CCBC Weekly Book Reviews
Kaia and the Bees
Kaia is happy to tell her friends everything her beekeeper dad has taught her about bees and how important they are, talking as if she’s a beekeeper, too.
September 28, 2020
The Three Keys
Things are looking up for Mia Tang and her Chinese immigrant family, who recently purchased the Calivista Motel in Anaheim, until Mia learns about Proposition 187.
September 21, 2020
The Homesick Club
Mónica is from Bolivia. Her best friend, Hannah, is from Israel. Both miss things about their homelands.
September 14, 2020
We Dream of Space
The three Nelson Thomas kids are in separate orbits in January, 1986.
September 7, 2020
The Camping Trip
Ernestine can’t wait to go on her first camping trip, with her Aunt Jackie and cousin, Samantha.
August 31, 2020
Everything Sad Is Untrue
Nayeri’s poignant, engaging memoir begins with a vivid childhood memory of a visit to his grandparents when he was still a little boy known as Khorsou living in Iran.
August 24, 2020
The Only Black Girls in Town
Alberta lives in the small, tourist town of Ewing Beach, California, with her dads.
August 17, 2020
Our Friend Hedgehog: The Story of Us
After Hedgehog’s beloved stuffed dog, Mutty, is blown off their island home during a storm, bereft Hedgehog swims to shore in search of him.
August 10, 2020
Summer Song
“… summer is green. Green on green on green. Summer is a green song.” It’s a song of leaves, trees, weeds, and grass that can “sound like music”...
August 3, 2020
What Lane?
Sixth grader Stephen and his best friend Dan share a passion for superheroes, live in neighboring apartments, and spend a lot of time together.
July 27, 2020
Look
High school senior Lulu regularly uploads photos and video to a platform called Flash (think Snapchat).
July 20, 2020
We Are Water Protectors
A young girl describes how water is viewed among her people. "Water is the first medicine, Nokomis told me . . . We come from water … The river’s rhythm runs through my veins. Runs through my people’s veins.”
July 13, 2020
The Old Truck
An old truck is the one constant on a small family farm occupied by a Black family whose only child grows from toddlerhood to girlhood, through her teenage years and into adulthood.
July 6, 2020
When You Trap a Tiger
When biracial (Korean/white) Lily, her older sister Sam, and their mom move to Washington state to live with Hamoni, who is sick, Lily begins seeing a large tiger, which demands Lily open the jars in Halmoni’s basement and release the stories inside.
June 29, 2020
The Henna Wars
Nishat is thrilled to see new student Flávia at her Catholic girls’ school in Dublin.
June 22, 2020- More Books of the Week