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RoadRunner
4 Reviews
(3)
K-3
In this wordless picture book, the iconic lion statues from the New York Public Library's steps come to life for a night. They take the subway to Coney Island to visit the boardwalk, the aquarium, and the beach; then an elderly librarian reads them to sleep--and back to stone--in the morning. The textured grayscale panel illustrations grow increasingly colorful as the lions' adventure reaches its apex.
Reviewer: Rachel Marsh
(2)
4-6
How I Became a Ghost series.
Preteen Choctaw ghost Isaac (How I Became a Ghost) continues to relate the story of his people's forced relocation from their Mississippi homeland to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) on the Choctaw Trail of Tears. Here, the ghost of Pushmataha, revered Choctaw chief and U.S. Army general during the War of 1812, ushers Isaac through time travel. Tingle's prose is straightforward and focused while still visceral and imaginative. Bib.
Reviewer: Patrick Gall
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2018
(4)
YA
The author, an Oklahoman who now directs youth ministries, describes growing up in poverty, neglected and abused. Eventually he's placed with a foster family that supports his natural athletic talent, provides stability and structure, and helps him imagine a different future. Although the prose lacks polish, the narrative is affecting. An honest portrait of a tough life painstakingly transformed by determination and hope.
Reviewer: Amy Lois Cohn
(2)
4-6
How I Became a Ghost series.
Isaac is alive and well at the start of this Trail of Tears story, beginning in the Choctaw Nation in Mississippi in 1830. But soon there is Treaty Talk, followed by the arrival of Nahullo (white) men, and the Choctaw must begin their journey west. Tingle, a Choctaw storyteller, relates his tale in the engaging repetitions and rhythms of an oft-told story.
Reviewer: Dean Schneider
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2014
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