Who's Reading What on Wednesdays?

Each week, Early Career Committee members are asked to recommend a book published by a house other than their own. Here are their (anonymous) picks...

A Monster Calls | April 16, 2014

I recently read A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, illustrated by Jim Kay. I was sent the book from a college friend who now works at Candlewick Press. Usually we request specific books from one another but she sent this …

Battling Boy | April 9, 2014

Battling Boy is the latest graphic novel from comic veteran Paul Pope, and it is an explosive start to a series that places fun above all else. On the eve of his thirteenth birthday, Battling Boy is sent from the …

Little Brother | April 2, 2014

When Marcus Yallow and his three best friends are caught cutting school on the day of a terrorist attack, they are all arrested as suspects. After a few days of brutal interrogations, Marcus is released with a threat that the …

The Last Wild | March 26, 2014

In a world full of dystopian YA fiction, The Last Wild is like a fresh crisp breeze blowing from the land of middle grade. It is the first in what promises to be an exciting series by new author Piers …

Sophie’s Squash | March 19, 2014

Sophie and Bernice are the best of friends. They go everywhere together — taking walks, practicing their somersaults down the hill, and going to storytime at the library. But their relationship isn’t quite typical, because Bernice is a squash, whom …

Mustache Baby | March 12, 2014

Mustache Baby had me at the cover; from the adorable baby, made all the cuter by his titular facial hair, to the title, which I found myself singing to the tune of the B-52s’ ‘Love Shack Baby’. When Billy is …

Smile | March 5, 2014

I’ve recently been adoring nonfiction graphic novels. I couldn’t put down Relish by Lucy Knisley, Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales’by Nathan Hale, and most recently El Deafo by Cece Bell. Smile which might be the book that lead the way for …

Stolen: A Letter to my Captor | February 26, 2014

Gemma first meets Ty in an airport coffee shop, shortly after storming away from her parents. She doesn’t think anything is off when he pays for her coffee and invites her to sit with him, but things quickly go south …

Better Nate Than Ever | February 19, 2014

Nate Foster cannot wait to get out of Jankburg. Small–town Pennsylvania isn’t exactly the best fit for a too short, too awkward, too enthusiastic-about-singing-showtunes-in-his-backyard 13-year-old. With the help of his BFF Libby (partner in crime and source of every bit …

Timmy Failure: Now Look What You’ve Done | February 12, 2014

Timmy Failure, Founder, President, and CEO of the greatest detective agency in the history of the world, returns following the breakout success of his first book last year. This time around, Timmy faces the biggest case of his career when …