Books by Jacqueline Davies and Complete Book Reviews
Jacqueline Davies. HarperCollins/Tegen, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-06-236988-8
Davies (The Lemonade War) begins a new series with a dynamic novel featuring a pair of resourceful pranksters, sixth-graders Maggie and Lena. Maggie never knew her father, who died before she was born, but she has inherited his gift for hacking (“Hac
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Jacqueline Davies, Author, Melissa Sweet, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) $16 (32p) ISBN 978-0-618-24343-3
The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon by Jacqueline Davies, illus. by Melissa Sweet, tells of the naturalist's lifelong study of his feathered friends. Author and artist portray Audubon as a curious and dedicated young adult who...
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Jacqueline Davies, Author, Kyrsten Brooker, Illustrator Dial Books $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3004-5
In lyrical language, Davies (The Boy Who Drew Birds) describes the many distractions that keep an inquisitive girl from much-needed rest. The repetition in the opening passage produces an almost hypnotic effect, gently coaxing readers off to...
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Jacqueline Davies, Author, Lee White, Illustrator Marshall Cavendish Corporation $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-5331-4
Davies's (The Boy Who Drew Birds) outlandish tale stars a house that goes on a trip while its inhabitants are away. The cast includes the cool-guy roof (known to shout ""Dudes!"" and ""Surf's up!""), the dreamer sunporch (enthralled with the thought
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Jacqueline Davies, illus. by Deborah Hocking. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $14.99 (80p) ISBN 978-0-358-10631-9
This genial series opener by Davies (Panda Pants) introduces two friends who inhabit a cozy burrow under a potting shed: Taylor, a hedgehog with big ideas, and Sydney, a contented skunk. When Taylor gets a notion to see the Whole Wide World,...
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Jacqueline Davies, illus. by Sonia Sánchez. HarperCollins/Tegen, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-283661-8
A remarkable fusion of text and images captures the effervescent freedom of swimming underwater: “PLUNGE!/ Under/ under/ under/ Bubbles... up!” A black-haired, light-skinned young swimmer in bright orange goggles and a striped bathing suit is at the
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Jacqueline Davies. Clarion, $18.99 (240p) ISBN 978-0-06-325807-5
An indefatigable 10-year-old resolves to help the restless spirits haunting the house next door move on to the afterlife in this wholesome ghost story by Davies (The Bridge Battle). In what her mother promises will be the white-cued family’s last...
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