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Richie's Picks:
a collection of essays and reviews about great books for children and young adults
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Complete list of reviews (alphabetical by title):
FTC NOTICE: Richie receives free books from lots of publishers who hope he will Pick their books. You can figure that any review here was written after reading and dog-earring a free copy received. Richie retains these review copies for his rereading pleasure and for use in his booktalks at schools and libraries.
Most Recent Picks:
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TRACKS by Diane Lee Wilson, Margaret K. McElderry Books, April 2012, 288p., ISBN: 978-1-4424-2013-7
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PLUNKED by Michael Northrop, Scholastic Press, March 2012, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-545-29714-1
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WONDER by R.J. Palacio, Knopf, February 2012, 320p., ISBN: 97800-375-86902-0; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-375-96902-7
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KALI'S SONG by Jeanette Winter, Schwartz & Wade, March 2012, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-375-87022-4
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THE FINAL FOUR by Paul Volponi, Viking, March 2012, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-670-01264-0
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THE LIONS OF LITTLE ROCK by Kristin Levine, Putnam, January 2012, 304p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25644-8
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RED SLED by Lita Judge, Atheneum, November 2011, 36p., ISBN: 978-1-4424-2007-6
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THE BERLIN BOXING CLUB by Robert Sharenow, HarperTeen, April 2011, 416p., ISBN: 978-0-06-157968-8
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THE MONEY WE'LL SAVE by Brock Cole, Farrar Straus Giroux, October 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-374-35011-6
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IRISES by Francisco X. Stork, Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic, January 2012, 304p., ISBN: 978-0-545-15135-1
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THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN by Katherine Applegate, Harper, January 2012, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-06-199225-4
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CITY OF ORPHANS by Avi, Atheneum/Richard Jackson, September 2011, 368p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-7102-3
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STUCK by Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, November 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25737-7
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E-MERGENCY! by Tom Lichtenheld and Ezra Fields- Meyer, Chronicle, October 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-8118-7898-2
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RAH, RAH RADISHES! A VEGETABLE CHANT by April Pulley Sayre, Beach Lane Books, June 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-4424-2141-7
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QUEEN OF HEARTS by Martha Brooks, Farrar Straus and Giroux, August 2011, 214p., ISBN: 978-0-374-34985-1
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STARS by Mary Lyn Ray and Marla Frazee, ill., Beach Lane Books, October 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-4424-2249-0
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GET HAPPY by Malachy Doyle and Caroline Uff, ill., Walker, June 2011, 28p., ISBN: 978-0-8027-2271-3
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MRS. HARKNESS AND THE PANDA by Alicia Potter and Melissa Sweet, ill., Knopf, March 2012, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-375-844448-1
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OTIS AND THE TORNADO by Loren Long, Philomel, September 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25477-2
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THE MIGHTY MISS MALONE by Christopher Paul Curtis, Wendy Lamb Books, January 2012, 320p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73491-2
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DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books/HarperCollins, May 2011, 496p., ISBN: 978-0-06-202402-2
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ADDIE ON THE INSIDE by James Howe, Atheneum, July 2011, 224p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-1384-9
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WHO HAS WHAT? ALL ABOUT GIRLS' BODIES AND BOYS' BODIES by Robie H. Harris and Nadine Bernard Westcott, ill. Candlewick Press, September 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-2931-1
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GHETTO COWBOY by G. Neri, Candlewick, August 2011, 218p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-4922-7
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ME...JANE by Patrick McDonnell, Little Brown, April 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-316-04546-9
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CLEAN by Amy Reed, Simon Pulse, July, 2011, 288p., ISBN: 978-1-4424-344-3
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PRUDENCE WANTS A PET by Cathleen Daly and Stephen Michael King, ill., Roaring Brook, June 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-59643-468-4
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CURVEBALL: THE YEAR I LOST MY GRIP by Jordan Sonnenblick, Scholastic Press, March 2012, 304p., ISBN:978-0-545-32069-6
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STAY WITH ME by Paul Griffin, Dial, September 2011, 304p., ISBN: 978-0-8037-3448-7
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SECRETS AT SEA by Richard Peck, Dial, October 2011, 256p., ISBN: 978-0-8037-3455-5
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THEN by Morris Gleitzman, Henry Holt, May 2011, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-8050-9027-7
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NEVILLE by Norton Juster and G. Brian Karas, ill, Schwartz & Wade, October 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-375-86765-1
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JIM HENSON: THE GUY WHO PLAYED WITH PUPPETS by Kathleen Krull and Steve Johnson & Lou Fancher, illustrators, Random House, August 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-375-85721-8
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EIGHT KEYS by Suzanne LaFleur, Wendy Lamb Books, August 2011, 224p., ISBN: 978-0-385-74030-2
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THE INCREDIBLE LIFE OF BALTO by Meghan McCarthy, Knopf, August 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-0-375-84460-7
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DRAWING FROM MEMORY by Allen Say, Scholastic Press, September 2011, 64p., ISBN: 978-0-545-1686-6
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ZOMBIE IN LOVE by Kelly DiPucchio and Scott Campbell, ill, Atheneum, August 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978- 1-4424-0270-6
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MUSIC WAS IT: YOUNG LEONARD BERNSTEIN by Susan Goldman Rubin, Charlesbridge, February 2011, 178p., ISBN: 978-1-58089-344-2
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ALL THE WATER IN THE WORLD by George Ella Lyon and Katherine Tillotson, Atheneum, March 2011, 40p., ISBN: 978-1-4169-7130-6
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WONDERSTRUCK by Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, September 2011, 640p., ISABN: 978-0-545-02789-2
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BEAR WITH ME by Max Kornell, Putnam, May 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-399-25257-0
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HIDDEN by Helen Frost, Frances Foster Books/FSG, May 2011, 160p., ISBN: 978-0-374-38221-6
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THE FRIENDSHIP DOLL by Kirby Larson, Delacorte, May 2011, 208p., ISBN: 978-0-385-73745-6; Libr. ISBN: 978-0-385-90667-8
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STOP SNORING, BERNARD! by Zachariah O'Hora, Henry Holt, April 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-8050-9002-4
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PIE by Sarah Weeks, Scholastic Press, October 2011, 192p., ISBN: 978-0-545-27011-3
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AFTER THE KILL by Darrin Lunde and Catherine Stock, ill., Charlesbridge, July 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-1-57091-743-1
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VIETNAM, BOOK ONE: I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE by Chris Lynch, Scholastic Press, November 2011, 192p., ISBN: 978-0-545-27029-8
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OPEN WOUNDS by Joseph Lunievicz, WestSide Books, May 2011, 352p., ISBN: 978-1-934813-51-5
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THE QUEEN OF FRANCE by Tim Wadham and Kady MacDonald Denton, ill., Candlewick, March 2011, 32p., ISBN: 978-0-7636-4102-3
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INSIDE OUT & BACK AGAIN by Thanhha Lai, HarperCollins, February 2011, 272p., ISBN: 978-0-06-196278-3
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MEADOWLANDS: A WETLANDS SURVIVAL STORY by Thomas F. Yezerski, Farrar Straus Giroux, March 2011, 40p.. ISBN: 978-0-375-34913-4
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I'LL BE THERE by Holly Goldberg Sloan, Little Brown, May 2011, 393p., ISBN: 978-0-316-12279-5
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OKAY FOR NOW by Gary D. Schmidt, Clarion, April 2011, 368p., ISBN: 9780547152608
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