The following reviews are my most recent nonfiction reviews. They contain information of interest to school librarians making purchasing decisions.
Scroll down for an archive of all of my nonfiction reviews, alphabetized by title.
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50 Body Questions: A Book That Spills Its Guts (Kyi/Kinnaird)
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Bones Never Lie: How Forensics Helps Solve History’s Mysteries (MacLeod)
Bootleg, Murder, Moonshine, and the Lawless Years of Prohibition (Blumenthal)
The Boy on the Wooden Box (Leyson)
C
Chips and Cheese and Nana’s Knees (Cleary)
Chuck Close: Face Book (Close)
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The Dyslexia Empowerment Plan (Foss)
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Easy-Peasy Chinese (Greenwood)
Every Falling Star (Lee, McClelland)
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Hello From 2030: The Science and Future of You (Schutten)
How Dare the Sun Rise (Uwiringiyimana)
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I Am Nujood: Age 10 and Divorced (Ali)
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The Omnivore’s Dilemma: Young Readers Edition (Pollan)
Outcasts United: The Story of a Refugee Soccer Team That Changed a Town (St. John)
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The Prisoners of Breendonk (Deem)
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Rapture Practice: A True Story About Growing Up Gay in an Evangelical Family (Hartzler)
Rotten Pumpkin (Schwartz/Kuhn)
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School Days Around the World (Ruurs/Feagan)
Something Sure Smells Around Here: Limericks (Cleary/Rowland)
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (Reynolds/Kendi)
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Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron (Losure)
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Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature’s Undead (Johnson)