Mary Harris Russell

"Bomb"By Steve Sheinkin Flash Point, $19.99, ages 10-14 Flash Point, $19.99, ages 10-14 The subtitle reveals two of the book's three subjects: "The Race to Build — and Steal —...

'Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money'By Emily Jenkins, illustrated by G. Brian KarasSchwartz & Wade, $16.99, ages 5-9 Everything's hilariously, perfectly off-kilter here, from the moment...

'Who Could That Be at This Hour? (All the Wrong Questions)'By Lemony SnicketLittle, Brown, $15.99, ages 9-12 For readers who've been missing "unfortunate events" with the Baudelaire children, welcome back...

'Who Could That Be at This Hour? (All the Wrong Questions)'By Lemony SnicketLittle, Brown, $15.99, ages 9-12 For readers who've been missing "unfortunate events" with the Baudelaire children, welcome back...

"Bomb"By Steve Sheinkin Flash Point, $19.99, ages 10-14 Flash Point, $19.99, ages 10-14 The subtitle reveals two of the book's three subjects: "The Race to Build — and Steal —...

'Lemonade in Winter: A Book About Two Kids Counting Money'By Emily Jenkins, illustrated by G. Brian KarasSchwartz & Wade, $16.99, ages 5-9 Everything's hilariously, perfectly off-kilter here, from the moment...

'Sleep Like a Tiger'By Mary Logue, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski Houghton Mifflin, $16.99, ages 3-6The beginning is conventional: The little girl doesn't want to sleep. She's not even in her...

"This Moose Belongs to Me" By Oliver Jeffers Philomel, $16.99, ages 4-8 "He hadn't always owned a moose" but he "knew, just KNEW that it was meant to be his."...

"The Impossible Rescue: The True Story of an Amazing Arctic Adventure" By Martin W. Sandler Candlewick, $22.99, ages 10-14 Yes, this book earns its adjectives. In 1897-98, in western and...

'Son' By Lois Lowry Houghton Mifflin, $17.99, ages 12-16 Many readers remember Lois Lowry's "The Giver" (1993) — a dystopic fantasy about a community with rigid roles — because they...