In this School Library Journal feature, retired librarian Steven Engelfried touts books with the unusual characteristic of deliberately misleading storytelling:
- The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge by M.T. Anderson, illustrated by Eugene Yelchin, grade 4-7
- The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill, grade 3-7
- Simon Sort of Says by Erin Bow, grade 5 and up
- The Probability of Everything by Sarah Everett, grade 3-7
- Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez, grade 4-7 - Ground Zero: A Novel of 9/11 by Alan Gratz, grade 4-7
- The Worlds We Leave Behind by A.F. Harrold, illustrated by Levi Pinfold, grade 5 and up
- Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker, illustrated by Junyi Wu, grade 4 and up
- Linked by Gordon Korman, grade 4-8
- The Windeby Puzzle by Lois Lowry, grade 5 and up
- When Sea Becomes Sky by Gillian McDunn, grade 3-7
- The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams by Daniel Nayeri, illustrated by Daniel Miyares, grade 4-8
- The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead, grade 5-8
“Telling It Like It Isn’t: Unreliable Narrators Keep Readers on Their Toes” by Steven Engelfried in School Library Journal, November 2023 (Vol. 69, #11, pp. 38-40)
Please Note: This summary is reprinted with permission from issue #1013 of The Marshall Memo, an excellent resource for educators.
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