A timeless story about appreciating and honoring differences among friends, Mistletoe merrily conveys the joy we experience when we share gifts from the heart.
The Sea in Winter is a refreshing and moving story of grief and healing from one of middle grade’s brightest rising stars.
The Awakening of Malcolm X is a welcome invitation to consider the light that Malcolm X shone on society’s injustices and what it continues to reveal today.
Root Magic successfully blends mystical elements with historical ones for a novel that explores Gullah culture as well as the social upheavals of the 1960s.
LeUyen Pham’s picture book addresses the COVID-19 pandemic with sensitivity and compassion for young readers.
Part history lesson and part mystery thrill ride, One of the Good Ones makes a pointed case for the power of sisterhood and the resilience of Black women.
Readers who love complex, mythology-based fantasies will quickly find in Lore a worthy new obsession.
Katie the Catsitter will be adored by readers who can’t get enough adventure stories, mysterious goings-on, coming-of-age tales or cats. Many, many, MANY cats.
Into the Heartless Wood packs an emotional punch as it explores how doing the right, kind and gentle thing can require far more courage than waging war.
I Want to Ride the Tap Tap is a joyous tale of everyday life in Haiti illustrated with vivid colors and palpable energy.
Misty, atmospheric and suspenseful, Hold Back the Tide explores how the choices we make influence our environment and why that matters.
Elise Bryant nimbly blends bubbly, will-they-won’t-they teen romance with a frank look at impostor syndrome, identity, race and mental health.
Karen M. McManus’ latest thriller is a layered whodunit that takes its time unpacking several generations’ worth of deceit and cruelty.
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