Children & Young Adult

Sergio and his little brother Divino are poor children who live in a favela in the populous city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. When they lost their mother, Dona Ute - a teacher who has a little school in that place - took them to live with him.They are now on...

Echo Brown testifies to the disappointments and triumphs of a Black first-generation college student in this fearless exploration of the first year experience.There are many watchers and they are always white. That's the first thing Echo notices as she...

Powerful historical literary fiction set in South Africa during the Boer War that follows a girl's struggle to survive after she and her family are interned in a British concentration camp. Corlie Roux's farm life in South Africa is not easy: the...

The Morgan Love Series is a chapter book series written for girls, 7 - 9 years old. The series provides moral lessons that will aid in character development. It will also help young girls develop their vocabulary, english and math skills as they read...

In her breathtaking young adult debut, bestselling author Cecelia Ahern depicts a society in Flawed in which perfection is paramount and flaws are punished. And where one young woman decides to take a stand that could cost her everything. Celestine...

Darby's first-person narrative is frank and immediate . . . expressing what it's like for an ordinary white kid who suddenly discovers evil -- and courage -- where she lives. -- Booklist Darby Carmichael thinks her best friend is probably the smartest...

A powerful story about being black in the ballet world. Ballet is the most important thing in Stephanie's life. Her good-girl reputation, her humiliation about her father's job--everything disappears for those brief, amazing moments when she is in flight...

A lyrical picture book biography of John Coltrane that focuses on his childhood. Young John Coltrane was all ears. And there was a lot to hear, growing up in the south during the 1930s: church songs, preachers praying, music on the radio, and the...

From Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet comes a sweeping coming-of-age adventure, both harrowing and life-affirming. Born of a brief encounter between a Liverpool prostitute and an African soldier in 1907, Beck finds himself orphaned as a young boy...

Rosemary McCarney, President and CEO of Plan International Canada, has followed up the her popular picture book Every Day is Malala Day with a book for middle grade readers, also inspired by her international development work. Working with Plan, Rosemary...

Travel to Africa is meant to inspire children of African descent to visit Africa when they get older, to learn, experience, and appreciate the beauty and wonder of the home of their ancestors. This book was inspired by a trip the author took to Africa...

Nya could not help but to think of the angel that visited her when Eni died. She wondered if the Creator had been watching Saint-Domingue. She wondered if He knew of all this chaos, the lives lost, the bloodshed. She recalled the angel's words to her...

When Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny boarded a train to help the Reddimus's Society return a stolen treasure, they didn't plan on traveling around the world. But after a close call with the society's archrivals -- the Argents -- it's now up to the...

"We are all taking a trip to Thailand!" These are the words Lenox's dad excitedly exclaimed over dinner. Never having been out of the country or even to the airport, Lenox will finally get to accomplish his dream of boarding an airplane and traveling to...

In this heartfelt middle-grade novel from debut author Nicole D. Collier, fifth-grader Jillian must learn to speak and break free of her shell to enter her school's academic competition and keep her promise to her grandmother. Fifth-grader Jillian will...