In this issue, we review The Last Mapmaker, a fantasy adventure about a young apprentice who sails off the edge of the map, from Newbery Honor author Christina Soontornvat; T. Kingfisher's Nettle & Bone pits an underdog princess and a party of adventurers against an evil prince and powerful enchantments; in Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza, Mosab Abu Toha harnesses the raw power of words and imagery to expose the realities of living in a city under siege; plus much more.
In the Writer's Life, Katharine Gregorio speaks of her discovery that her great-aunt was a Cold War spy, leading to The Double Life of Katharine Clark.
--Jennifer M. Brown, senior editor, Shelf Awareness