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This last, strange poem of Mr. Sendak’s will likely puzzle young readers, but fans of the author must seek out My Brother’s Book, as it could have been created by only one man in the company of his own literary heroes.

NY Journal of Books

94%
Ravitch ends with a call for a voluntary national curriculum, and believes that a consensus around better education is possible.

NY Times

92%
Realistic portrayal of contemporary teens and their moral challenges breathes fresh life into well-worn themes of rebellion and first love.

Publishers Weekly

90%
Green's novel is elegantly plotted, and as sad in places as one might expec...But it's also brimming with joy.

NPR

89%
The writing is elegant, philosophical and moving. Even at its length, it’s a work to read slowly and savor. Beautiful and important.

Kirkus

88%
This book, in my eyes, was utter perfection. Told from the perspective of Ari, a quiet boy who has shrunk inside himself as he's grown up around a brother in prison who he knows nothing about, a mother in denial and a father haunted by the war. That's until Dante comes along.

Guardian

88%
Little Brother is being marketed as a young-adult novel, but it's an entertaining, smart all-ages read . . . The tight thriller storyline and ripped-from-the-headlines immediacy are nigh-irresistible.

AV Club

88%
Authentic and relevant, this debut is one to top the charts.

Kirkus

88%
I honestly have nothing negative to say about this book, I enjoyed every single moment of it. The constant flashbacks into Mia’s life make you want to keep on turning the pages, to learn more about her...

Guardian

88%
Stiefvater, who has an assured and entertaining way with language, doesn’t talk down to her readers, and she ably blends the mystical and the earthly, the primitive and the contemporary...

NY Times

88%
It’d be nice and easy if this book and I were the rainbow-unicorn-happiness type. But what we have is real and it hurts, and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Kirkus

88%
...the chief attractions here are the appealing cast and droll humor.

Kirkus

88%
The wonderful cartoons and drawings by Ellen Forney appear to be pasted onto the pages of his diary, giving it depth and life. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian is a must have book, and I can't speak highly enough of it.

Blog Critics

87%
Claire’s story stands on its own, but as the final volume in this iconic quartet, it holistically reunites characters.

Kirkus

87%
...drone pilots take no risks, a fact that will undoubtedly make the subjects of Holmes's book seem all the more glamorous and admirable in their pursuit of knowledge, fame, fortune, military superiority or sheer excitement.

Guardian

87%
Overall, Code Name Verity is a book that is clever, funny, bewildering, tragic and thought-provoking all at once. I know now that all the time I spent struggling on with it were truly worth it, and I am so glad that I saw it through to the end.

Guardian

86%
Stiefvater has successfully plumbed lesser-known myths and written a complex literary thriller that pumps new blood into a genre suffering from post-“Twilight” burnout.

NY Times

86%
This series truly does improve with every installment. Mead's plot and characters continue to grow stronger as she weaves a tale full of powerful Moroi and their intimidating, dangerous guardians known as dhampirs...Shadow Kiss is the best book in the series so far. Mead took the story down an unimaginable path.

Reading Addict

86%
...I loved the book so much I HAD to put it down and take deep breaths because it was just too much. Love, Passion, Treason, Fear, Sadness, Grief, all these emotions laid on paper in a so intense way it almost became unbearable...Spirit Bound was action-packed, full of surprises, emotions and magic.

Tynga's Reviews

86%
Readers will feel every ounce of Khalid's terror, frustration, and helplessness in this disturbing look at a sad, ongoing chapter in contemporary history.

Publishers Weekly

86%

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