Children & Young Adult

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019! "Gripping and timely." --People "The YA debut we're most excited for this year." --Entertainment Weekly "A book that knocks you off your feet while dropping the kind of knowledge that'll keep you down for the count...

From the creator of Veronica Mars comes a timely novel that looks at a high school fundraising tradition of auctioning off students as "slaves." At Robert E. Lee High School, the traditional fundraising event is Slave Day, in which the student leaders...

Young Amar'e Stoudemire is back in the all-star basketball adventure--STAT: Standing Tall and Talented!Eleven-year-old Amar'e Stoudemire has been playing so much basketball lately it feels like he doesn't have time to do all the things he used to love...

Skyhorse was an adventurous horse who loved to travel to unknown places. He would report back to his friends about his travels with delight. One day, he accepted a challenge to visit the sun with a great reward. Some of his friends and well-wishers...

Alec Schuyler has two immediate problems: what to do with the rest of his life, and what to do about Suze Matheson. She's his date for the Winter Dance. And she's got trouble of her own. The English teacher, Mr. Call me Mark Truscott, has made a move on...

"Crackles with tension and verve. . . . An unforgettable portrait of an artist whose faith in herself carried her when little else did." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) With lively prose, Roxane Orgill follows the gutsy Ella Fitzgerald from her...

Two boys learn about hunting and themselves when they befriend an elderly black woodsman.

A collective biography about five influential leaders of the Civil Rights Era! Part of a new series on the Civil Rights Movement for ages 12 to 15 from Nomad Press. Perfect for kids interested in how history led to the Black Lives Matter movement...

A collective biography about five influential leaders of the Civil Rights Era! Part of a new series on the Civil Rights Movement for ages 12 to 15 from Nomad Press. Perfect for kids interested in how history led to the Black Lives Matter movement...

Celebrated picture book biographer Jeanette Winter shares the story of champion tennis players--and sisters--Venus and Serena Williams. Before they were famous tennis stars, Venus and Serena Williams were sisters with big dreams growing up in Compton,...

Rollicking tales of clever females.Everyone remembers the exploits of Br'er Rabbit and his cohorts Br'er Fox, Br'er Possum, and other sly characters. But while these tales were circulating among slaves in the southern United States, another set of...

A young-adult book that explores the life and accomplishments of this trailblazing African American sister (1937-1990), teacher, and scholar who made a major contribution to the ministry of the Catholic Church, bringing a recognition of black culture to...