Sunday reviews and booklists

Here's a brief roundup of reviews and booklists in the papers this Sunday:

• My Last Skirt, by Lynda Durrant, is the Washington Post Book of the Week.
• Alone on a Wide Wide Sea, by Michael Morpurgo, is the Times Children's Book of the Week (reviewed by Nicolette Jones)
• Mary Anne Grossman reviews 13 page turners for younger readers in the St. Paul Pioneer
• Pippa Wysong reviews "seriously great titles you should check out" for the Toronto Star (Included? The Strictest School in the World, one of my favorites this year.)