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July/August Horn Book Starred Reviews

As Posted by Read Roger, below are the July/August starred reviews from Horn Book Magazine:

Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy by Denise Fleming (Holt)

The Village Garage by G. Brian Karas (Ottaviano/Holt)

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi (Little, Brown)

Happy Birthday, Sophie Hartley by Stephanie Greene (Clarion)

Butterfly by Sonya Hartnett (Candlewick)

Ling & Ting: Not Exactly the Same! by Grace Lin (Little, Brown)

The Ghosts of Ashbury High by Jaclyn Moriarty (Levine/Scholastic)

Big Nate: In a Class by Himself by Lincoln Peirce (HarperCollins)

The War to End All Wars: World War I by Russell Freedman (Clarion)

Ballet for Martha: Making Appalachian Spring by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan; illus. by Brian Floca (Porter/Flash Point/Roaring Brook)

Kakapo Rescue: Saving the World’s Strangest Parrot [Scientists in the Field] by Sy Montgomery; photos by Nic Bishop (Houghton)

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