https://www.kirkusreviews.com/feeds/rss/
-
![]()
SALAT IN SECRETIt’s Muhammad’s seventh birthday, and Daddy has a special gift for him: a prayer rug that’s royal blue with gold stitching and that smells of...
-
![]()
LEI AND THE FIRE GODDESSEver since her family moved to Colorado seven years ago, 12-year-old Anna Leilani Kamaʻehu has been spending summers with her tūtū, or...
-
![]()
GOOD AS GOLDCasey Whitecroft’s life has been going downhill since the failure of her father’s business and their subsequent decline in social status....
-
![]()
WHEN IT ALL SYNCS UPSixteen-year-old Aisha Bimi has worked hard to be one of the best dancers in her ballet-focused boarding school, but she is continually reminded...
-
![]()
SOME SHALL BREAKEmma was the sole survivor of serial killer Daniel Huxton, who died three years ago in 1979. Her insights from that experience proved invaluable...
-
![]()
LOVE LETTERS FOR JOYLove is in the air at Manhattan’s Caldwell Preparatory Academy thanks to an anonymous student known as Caldwell Cupid. Overachiever Joy Corvi is...
-
![]()
THE DOS AND DONUTS OF LOVESeventeen-year-old Bangladeshi Irish Shireen Malik is going through breakup blues when she finds out she’s made it: She’s going to join the cast...
-
![]()
SOMETHING MOREThough her family is Greek Orthodox, 15-year-old Jessie begins attending high school at Roman Catholic Holy Trinity, where she hopes to start...
-
![]()
THE DISSIDENTViktor has discovered the dead bodies of his friend Albert Schwartz, a gay human rights activist and provider of goods and services, and a U.S....
-
![]()
ALL THE RIGHT NOTESQuito Cruz and Emmett Aoki seemed like opposites in high school. Emmett was a popular athlete, already modeling underwear for Macy's ads. Quito...
-
![]()
SPEAKING WHILE FEMALEIn this book, Rubin—a writing and speaking coach—makes a good case for why nothing quite like this collection has been done before. Going beyond...
-
![]()
THE MOST IMPORTANT ANIMAL OF ALLFollowing a semester of zoological studies, a teacher asks their students to name the most important animal. Tan-skinned George proposes...
-
![]()
JEZEBELIn 1970s Massachusetts, 16-year-old Jezebel Berke wants out of her family. Her older sister, fresh out of high school, will be gone for the...
-
![]()
THE EXILE OF ZANZIBARAt the forefront of the tale is Claire, an immortal in an indeterminate future whose gold palanquin machine can fold space and time. A...
-
![]()
THIS IS NOT A UNICORN!In short, rhyming verse, a little gray bird addresses both readers and a young Black child. The bird introduces a special animal with a...
-
![]()
THE ITALIAN SQUADIn the early 1900s, many members of the NYPD looked down on Italian immigrants, as journalist Moses documents at several points. However, Joseph...
-
![]()
KLARA'S JOURNEYIn a fantastical, sprawling, rural land divided into kingdoms of clans composed of divergent races, a young woman named Klara provides drink,...
-
![]()
NICHOLAS ETERNALAlthough Nicholas Theodoulos is considered a heroic figure by any standard—having saved countless children from bad situations over the last 16...
-
![]()
THE SACRED EARTHWhile the concept of avodat ha-Shem (“serving God”) is central to the Jewish faith, Rabbi Kahn reminds readers in the introduction to this...
-
![]()
RELATIONSPACESThe author—a teacher, guidance counselor, consultant, and administrator—begins her discussion of effective, compassionate parenting with some...
-
![]()
ONCE OUR LIVESThe author, a columnist for the Santa Monica Star who also writes poetry and short stories reflecting her Chinese heritage, devotes her first...
-
![]()
JUST ACTIONHistorian Richard Rothstein, whose book The Color of Law exposed how federal, state, and local laws have perpetuated segregation, teams with...
-
![]()
THE WOUNDS THAT BIND USWhen she was 16, Shinn lost both her legs below the knee after an initially misdiagnosed bout of bacterial meningitis that left her with a large...
-
![]()
YOU DON'T BELONG HEREFor the past week, aspiring writer Morris Hines has been staying (and drinking) at the Manderlay Colony, an artists residence where he’d hoped...
-
![]()
A KILLER’S GAMEAlertly spotting the fatal poisoning in progress of Nathan Costner, chief of staff to Sen. Thomas Sledge, on a New York street, FBI agent...
