Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Author . S&S/Atheneum/Jackson $16.99 (181p) ISBN 978-0-689-87800-8
Seventeen-year-old Nola Werth puts aside guilt about leaving her cancer-stricken younger sister at home as she boards a bus intent on having “a scrapbook teen experience in just one summer,” with a job waiting tables at a Maine resort....
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Author Dial Books $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2087-9
This nostalgic picture book harks back to a time when girls wore dresses to the carnival, yet it delivers an ageless message about overcoming fear. When the midway comes to her rural community, Etta is determined that this time she will ride the...
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Candlewick, $16.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-7636-6323-0
Ari and her older brother, Gage, have lived with a strict guardian since their mother died four years ago, but now Gage, 19, wants to leave—and take 11-year-old Ari with him. The siblings’ mother implored them to “Stay together always,” but without...
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Author, Alissa Imre Geis, Illustrator , illus. by Alissa Imre Geis. Houghton $15 (96p) ISBN 978-0-618-13287-4
Jacobson (Moon Sandwich Mom) creates in third-grader Winnie a resourceful heroine who knows her own mind. As the novel opens, Winnie makes peanut butter and banana sandwiches: "It was Winnie's job to make a healthy lunch for herself and her...
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Author, Alissa Imre Geis, Illustrator , illus. by Alissa Imre Geis. Houghton $5.95 (105p) ISBN 978-0-618-36921-8
A resourceful third-grader who knows her own mind is crestfallen when her two best friends develop a stronger bond, leaving her out. "This uplifting tale speaks to the emerging independence of all grade-schoolers," wrote PW
. Ages 7-10. (Sep
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Author, Alissa Imre Geis, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $15 (105p) ISBN 978-0-618-28008-7
In Truly Winnie by Jennifer Richard Jacobson, illus. by Alissa Imre Geis, the heroine and her friends Zoe and Vanessa-first met in Winnie Dancing on Her Own (about which, PW said, ""the author demonstrates her intimate knowledge of elementary...
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Candlewick, $16.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-5362-1153-5
Jacobson (Small as an Elephant) creates a well-paced blend of mystery and romantic idealism set in mid-coast Maine. Inspired by her collection of self-improvement quotations, 12-year-old narrator Peyton Campbell has plans for her summer all laid out,
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson, illus. by Alexandria Neonakis. Simon & Schuster, $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-5344-0211-9
JoJo decides to sleep in her own bedroom instead of with her older sister, Margaret (“You’ll be back,” Margaret tells her). But after she confidently settles in, “a lion slipped out from behind the window curtain,” thumping its tail. The way to keep
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Jennifer Richard Jacobson, illus. by Ryan Andrews. Candlewick, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7636-9474-6
Jacobson (Paper Things) confronts loss and new beginnings in this potent and affirming novel. Lowen, a promising 11-year-old cartoonist, blames himself for the death of his friend Abe, who was killed in a convenience store shooting. When a former...
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