Kathleen O'Dell, . . Puffin, $5.99 (
, $5.99 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-14-240228-3
In a starred review, PW
said, "The author probes the sixth-grade mindset pithily and perceptively. Charming, yet by no means flawless, Agnes is a heroine nearly everyone can embrace." Ages 10-up. (Nov.)
In this accomplished first novel, O'Dell probes the sixth-grade mindset pithily and perceptively. In the opening scene, Agnes Parker rides her bike frantically to her best friend Prejean's Continue reading »
After winningly examining the peculiarities of sixth grade in Agnes Parker... Girl in Progress
, O'Dell now turns to the challenges of Ophie Peeler, as she Continue reading »
Ophie Peeler thinks of herself as Dorothy waiting for something big to happen "somewhere over the rainbow." But Oregon isn't quite what Ophie had in mind. She misses her best friend, Continue reading »
In a starred review, PW said, ""The author probes the sixth-grade mindset pithily and perceptively. Charming, yet by no means flawless, Agnes is a heroine nearly everyone can embrace."" Ages 10-up. Continue reading »
In O'Dell's (the Agnes Parker series) latest, 16-year-old Catholic schoolgirl Mary Margaret has dumped her ""boring"" and chaste friend, Elizabeth, for the dangerously fun Jane. Together, the new Continue reading »
It’s been a few years since readers have heard from O’Dell, apparently because she’s been getting her Frances Hodgson Burnett on. This Gilded Age departure from O’Dell’s contemporary fare depicts Continue reading »
And to Think That I Saw It on Klickitat Street. No, it's not a new Dr. Seuss title. But it could perhaps serve as a thumbnail summary of where Kathleen O'Dell found inspiration Continue reading »
Repeated prepositions propel this bright-eyed board book, which movingly presents the world from a baby’s developing perspective. Unfolded downward, accordion pages reference Continue reading »
A quartet of superpowered roommates must put aside their differences to save the world in this goofy chapter book–level graphic novel, a series launch from Lerner (Nat the Cat Continue reading »
An unknown entity plagues young human space settlers in this gripping trilogy opener from Ness, set two decades after his Chaos Walking series. On the planet humans call New Continue reading »
A Korean American high schooler moonlighting as a webtoon artist finds her meticulously planned future upended when her fictional creations inexplicably come to life in this Continue reading »