Children & Young Adult

Carlos isn't sure how he feels about the news that his cousin Bernardo will be joining his class at Carver Elementary. But when Bernardo comes to live with him temporarily, taking over Carlos's top bunk, his spot on the school soccer team, and even his...

It's tough being the new kid at Carver Elementary. Gavin had lots of friends at his old school, but the kids here don't even know that he's pretty good at skateboarding, or how awesome he is at soccer. And when his classmate Richard comes over and the...

Follow along in this retelling of Disney and Pixar's Coco as Miguel makes his way from the Land of the Dead to the Land of the Living, with words in both English and Spanish!Sigue el cuento de Coco de Disney y Pixar en el que Miguel logra regresar a la...

The sequel to the New York Times bestselling epic Dread Nation is an unforgettable journey of revenge and salvation across a divided America.After the fall of Summerland, Jane McKeene hoped her life would get simpler: Get out of town, stay alive, and...

Day Dreams and Movie Screens is book two in the Faithgirlz series Lena in the Spotlight, written by Alena Pitts, star of The War Room and tween blogger of For Girls Like You, and cowritten with her mother, editor and author Wynter Pitts. In this fiction...

The poignant story of Blind Willie Johnson--the legendary Texas musician whose song Dark Was the Night was included on the Voyager I space probe's Golden Record Willie Johnson was born in 1897, and from the beginning he loved to sing--and play his cigar...

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation.This is a story about America during and after...

Darius Daniels: Game On! is a middle-grade fantasy about an 11-year-old boy, a video game, and a great and scary adventure the boy cannot escape - until he hurts somebody. D was his name, you see, and he was on the Edge. Family and friends on one side,...

A few months into the school year, Annabelle Louis is starting to find her place at McManus Middle School. But Annabelle's therapist, Dr. Varma, still thinks there's room for improvement in Annabelle's social life, especially since Mom will be leaving...

A joyfully poetic board book that delivers an ode to African American girls and the beauty of their curls. Me Morning Mirror Smile Shine big hair love This simple, playful, and beautiful board book stars four friends who celebrate the joy of their...

11 year old Chris is small for his age, so he can't believe it when he learns he's been selected for the all-star hockey team. It's not fun and games playing for the Arctic Wolves, however, as Chris and his teammate, Derek, find out.

A full-color picture book biography about Dorothy Vaughan, one of NASA's first African American managers and one of the groundbreakers on the front line of electronic computing--includes hands-on STEM activities for an introduction to coding. Dorothy...