cover image The Shimmershine Queens

The Shimmershine Queens

Camille Yarbrough. Random House Books for Young Readers, $3.99 (144pp) ISBN 978-0-679-80147-4

A 10-year-old black girl is taught a very special kind of fantasizing by her 90-year-old aunt in this uplifting story about self-esteem and achievement. Ages 9-12. (July)