Gr. 7-12 ***Starred Review*** Fifteen-year-old Amandla has always set her sights on leaving Sugar Town, a slum outside Durban, South … More
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The Pick-Up by Miranda Kenneally
Gr. 8-12 Rising senior Mari is excited to be in Chicago at her dad’s for the weekend. She’s going to … More
Poison for Breakfast by Lemony Snicket
Gr. 4-8 ***Starred Review*** Introspective and instructive, the inimitable Snicket returns with a philosophical and nearly stream-of-consciousness tale about learning … More
Playing a Dangerous Game by Patrick Ochieng
Gr. 6-9 In the 1970s, 10-year-old Lumush lives with his family in Railway Estates in Kenya. A recent transfer to … More
Maybe We’re Electric by Val Emmich
Gr. 9-12 Tegan has a limb difference. Born with a hand having only two fingers, she’s been made to feel … More
Pretty Rude for a Girl by Rebecca Elliott
Gr. 7-11 (Sequel to Pretty Funny for a Girl) Fifteen-year-old comedy novice Haylah Swinton loves her big self, has faith … More
How We Fall Apart by Katie Zhao
Gr. 9-12 Sinclair Prep on New York City’s Upper West Side is home to the brainiest students from the area’s … More
You’d Be Home Now by Kathleen Glasgow
Gr. 9-12 ***Starred Review*** Everyone in Mill Haven has secrets—even smart, rich Emory Ward, kid sister to the beautiful Maddie … More
Metal Fish, Falling Snow by Cath Moore
Gr. 9-12 ***STARRED REVIEW*** Fourteen-year-old Dylan, autistic and synesthetic, is the result of the union between her French mother (whom … More
The Night When No One Had Sex by Kalena Miller
Gr. 8-12 The post-prom plan is to overnight at Zoe’s uncle’s secluded cabin to facilitate Julia’s sex pact. But as … More
