(2) YA Ness follows seventeen-year-old Adam through one eventful day preceding a goodbye party for his ex-boyfriend Enzo. In interspersed passages, the ghost of recently murdered classmate Katherine wanders the town. Release references Mrs. Dalloway (but with a more grounded voice) and, like Judy Blume's Forever, is frank about teen sexuality. Though it functions as an accessible, standalone coming-of-age story, awareness of its influences makes for a layered reading experience.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2017

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault. When Virginia wakes up with the "doldrums," her sister, Vanessa, tries to help, but nothing works until she suggests that Virginia think of a place where she would be happy. Vanessa then paints this imagined world. The illustrations, showing Virginia's transformation from wolf back to little girl, and of her world from gloom to glad, convey the isolation and chaos of a mind uneased.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2012

(4) YA World Writers series. Woolf's struggle with depression and family conflict is depicted in a historical and literary context. Her writing career is chronicled in some detail, but more excerpts from her work would have added texture to the narrative. Black-and-white photos illustrate the book. Timeline. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Kate Murphy

(3) YA Women in the Arts series. Each book opens with a pivotal moment in a female artist's life and then steps back to tell its subject's story chronologically. Numerous photos enliven the text. Scattered sidebars--e.g., on the civil rights movement or modernism in literature--add historical and artistic context. List of works, reading list, timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Women in the Arts titles: Nina Simone, Agnes de Mille, and Virginia Woolf.

Reviewer: Norah Piehl