The Horn Book Guide

INTERMEDIATE FICTION

Springstubb, Tricia

Every Single Second

360 pp. | HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray | June, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-236628-3 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-236630-6

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Diana Sudyka. Springstubb adroitly weaves multiple story lines and themes throughout her nonlinear narrative about a tight-knit Italian American neighborhood. Things are changing around Nella Sabatini: her school, St. Amphibalus, is closing; Invaders (i.e., yuppies, people of color) are moving into the neighborhood; and the people Nella thought she knew best have deep secrets. A complex tale that will have readers pondering, with Nella, life's big questions.

Reviewer: Monica Edinger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2016