Kathryn Erskine, Author . Philomel $16.99 (236p) ISBN 978-0-399-24774-3
Erskine's debut juggles a number of hefty subjects and themes (religious faith, American patriotism, anti- and pro-war attitudes, bad parenting), but with mixed results. Fourteen-year-old Matilda (“Matt”) believes that “life...
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Kathryn Erskine, Author . Philomel $15.99 (235p) ISBN 978-0-399-25264-8
Ten-year-old Caitlin Smith has Asperger's syndrome, which is why she is processing a horrific event differently than everyone else in her small Virginia town. As the result of a school shooting, her beloved brother, Devon, and two others are...
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Kathryn Erskine. Philomel, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-399-25505-2
Following her National Book Award win for Mockingbird, Erskine tries her hand at comedy with this story of an undervalued boy learning his considerable worth. Mike's father, a math professor, must teach in Romania for six weeks, so he ships his...
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Kathryn Erskine. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-545-46440-6
In the aftermath of the civil rights movement, bigotry still permeates 1972 Stony Gap, Va., the hometown of 12-year-old Frederick “Red” Porter. Red’s father was a fair man up until the day he died, and now it’s Red’s duty to carry on his legacy....
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Kathryn Erskine. Scholastic Press, $17.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-545-46442-0
In this picaresque-style historical novel, 13-year-old Adrian—small, asthmatic, and an albino—dreams of becoming a soldier and fighting the "pagan Scots" that threaten 1346 England. Perceived as weak and touched by the devil, the self-dubbed "Badger"
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Kathryn Erskine. Scholastic Press, $16.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-338-14851-0
Inquisitive and kept sheltered, nine-year-old Julian is drawn to his elderly new neighbor, Mr. X., after he moves to Maine with his mother, stepmother, and older sister to open a bed-and-breakfast. As Julian chips away at Mr. X’s curmudgeonly...
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Kathryn Erskine, illus. by Charly Palmer. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-374-30301-3
National Book Award–winner Erskine (Mockingbird) takes readers to the South Africa of her childhood as she follows the rise of singer/activist Miriam Makeba. The injustice of apartheid, omnipresent in Makeba’s life, extends into the book’s design:...
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Kathryn Erskine. Quill Tree, $16.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-305815-6
In alternating chapters, Erskine (The Incredible Magic of Being) follows the third-person telling of a sixth grade new kid and the meta first-person commentary of Libro—the book itself. When intellectually curious, formerly homeschooled Lily, cued...
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Keith Henry Brown and Kathryn Erskine, illus. by Keith Henry Brown. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-374-30742-4
Music helps a father and son renew their bond after a period of change leaves them out of sync in this emotionally honest story. Via first-person narration, Black-cued child Trevor describes connecting with their father, who’s DJ Dap Daddy on the...
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Kathryn Erskine, illus. by Alexandra Boiger. Philomel, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-593-20469-6
Erskine’s spare text, relayed in a collective first-person narration, describes how people from all walks of life can come together. “Hearts can unite./ Hands can set free,” one spread reads, portraying a sloop filled with children sailing into a...
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