A Boy Named Queen by Sara Cassidy. Groundwood Books, 2016. 77 Pages.

Into the Wild by Doreen Cronin.Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2016. 95 pages

Disappointing- formatted as early chapter but the vocabulary and in jokes are not. Surveillance? I had to check the spelling myself. Too bad. the kids love Cronin's Diary of a Worm, but the jury is still out on this one.

Dead Wake by Eric Larson. Crown Publishers, 2015, 430 pages

Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald. Candlewick Press, 2005, 102 pages.