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Ugly by Robert Hoge (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 29-30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0720

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Where, Oh Where, Is Rosie’s Chick? by Pat Hutchins (review)

Jeannette Hulick

p. 30

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0738

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Antsy Ansel: Ansel Adams, a Life in Nature by Cindy Jenson-Elliott (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 30-31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0756

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Penguin Problems by Jory John (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0659

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The Most Frightening Story Ever Told by Philip Kerr (review)

April Spisak

p. 31

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0677

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Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior by Cube Kid (review)

April Spisak

p. 32

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Don’t You Trust Me? by Patrice Kindl (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0713

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Radical by E. M. Kokie (review)

Karen Coats

p. 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0731

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The Smaller Evil by Stephanie Kuehn (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 33

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0749

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Beautiful Blue World by Suzanne Lafleur (review)

Amy Atkinson

p. 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0767

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The Bad Kid by Sarah Lariviere (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0670

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The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics (review)

April Spisak

p. 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0688

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Howard Wallace, P.I. by Casey Lyall (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 35

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0706

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Irreversible by Chris Lynch (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 35-36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0724

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The Golden Key by George MacDonald (review)

April Spisak

p. 36

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0742

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The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read by Curtis Manley (review)

Jeannette Hulick

pp. 36-37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0760

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Afterward by Jennifer Mathieu (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 37

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0663

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The Plot to Kill Hitler: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Unlikely Hero by Patricia McCormick (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 37-38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0681

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The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (review)

April Spisak

p. 38

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0699

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Girl on a Plane by Miriam Moss (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 38-39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0717

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Ned the Knitting Pirate by Diana Murray (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 39

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0735

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Still a Gorilla! by Kim Norman (review)

Jeannette Hulick

pp. 39-40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0753

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Bridge to the Wild: Behind the Scenes at the Zoo by Caitlin O’Connell (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 40

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0771

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The Call by Peadar O’Guilin (review)

April Spisak

pp. 40-41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0674

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Goodbye Summer, Hello Autumn by Kenard Pak (review)

Jeannette Hulick

p. 41

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0692

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Isabella for Real by Margie Palatini (review)

Amy Atkinson

pp. 41-42

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0710

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Lock and Key: The Initiation by Ridley Pearson (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 42

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Unscripted Joss Byrd by Lygia Day Peñaflor (review)

Karen Coats

pp. 42-43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0746

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Glitter by Aprilynne Pike (review)

Karen Coats

p. 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0764

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Dog Man by Dav Pilkey (review)

April Spisak

pp. 43-44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0667

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Mountain Chef: How One Man Lost His Groceries by Annette Bay Pimentel (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 44

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0685

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Best Frints in the Whole Universe by Antoinette Portis (review)

Jeannette Hulick

pp. 44-45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0703

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Two Naomis by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich (review)

Karen Coats

p. 45

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0721

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The Monster on the Road Is Me by J. P. Romney (review)

April Spisak

pp. 45-46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0739

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The Lost Compass by Joel Ross (review)

April Spisak

p. 46

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0757

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Patrick Griffin’s Last Breakfast on Earth by Ned Rust (review)

April Spisak

p. 46

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Don’t Tell, Don’t Tell, Don’t Tell by Liane Shaw (review)

Karen Coats

p. 47

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Bounce by Megan Shull (review)

Amy Atkinson

p. 47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0696

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Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger by Anita Silvey (review)

Elizabeth Bush

pp. 47-48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0714

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Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith (review)

Jeannette Hulick

p. 48

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0732

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I Love Lemonade by Mark Sommerset (review)

Deborah Stevenson

pp. 48-49

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0750

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My First Book of Hockey: A Rookie Book by Sports Illustrated Kids (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 49

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Spontaneous by Aaron Starmer (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

pp. 49-50

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Riverkeep by Martin Stewart (review)

April Spisak

p. 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0689

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The Secret Keepers by Trenton Lee Stewart (review)

April Spisak

p. 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0707

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Babies Ruin Everything by Matthew Swanson (review)

Jeannette Hulick

p. 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0725

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The Inside of Out by Jenn Marie Thorne (review)

Karen Coats

p. 51

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0743

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Misunderstood: Why the Humble Rat May Be Your Best Pet Ever by Rachel Toor (review)

Jeannette Hulick

p. 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0761

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Crow Smarts: Inside the Brain of the World’s Brightest Bird by Pamela S. Turner (review)

Deborah Stevenson

p. 52

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0664

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The Secret Life of Lincoln Jones by Wendelin Van Draanen (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

pp. 52-53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0682

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Frazzled: Everyday Disasters and Impending Doom by Booki Vivat (review)

Amy Atkinson

p. 53

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0700

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The Littlest Bigfoot by Jennifer Weiner (review)

Kate Quealy-Gainer

pp. 53-54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0718

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The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo by Drew Weing (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 54

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0736

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Swarm by Scott Westerfeld (review)

April Spisak

pp. 54-55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0754

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Local Girl Swept Away by Ellen Wittlinger (review)

Karen Coats

p. 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0772

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Zoe in Wonderland by Brenda Woods (review)

Jeannette Hulick

pp. 55-56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0675

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The Haunting of Falcon House by Eugene Yelchin (review)

Elizabeth Bush

p. 56

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Corrections

p. 56

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0711

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Professional Connections: Resources for Teachers and Librarians

Kate Quealy-Gainer

p. 57

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0729

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Blowing Our Own Horn

p. 57

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Subject and Use Index

pp. 58-60

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2016.0765

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