this book immerses readers in James’s point of view

and lushly painted early reader graphic novel

Time Is a Mother is a return and a forging forth all at once

Democracy Awakening is more than a history book

Pauline Baynes

Through the Black Gate Alti Firmansyah this book immerses readers inFour starred reviews! A [p]oignant, insightful, and otherworldly (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade graphic novel about an orphaned girl and a music loving boy who venture into the land of the dead with the hope of seeing their loved ones again. Thirteen year old orphan Irene believes her fathers soul is trapped inside her cat, Moses. Living at her caregiver Ruths hostel, Irene spends every waking hour studying a mystical book that her