As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
(4)
4-6
Emily is starting middle school and suddenly everything is different. Her best friend Hazel is into new things--including boys; her sister Mina is struggling with anorexia; and her father has moved in with his girlfriend. A different group of friends and a newfound sense of self allow Emily to put things in perspective. Emily's feelings resonate in this warm but familiar growing-up story.
(3)
4-6
After their mother's death, Charlie and Imogen find a hatch leading to a place where they can--apparently--spend time with her, an arrangement that sounds appealing but holds dangers related to a grieving friend's recent disappearance. This adventure is part grief allegory, part less-creepy Coraline.