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Our Shadows Have Claws - Yamile Saied Méndez (Editor), Amparo Ortiz (Editor)
Chantel Acevedo, Ricardo López Ortiz (Illustrations), Courtney Alameda, David Bowles, Ann Dávila Cardinal, Mia Garcia, Gabriela Martins, Racquel Marie, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Maika Moulite, Maritza Moulite, Claribel A. Ortega, Lilliam Rivera, Jenny Torres Sanchez, Alexandra Villasante, Ari Tison
From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology offers something for every monster lover. In Our Shadows Have Claws, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by “el viejo de la bolsa” while a military dictatorship steals their parents; and anyone you love, absolutely anyone, might be a shapeshifter waiting to hunt.
The worlds of these stories are dark but also magical ones, where a ghost-witch can make your cheating boyfriend pay, bullies are brought to their knees by vicious wolf-gods, a jar of fireflies can protect you from the reality-warping magic of a bruja—and maybe you’ll even live long enough to tell the tale. Set across Latin America and its diaspora, this collection offers bold, imaginative stories of oppression, grief, sisterhood, first love, and empowerment.
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Sam Makes a Splash and Marina in the Middle by Nicole Melleby
The House on Sunrise Lagoon: #1 Sam Makes a Splash by Nicole Melleby. Algonquin Young Readers, 2023. 9781643753102
The House on Sunrise Lagoon: #2 Marina in the Middle by Nicole Melleby. Algonquin Young Readers, 2023. 9781643753119
Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5
Format: Hardcover chapter book
Genre: Realistic fiction
What did you like about the book? A fun new chapter…
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Book Review: If I Promise you Wings by A. K. Small
Book Review: If I Promise you Wings by A. K. Small
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Thank you NetGalley and Algonquin Young Readers for the chance to read and review If I Promise you Wings by A. K. Small.
If I Promise You Wings is a young adult coming of age novel that comes out on the 16th of January! It is the authors’ second novel, with her first being Bright Burning Stars which was turned into the movie Birds of Paradise. A. K. Small is French American and we defiantly get…
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Sugaring Off by Gillian French
Sugaring Off by Gillian French
Sugaring Off by Gillian French. Algonquin, 2022. 9781643752709
Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 5
Format: ARC (11/22 publication date)
Genre: Realistic fiction
What did you like about the book? This book is a mix of gritty, small town New England and gorgeous observations on the nature around. Seventeen year old Owl lives with her aunt and uncle on their maple sugar farm.…
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Blog Tour: TILTERSMITH by Amy Herrick
Blog Tour: TILTERSMITH by Amy Herrick @mediamastersbks @AlgonquinYR
Welcome to The Tiltersmith Blog Tour!
Follow along as we celebrate the release of The Tiltersmith with behind-the-scenes looks from author Amy Herrick, plus 10 chances to win a copy!
Old Books that Bump into Magic
by Amy Herrick
In yesterday’s blog I talked about my early reading habits, how I particularly loved the kind of fantasies where magical encounters came to ordinary children much like…
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Review: The Counterclockwise Heart by Brian Farrey
Review: The Counterclockwise Heart by Brian Farrey
Author: Brian FarreyPublisher: Algonquin Young ReadersReleased: February 1, 2022Received: NetGalley
The Counterclockwise Heart is arguably one of the most unique novels I’ve read in quite some time. Written by Brian Farrey, it is already clear that this is a novel written to captivate children’s imagination (and adults, of course).
Rheinvelt is running out of time. It has been running out of…
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Rating: 1/5
Book Blurb: In this gripping literary horror, Case’s best friend Drea goes missing, forcing her into a bizarre, cultlike—and possibly murderous world—perfect for fans of The Honeys and Mexican Gothic.Something bad happened here.
When Case arrives at a run-down, ivy-covered house tucked deep in the West Texas woods, an ashy haze lingers in the air and the sky is tissue-paper pink. Her best friend Drea has been living here with a few classmates Case has never met, and Drea asked her to visit in a letter dated two weeks ago.
But now Drea is nowhere to be found.
Drea’s roommates can’t—or won’t—answer questions, leaving Case to search alone. She finds bits of Drea’s journal hidden in the tiles of the bathroom wall, in a beat-up cooler by the muddy river, wedged into the frame of her closet door. As Case pieces together Drea’s life in this strange house, the roommates’ behavior puts her increasingly on edge—and she’s not the only one. The animals nearby are lashing out, attacking each other, threatening the humans.
Something bad happened in this house. Something that must be connected to Drea’s disappearance. And if she gets too close to the truth, Case just might be next.
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A girl gets a letter from her best friend asking her to visit... only when she arrives at the house it's filled with hostile classmates that she's never met and her best friend is nowhere to be seen. Case is best friends with Drea, they write letters to each other all the time. Case receives a letter from Drea asking her to come visit and two weeks later Case is at the run down house that Drea lives in... but Drea is nowhere to be found and Drea's classmates who live there aren't saying a thing about where she is. Case is stuck in a place with zero cell reception and with people who refuse to tell her what has happened to Drea. Case has to figure out what happened to her best friend and why everyone is so secretive. This was advertised as a "gripping literary horror" and it felt more like a very very boring mystery. There was no horror in this, the only real horror was how bored I was trying to get to the end of this book (and its a short read so that definitely says a lot that I was struggling to stay present in the book). It really boils down to a simple mystery with characters who don't really have any personality and a mystery that is lacking any depth or interest. Unfortunately this one was a big miss for me and despite it's beautiful cover, I would say if you like super short simple mystery reads then give this one a go, it might be more to your liking than it was for me.
*Thanks Netgalley and Algonquin Young Readers for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
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Audrey’s 2022 Favorites
There were so many books I loved in 2022, and it was quite the task to narrow it down. After much pondering, I settled on four books to for my favorites list:
Queen of the Tiles by Hanna Alkaf
Salaam Reads || Audrey's Review
CATALYST
13 points
noun: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change
When Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her best friend’s death, it’s with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Perhaps it wasn’t the best idea to choose the very same competition where said best friend, Trina Low, died. It might be even though Najwa’s trying to change, she’s not ready to give up Trina just yet.
But the same can’t be said for all the other competitors. With Trina, the Scrabble Queen herself, gone, the throne is empty, and her friends are eager to be the next reigning champion. All’s fair in love and Scrabble, but all bets are off when Trina’s formerly inactive Instagram starts posting again, with cryptic messages suggesting that maybe Trina’s death wasn’t as straightforward as everyone thought. And maybe someone at the competition had something to do with it.
As secrets are revealed and the true colors of her friends are shown, it’s up to Najwa to find out who’s behind these mysterious posts—not just to save Trina’s memory, but to save herself.
The Undead Truth of Us by Britney S. Lewis
Disney-Hyperion || Audrey's Review
Death was everywhere. They all stared at me, bumping into one another and slowly coming forward.
Sixteen-year-old Zharie Young is absolutely certain her mother morphed into a zombie before her untimely death, but she can't seem to figure out why. Why her mother died, why her aunt doesn't want her around, why all her dreams seem suddenly, hopelessly out of reach. And why, ever since that day, she's been seeing zombies everywhere.
Then Bo moves into her apartment building―tall, skateboard in hand, freckles like stars, and an undeniable charm. Z wants nothing to do with him, but when he transforms into a half zombie right before her eyes, something feels different. He contradicts everything she thought she knew about monsters, and she can't help but wonder if getting to know him might unlock the answers to her mother's death.
As Zharie sifts through what's real and what's magic, she discovers a new truth about the world: Love can literally change you―for good or for dead.
In this surrealist journey of grief, fear, and hope, Britney S. Lewis's debut novel explores love, zombies, and everything in between in an intoxicating amalgam of the real and the fantastic.
Our Shadows Have Claws: 15 Latin American Monster Stories edited by Yamile Saied Méndez & Amparo Ortiz
Algonquin Young Readers || Audrey's Review
Fifteen original short stories from YA superstars, featuring Latine mythology’s most memorable monsters
From zombies to cannibals to death incarnate, this cross-genre anthology offers something for every monster lover. In Our Shadows Have Claws, bloodthirsty vampires are hunted by a quick-witted slayer; children are stolen from their beds by “el viejo de la bolsa” while a military dictatorship steals their parents; and anyone you love, absolutely anyone, might be a shapeshifter waiting to hunt.
The worlds of these stories are dark but also magical ones, where a ghost-witch can make your cheating boyfriend pay, bullies are brought to their knees by vicious wolf-gods, a jar of fireflies can protect you from the reality-warping magic of a bruja—and maybe you’ll even live long enough to tell the tale. Set across Latin America and its diaspora, this collection offers bold, imaginative stories of oppression, grief, sisterhood, first love, and empowerment.
Strike the Zither by Joan He
Roaring Brook Press || Audrey's Review
The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions and three warlordesses hoping to claim the continent for themselves.
But Zephyr knows it’s no contest.
Orphaned at a young age, Zephyr took control of her fate by becoming the best strategist of the land and serving under Xin Ren, a warlordess whose loyalty to the empress is double-edged—while Ren’s honor draws Zephyr to her cause, it also jeopardizes their survival in a war where one must betray or be betrayed. When Zephyr is forced to infiltrate an enemy camp to keep Ren’s followers from being slaughtered, she encounters the enigmatic Crow, an opposing strategist who is finally her match. But there are more enemies than one—and not all of them are human.
#queen of the tiles#the undead truth of us#our shadows have claws#strike the zither#weneeddiversebooks#book lists
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Slip by Marika McCoola (text) and Aatmaja Pandya (illustrations. Algonquin Young Readers, 2022. 9781616207892. https://www.powells.com/book/-9781616207892?partnerid=34778&p_bt
Jade is heading off for a month-long residency at the Art Farm to work on ceramics that will (she hopes) get her a scholarship to art school. She's worried about her best friend Phoebe, who recently attempted suicide, but the intensive learning experience she's there for seems like an amazing opportunity -- her workspace is beautiful, and there's also a wood fired kiln she may be able to fire some of her work in. Her mentor is supportive, but Jade is distracted. She does find a way to commune if not communicate with Phoebe, and even meets someone, Mary, who potentially seems like she might be more than a friend. But Jade's inner doubts continue to plague her, and critique sessions don't add to her confidence. Can she get in touch with her feelings and figure out the concept behind the animal figures she's been sculpting?
The art in this book is great. It switches between blue and red ink (and sometimes combines them) in different contexts to great effect. There's a little magic, some romance, and just enough drama that it all feels real.
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How You Grow Wings - Rimma Onoseta
Sisters Cheta and Zam couldn’t be more different. Cheta, sharp-tongued and stubborn, never shies away from conflict—either at school or at home, where her mother fires abuse at her. Timid Zam escapes most of her mother’s anger, skating under the radar and avoiding her sister whenever possible. In a turn of good fortune, Zam is invited to live with her aunt’s family in the lap of luxury. Jealous, Cheta also leaves home, but finds a harder existence that will drive her to terrible decisions. When the sisters are reunited, Zam alone will recognize just how far Cheta has fallen—and Cheta’s fate will rest in Zam’s hands.
tw: classism, colorism, emotional abuse, gun violence, internalized racism, mention of pseudo-incest, physical abuse, skin bleaching
#how you grow wings#rimma onoseta#Algonquin Young Readers#august 9 2022#debut#debut author#POC#black#Nigerian
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A Pretty Implausible Premise by Karen Rivers
A Pretty Implausible Premise by Karen Rivers. Algonquin Young Readers, 2023. 9781616208165
Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review) 4.5
Format: Hardcover
Genre: Realistic fiction
What did you like about the book? Hattie, 17, was abandoned by her mother when she was six; her mother just took off for Switzerland one day without a word. Hattie and her father are still thinking/hoping…
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The National Book Award finalists have been announced.
2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Fiction:
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Chain-Gang All-Stars Pantheon Books / Penguin Random House
Aaliyah Bilal, Temple Folk Simon & Schuster
Eliot Duncan, Ponyboy W. W. Norton & Company
Paul Harding, This Other Eden W. W. Norton & Company
Tania James, Loot Knopf / Penguin Random House
Jayne Anne Phillips, Night Watch Knopf / Penguin Random House
Mona Susan Power, A Council of Dolls Mariner Books / HarperCollins Publishers
Hanna Pylväinen, The End of Drum-Time Henry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers
Justin Torres, Blackouts Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
LaToya Watkins, Holler, Child Tiny Reparations Books / Penguin Random House
2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction:
Ned Blackhawk, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History Yale University Press
Jonathan Eig, King: A Life Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
Viet Thanh Nguyen, A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History, A Memorial Grove Press / Grove Atlantic
Prudence Peiffer, The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever Harper / HarperCollins Publishers
Donovan X. Ramsey, When Crack Was King: A People’s History of a Misunderstood Era One World / Penguin Random House
Cristina Rivera Garza, Liliana’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice Hogarth / Penguin Random House
Christina Sharpe, Ordinary Notes Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
Raja Shehadeh, We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir Other Press
John Vaillant, Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World Knopf / Penguin Random House
Kidada E. Williams, I Saw Death Coming: A History of Terror and Survival in the War Against Reconstruction Bloomsbury Publishing
2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Poetry:
John Lee Clark, How to Communicate W. W. Norton & Company
Oliver de la Paz, The Diaspora Sonnets Liveright / W. W. Norton & Company
Annelyse Gelman, Vexations University of Chicago Press
José Olivarez, Promises of Gold Henry Holt and Company / Macmillan Publishers
Craig Santos Perez, from unincorporated territory [åmot] Omnidawn Publishing
Paisley Rekdal, West: A Translation Copper Canyon Press
Brandon Som, Tripas Georgia Review Books / University of Georgia Press
Charif Shanahan, Trace Evidence Tin House Books
Evie Shockley, suddenly we Wesleyan University Press Monica Youn, From From Graywolf Press
2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature:
Juan Cárdenas, The Devil of the Provinces Translated from the Spanish by Lizzie Davis Coffee House Press
Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny Translated from the Korean by Anton Hur Algonquin Books / Hachette Book Group
David Diop, Beyond the Door of No Return Translated from the French by Sam Taylor Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos Translated from the German by Michael Hofmann New Directions Publishing
Stênio Gardel, The Words That Remain Translated from the Portuguese by Bruna Dantas Lobato New Vessel Press
Khaled Khalifa, No One Prayed Over Their Graves Translated from the Arabic by Leri Price Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan Publishers
Fernanda Melchor, This Is Not Miami Translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes New Directions Publishing
Pilar Quintana, Abyss Translated from the Spanish by Lisa Dillman World Editions
Astrid Roemer, On a Woman’s Madness Translated from the Dutch by Lucy Scott Two Lines Press
Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, The Most Secret Memory of Men Translated from the French by Lara Vergnaud Other Press
2023 Longlist for the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature:
Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says Disney-Hyperion Books / Disney Publishing Worldwide
Kenneth M. Cadow, Gather Candlewick Press
Alyson Derrick, Forget Me Not Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers / Simon & Schuster
Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares? Dial Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House
Vashti Harrison, Big Little, Brown Books for Young Readers / Hachette Book Group
Katherine Marsh, The Lost Year: A Survival Story of the Ukrainian Famine Roaring Brook Press / Macmillan Publishers
Dan Nott, Hidden Systems: Water, Electricity, the Internet, and the Secrets Behind the Systems We Use Every Day Random House Graphic / Penguin Random House
Dan Santat, A First Time for Everything First Second / Macmillan Publishers
Betty C. Tang, Parachute Kids Graphix / Scholastic, Inc.
Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, More Than a Dream: The Radical March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers / Macmillan Publishers
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Title: The Counterclockwise Heart | Author: Brian Farrey | Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers (2022)
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Book Review | Bright Burning Stars
Title: Bright Burning Stars by A. K. Small
Pages: 304
Genres: YA, realistic fiction, contemporary,
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers (May 21st, 2019)
Summary
Best friends Marine Duval and Kate Sanders have trained at the Paris Opera Ballet School since childhood, where they’ve formed an inseparable bond forged by respective family tragedies and a fierce love for dance. When the body of a…
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Review: How Do You Live? By Genzaburo Yoshino, Forward by Neil Gaiman
Review: How Do You Live? By Genzaburo Yoshino, Forward by Neil Gaiman
Author: Genzaburo YoshinoForward: Neil GaimanTranslator: Bruno NavaskyPublisher: Algonquin Young ReadersReleased: October 26, 2021Received: NetGalley
Many people in my generation grew up adoring Hayao Miyazaki’s works. That’s no secret. Now, one of Miyazaki’s favorite childhood books has finally been translated to English – and readers get to experience that for the first time. How Do You Live?…
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Clever Creatures Of The Night by: Samantha Mabry
Published by: Algonquin Young Readers
Publication Date: 3/5/2024
I want to start this review off by thanking NetGalley and the publisher. I received and eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Now onto the review. This book was a short read. It’s a literary horror so I wasn’t exactly sure what I was getting into. I love horror but literary fiction tends to not be my thing. It tends…
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