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The Big Picture

  1. Girl on a Motorcycle by Amy Novesky (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 3-4
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0602
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New Books for Children and Young People

  1. Eva Evergreen, Semi-Magical Witch by Julie Abe (review)
  2. April Spisak
  3. p. 4
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0569
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  1. The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf (review)
  2. Fiona Hartley-Kroeger
  3. p. 5
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0527
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  1. Spindlefish and Stars by Christiane M. Andrews (review)
  2. Fiona Hartley-Kroeger
  3. p. 5
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0528
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  1. Time for Bed's Story by Monica Arnaldo (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 6
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0529
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  1. 1789: Twelve Authors Explore a Year of Rebellion, Revolution, and Change ed. by Marc Aronson (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 6
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0530
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  1. Grasping Mysteries: Girls Who Loved Math by Jeannine Atkins (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 7
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0531
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  1. Whose Right Is It?: The Second Amendment and the Fight Over Guns by Hana Bajramovic (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 7-8
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0532
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  1. Rise of the Halfling King by David Bowles (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 8
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0533
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  1. Dogchild by Kevin Brooks (review)
  2. Alaine Martaus
  3. p. 8
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0534
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  1. A Dog-Friendly Town by Josephine Cameron (review)
  2. Alaine Martaus
  3. p. 9
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0535
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  1. Turning Point by Paula Chase (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 9
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0536
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  1. We Are Not Free by Traci Chee (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 10
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0537
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  1. Hug? by Charlene Chua (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 10
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0538
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  1. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 11
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0539
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  1. Twin Daggers by MarcyKate Connolly (review)
  2. April Spisak
  3. p. 11
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0540
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  1. Wayward Witch by Zoraida Córdova (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 12
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0541
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  1. One Time by Sharon Creech (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 12-13
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0542
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  1. Flamer by Mike Curato (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 13
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0543
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  1. Scritch Scratch by Lindsay Currie (review)
  2. Quinita Balderson
  3. p. 13
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0544
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  1. Legendborn by Tracy Deonn (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 14
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0545
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  1. Gustavo, the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 14
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0546
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  1. The Longest Night of Charlie Noon by Christopher Edge (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 15
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0548
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  1. Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse (review)
  2. April Spisak
  3. p. 16
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0549
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  1. This Is the Path the Wolf Took by Laura Farina (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 16
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0550
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  1. The Language of Ghosts by Heather Fawcett (review)
  2. Fiona Hartley-Kroeger
  3. p. 17
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0551
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  1. The Clockwork Crow by Catherine Fisher (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 17
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0552
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  1. Cubs in the Tub: The True Story of the Bronx Zoo's First Woman Zookeeper by Candace Fleming (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 18
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0553
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  1. All He Knew by Helen Frost (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 18-19
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0554
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  1. The Three Brothers by Marie-Louise Gay (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 19
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0555
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  1. Sia Martinez and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything by Raquel Vasquez Gilliland (review)
  2. April Spisak
  3. pp. 19-20
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0556
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  1. Fern and Otto: A Story about Two Best Friends by Stephanie Graegin (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 20
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0557
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  1. The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. pp. 20-21
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0558
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  1. Field Trip to the Ocean Deep by John Hare (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 21-22
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0560
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  1. Pepper & Boo: A Cat Surprise! by Charise Mericle Harper (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 22
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0561
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  1. Rum Pum Pum by David L. Harrison (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 22
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0562
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  1. Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 23
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0563
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  1. Felix and the Monsters by Josh Holtsclaw (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 23
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0564
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  1. Pine Island Home by Polly Horvath (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 24
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0565
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  1. The Talk: Conversations about Race, Love & Truth ed. by Wade Hudson (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 24-25
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0566
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  1. Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 25
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0567
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  1. Hans Christian Andersen: The Journey of His Life by Heinz Janisch (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 25-26
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0568
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  1. Stealing Mt. Rushmore by Daphne Kalmar (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 26
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0571
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  1. The True Definition of Neva Beane by Christine Kendall (review)
  2. Quinita Balderson
  3. p. 26
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0572
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  1. This Is a Book of Shapes by Kenneth Kraegel (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 27
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0573
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  1. They Threw Us Away by Daniel Kraus (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 27
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0574
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  1. Stay Curious!: A Brief History of Stephen Hawking by Kathleen Krull (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 28
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0575
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  1. This Town Is Not All Right by M. K. Krys (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 28
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0576
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  1. Fly on the Wall by Remy Lai (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 29
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0577
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  1. Whispering Pines by Heidi Lang (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 29
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0578
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  1. Eek!: A Noisy Journey from A to Z by Julie Larios (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 30
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0579
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  1. Mayhem by Estelle Laure (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 30
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0580
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  1. The Big Sibling Getaway by Korrie Leer (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. pp. 30-31
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0581
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  1. Horrid by Katrina Leno (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 31
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0582
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  1. Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 32
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0584
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  1. The Haunted Lake by P. J. Lynch (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 32-33
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0585
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  1. Embassy of the Dead by Will Mabbitt (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 33
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0586
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  1. Just a Story by Jeff Mack (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 33-34
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0587
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  1. None Shall Sleep by Ellie Marney (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 34
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0588
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  1. Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 34
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0589
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  1. Facing the Sun by Janice Lynn Mather (review)
  2. Deborah Berglind
  3. p. 35
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0590
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  1. Traitor by Amanda McCrina (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 35
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0591
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  1. Where We Are by Alison McGhee (review)
  2. Alaine Martaus
  3. p. 36
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0592
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  1. Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away by Meg Medina (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 36
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0593
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  1. Miss Meteor by Tehlor Kay Mejia (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 37
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0594
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  1. No Place for Monsters by Kory Merritt (review)
  2. April Spisak
  3. pp. 37-38
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0595
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  1. Who Gives a Poop?: Surprising Science from One End to the Other by Heather L. Montgomery (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 38-39
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0597
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  1. Where Bone? by Kitty Moss (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 39-40
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0599
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  1. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix (review)
  2. Alaine Martaus
  3. p. 40
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0600
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  1. Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor (review)
  2. Quinita Balderson
  3. p. 41
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0603
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  1. Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe (review)
  2. Alaine Martaus
  3. p. 41
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0604
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  1. Loretta Little Looks Back: Three Voices Go Tell It by Andrea Davis Pinkney (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 42
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0605
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  1. As the Shadow Rises by Katy Rose Pool (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 42
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0606
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  1. Among the Beasts and Briars by Ashley Poston (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 43
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0607
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  1. Lightfall: The Girl and the Galdurian by Tim Probert (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 43
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0608
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  1. Set Fire to the Gods by Sara Raasch (review)
  2. April Spisak
  3. p. 44
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0610
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  1. Glass Town Wars by Celia Rees (review)
  2. Alaine Martaus
  3. pp. 44-45
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0611
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  1. Fart Quest by Aaron Reynolds (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 45
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0570
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  1. Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 45
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0612
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  1. Nobody Knows But You by Anica Mrose Rissi (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 46
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0613
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  1. The Barren Grounds by David A. Robertson (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 46
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0614
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  1. The Missing: The True Story of My Family in World War II by Michael Rosen (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 47
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0615
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  1. The Big One: The Cascadia Earthquakes and the Science of Saving Lives by Elizabeth Rusch (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 47-48
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0616
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  1. The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Amra Sabic-El-Rayess (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 48
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0617
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  1. Land of the Cranes by Aida Salazar (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. pp. 48-49
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0618
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  1. The Circus of Stolen Dreams by Lorelei Savaryn (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 49
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0619
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  1. The Way Back by Gavriel Savit (review)
  2. Fiona Hartley-Kroeger
  3. p. 49
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0620
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  1. I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 50
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0621
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  1. Kitties on Dinosaurs by Michael Slack (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 51
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0624
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  1. Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 51
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0625
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  1. The Gifted, the Talented, and Me by William Sutcliffe (review)
  2. Alaine Martaus
  3. p. 52
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0626
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  1. Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 52
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0627
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  1. Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 53
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0526
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  1. Probably a Narwhal by Shelley Moore Thomas (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 53
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0622
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  1. Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 54
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0628
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  1. Feathered Serpent and the Five Suns: A Mesoamerican Creation Myth by Duncan Tonatiuh (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 54
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0629
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  1. The Beast Warrior by Nahoko Uehashi (review)
  2. Natalie Berglind
  3. p. 55
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0630
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  1. Ever After by Olivia Vieweg (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 55
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0631
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  1. Little Bird by Cynthia Voigt (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 56
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0632
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  1. The Teachers March!: How Selma's Teachers Changed History by Sandra Neil Wallace (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 56
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0633
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  1. Beauty Mark: A Verse Novel of Marilyn Monroe by Carole Boston Weatherford (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 56-57
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0634
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  1. The Insomniacs by Marit Weisenberg (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. p. 57
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0635
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  1. Night Walk to the Sea: A Story about Rachel Carson, Earth's Protector by Deborah Wiles (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. pp. 57-58
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0636
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  1. The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep: Voices from the Donner Party by Allan Wolf (review)
  2. Elizabeth Bush
  3. p. 58
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0637
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  1. Lux, the New Girl by Ashley Woodfolk (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 59
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0638
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  1. Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson (review)
  2. Deborah Stevenson
  3. p. 59
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0639
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  1. Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee (review)
  2. Kiri Palm
  3. p. 60
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0525
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  1. Fable by Adrienne Young (review)
  2. Kate Quealy-Gainer
  3. pp. 60-61
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0640
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Professional Connections

  1. Professional Connections
  2. p. 62
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0609
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Subject and Use Index

  1. Subject and Use Index
  2. pp. 63-68
  3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/bcc.2020.0489
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