Children & Young Adult

Dyamonde Daniel is excited about the local library's poetry contest, and so is her friend Free. The prize is one hundred dollars?just think what they could buy with that much money! But when they find out that Damaris, one of their classmates, has been...

A parrot with a penchant for rhyming transforms one young girl's day into an unexpectedly awesome adventure in this sweet and silly follow-up to Rhymes with Doug! Otto, the rhyming parrot, is causing a little bit of trouble for Doug's friend Claire...

From African American children's book author Gwen Fortune-Blakely, comes an inspiring tale of a young boy's passion for music, making responsible choices, and how helping others helped him realize one of his goals. Rex and the Band explores a day in the...

A 2021 National Book Award FinalistWith passion and precision, Kekla Magoon relays an essential account of the Black Panthers--as militant revolutionaries and as human rights advocates working to defend and protect their community. In this comprehensive,...

*A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*It's 1964, and Sunny's town is being invaded. Or at least that's what the adults of Greenwood, Mississippi, are saying. All Sunny knows is that people from up north are coming to help people register to vote. They're...

Noah and his friends go to a predominantly all-white neighborhood with a plan: steal a car, sell it to a chop shop, and make some fast cash. But that never happens. Instead, Noah, a teen father, becomes the victim of a vicious beating that leaves him...

An African American boy living in New Orleans in the 1930s raises money to pay the rent with the help of a popular jazz musician. In New Orleans in the 1930s, young Sonny Comeaux has to work before school to help his mother make ends meet. When Mama...

Refugees is a book of two voices. The first one sees the people fleeing from war and persecution and asks, "Why here? Why my country?" It is a feeling many people share. It is one of fear and suspicion. But when you read the text the opposite way, a new...

A young refugee crosses continents in this timely, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel of survival.Shif has a happy life, unfamiliar with the horrors of his country's regime. He is one of the smartest boys in school, and feels safe and loved in...

What does it take to forgive someone of a wrong they have done? If God encouraged you to forgive another, or even to forgive yourself, would you answer His call? For Riley O'Toole, it took God's blessing of a talking flower named Rose to take him out of...

The hotly anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling YA fantasy about Tarisai's quest to change her fateFor the first time, an Empress Redemptor sits on Aritsar's throne. To appease the sinister spirits of the dead, Tarisai must now...

The Hidden Valley Eagles have the championship in sight--but will chicken pox get in the way? The Hidden Valley Eagles are on track to make the playoffs. Full of focus and determination, every player is at his best, and the team is working better...

Red shoes glowing--Perched on a pedestal in the shop windowas if on a throne.I want those, Nana, Malika says, as they pass the shop.We'll see, Nana says with a wink. Looks like you could use a new pair.Malika is delighted when Nana surprises her with a...

It's 1942: Tomi Itano, 12, is a second-generation Japanese American who lives in California with her family on their strawberry farm. Although her parents came from Japan and her grandparents still live there, Tomi considers herself an American. She...

Inspired by a true story, this is a tale of a community that banded together to spread light. It's a holiday season that both Isaac, whose family is Jewish, and Teresa, whose family is Christian, have looked forward to for months! They've been counting...

In the stunning follow-up to The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth, award-winning Black authors and artists come together to create a moving anthology collection celebrating Black love, Black creativity, Black resistance, and Black life. A...