Sonderbooks Book Reviews

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January 24, 2026

The Queen's Secret, by Jessica Day George, is the second book in a trilogy for kids who love fantasy novels and also love horses, featuring a girl who telepathically communicates with horses.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund

Nonfiction

The Sirens' Call

by Chris Hayes
read by the Author

Nobody's Girl

by Virginia Roberts Guiffre
read by Thérèse Plummer and Gabra Zackman

Children's Nonfiction

André

written by Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders
illustrated by Lamont O'Neal

How Did You Count?

by Christopher Danielson

Fiction

The Lost Bookshop

by Evie Woods
read by Avena Mansergh-Wallace, Olivia Mace, and Nick Biadon

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

by Susanna Clarke
read by Simon Prebble

Children's Fiction

The Queen's Secret

by Jessica Day George

Here Comes Lolo

by Niki Daly

Old Favorites

Ella Enchanted

by Gail Carson Levine
read by Eden Riegel

Teen Fiction

Hekate
The Witch

by Nikita Gill
read by the Author

Under This Forgetful Sky

by Lauren Yero

Teen Nonfiction

The Woman in the Moon

by Richard Maurer

A Dangerous Idea

by Debbie Levy

Picture Books

Island Storm

by Brian Floca
pictures by Sydney Smith

The Littlest Drop

by Sascha Alper
illustrations by Jerry Pinkney and Brian Pinkney