(2) YA Illustrated by Corban Wilkin. Neri's comics-format "second-hand memoir" is about his cousin Gail Ruffu, a former horse trainer who horse-napped thoroughbred Urgent Envoy to rescue him from racing on a fractured leg. Neri details events preceding the fateful Christmas Eve evening and the legal battles that followed. Expressive, dynamic brown-and-white ink panels bring immediacy to the emotional and financial turmoil Ruffu endured. The intense, candid story underscores the risks and rewards of uncompromised activism.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2019

(4) YA Who Wrote That? series. Formulaic but informative, these biographies of popular children's book authors examine each writer's life, including the inspiration behind some of their works. Each volume includes photographs and quotations from interviews, as well as descriptions of main characters and annotated lists of books and awards. Useful for aspiring authors as well as book report writers. Reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Who Wrote That? titles: Gail Carson Levine, Shel Silverstein, Laurence Yep, Pat Mora, Scott O'Dell, Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Walter Dean Myers.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee

(3) 4-6 Overcoming Adversity series. Illustrated with standard black-and-white photos, these well-rounded biographies chronicle the lives of three athletes who have survived challenges. Seles fought post-traumatic stress disorder after being assaulted; Lemieux battled Hodgkin's disease; Devers's thyroid condition nearly ended her career. Their portraits of perseverance are inspiring. Seles and Lemieux contain career statistics; Devers lists related websites; all feature timelines. Bib., ind. [Review covers these titles: Monica Seles, Mario Lemieux, Gail Devers.]

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta