Books read and reviewed in 2024 at Becky's Book Reviews
January
1. Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust. Neal Shusterman. Illustrated by Andres Vera Martinez. 2023. [October] 256 pages. [Source: Library]2. Facing the Enemy: How a Nazi Youth Camp in America Tested a Friendship. Barbara Krasner. 2023. [December] 359 pages. [Source: Library]
3. Coretta: The Autobiography of Coretta Scott King. Coretta Scott King. Illustrated by Ekua Holmes. 2024. [January] 40 pages. [Source: Library] [nonfiction picture book, biography, autobiography, children's nonfiction]
4. Little House in the Big Woods. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1932. 238 pages. [Source: Bought]
5. A Bear Called Paddington. Michael Bond. 1958. 159 pages. [Source: Bought] [Children's classic; animal fantasy]
6. Something Rotten. (Horatio Wilkes Mystery #1) Alan Gratz. 2007. 208 pages. [Source: Library] [YA Mystery; YA Suspense; dysfunctional families; adaptation of William Shakespeare]
7. Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön,
and Some Very Famous Ducklings. Angela Burke Kunkel. Illustrated by
Claire Keane. 2023. 48 pages. [Source: Library] [Picture book for older
readers; biography; art appreciation]
8. Light and Air. Mindy Nichols Wendell. 2024. [January] 218 pages. [Source: Library] [J Historical; MG Historical; 1930s; tuberculosis; coming of age]
9. The Blood Years. Elana K. Arnold. 2023. 400 pages. [Source: Library]
10. There Was a Party for Langston. Jason Reynolds. Illustrated by Jerome Pumphrey. 2023. 56 pages. [Source: Library]
11. Big. Vashti Harrison. 2023. 60 pages. [Source: Library] [picture book]
12. An Autobiography. Agatha Christie. 1977/1996. Berkley. 635 pages. [Source: Bought]
13. Elf Dog and Owl Head. M.T. Anderson. Illustrated by Junyi Wu. 2023. 240 pages. [Source: Library] [MG Fiction; MG Fantasy; J Fantasy; J Fiction; Newbery Honor]
February
14. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir. Pedro Martin. 2023. 320 pages. [Source: Library] [Nonfiction Graphic Novel; MG Graphic Novel; Newbery Honor]
15. Little House on the Prairie. Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1935. 335 pages. [Source: Bought] [children's classic]
16. Not Quite a Ghost. Anne Ursu. 2024. [January] 288 pages. [Source: Library]
17. The Frozen River. Ariel Lawhon. 2023. [December] 432 pages. [Source: Library] [adult historical fiction]
18. Fighting With Love: The Legacy of John Lewis. Lesa Cline-Ransome.
Illustrated by James E. Ransome. 2024. [January] 48 pages. [Source:
Library] [nonfiction picture book; picture book biography; civil rights
movement]
19. The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn. Sally J. Pla. 2023. [July] 336 pages. [Source: Library] [J Fiction; J Realistic Fiction; MG Fiction, MG Realistic Fiction; dysfunctional families]
20. Danny Dunn and the Anti-Gravity Paint. (Danny Dunn #1) Jay Williams. Illustrated by Raymond Abrashkin. 1956. 154 pages. [Source: Library]
21. Making It So. Patrick Stewart. 2023. 469 pages. [Source: Library]
22. Mrs. Quinn's Rise To Fame. Olivia Ford. 2024. 384 pages. [Source: Library]
23. All-of-A-Kind-Family. Sydney Taylor. 1951. 192 pages. [Source: Library]
24. Nothing Else But Miracles. Kate Albus. 2023. 288 pages. [Source: Library]
25. Heroes. Alan Gratz. 2024. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
26. Wait! What? The Beatles Couldn't Read Music? Dan Gutman. 2023. 144 pages. [Source: Library]
27. Who is Nathan Chen? (Who Was? Series) Joseph Liu. 2023. 56 pages. [Source: Library]
28. What was the Children's Blizzard of 1888? Steve Korte. 2023. [November] 112 pages. [Source: Library]
March
29. A Murder in Hollywood: The Untold Story of Tinseltown's Most Shocking Crime. Casey Sherman. 2024. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
30. Everyone On This Train is A Suspect. Benjamin Stevenson. 2023. 335 pages. [Source: Library]
31. Across So Many Seas. Ruth Behar. 2024. 272 pages. [Source: Library] [interconnected stories; novellas; historical fiction; mg]
32. The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival. Estelle
Nadel. Illustrated by Sammy Savos. 2024. 272 pages. [Source: Library]
[graphic novel; graphic memoir; Jewish/Holocaust]
33. Ferris. Kate DiCamillo. 2024. 240 pages. [Source: Library] [MG Fiction, J Fiction, Realistic, Historical]
34. You've Been Summoned. Lindsey Lamar. 2024. 376 pages. [Source: Library] [adult mystery, adult fiction]
35. The Light That Shines Forever: The True Story and Remarkable Rescue of 669 Children on the Eve of World War II. David T. Warner. 2023. 32
pages. [Source: Library]
36. The Luminous Life of Lucy Landry. Anna Rose Johnson. 2024. 192 pages. [Source: Library]
April
37. Uprising. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2024. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy] [J Historical Fiction; MG Historical Fiction]
38. Snowglobe. (Snowglobe Duology #1) Soyoung Park. Translated by Joungmin
Lee Comfort. 2024. 384 pages. [Source: Library] [YA Dystopian; New
Adult]
39. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Suzanne Collins. 2020. [May] 439 pages. [Source: Library]
40. How To Solve Your Own Murder (Castle Knoll Files #1) Kristen Perrin. 2024. 368 pages. [Source: Library]
41. One Big Open Sky. Lesa Cline-Ransome. 2024. 304 pages. [Source: Library]
42. Before Nightfall. Silvia Vecchini. 2024. 128 pages. [Source: Library]
43. The Mystery of Locked Rooms. Lindsay Currie. 2024. 256 pages. [Source: Library] [Middle grade realistic fiction]
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