Saving Montgomery Sole by Mariko Tamaki was one of those books that I just had to grab. I judge by cover, and I judge hard, and this one caught my eye immediately with the ways it flouts YA conventions. Model wearing a pretty dress? Giant typography over a photo, revealing nothing of the plot? Nah, this one is all bold watercolor and a girl wearing overalls, arms flung to the sky like she’s commanding an army or something. I wanted to know who that girl was and what she was about.

Full review at Belle Biblio.