Children & Young Adult

Hope shines in the face of fear in this conclusion to Sharon M. Draper's award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy. In her senior year, things are finally looking a little brighter for Keisha. Still haunted by the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Andy, she finds...

Hope shines in the face of fear in this conclusion to Sharon M. Draper's award-winning Hazelwood High trilogy. In her senior year, things are finally looking a little brighter for Keisha. Still haunted by the suicide of her ex-boyfriend, Andy, she finds...

A guy whose father ripped his heart out too.You and me, Ishmael, we're brothers, two dark sons. Destroyed, lost, and isolated, the perspectives of two teenage boys--modern-day Sam, and biblical Ishmael--unite over millennia to illustrate the power of...

He didn't say good-bye. He didn't leave a phone number. And he didn't plan on coming back - ever. In Wisconsin, Rico could blend in. His light hair and lighter skin wouldn't make him the dark dude or the punching bag for the whole neighborhood. The...

Darius Daniels: Game On! is a middle grade rhythmic novel about an 11-year-old boy, a video game, and a great and scary adventure the boy cannot escape - until he hurts somebody.In Book 2, things grow dark as night, but D's crew is determined to fight...

Darius Daniels: Game On! is a middle-grade rhythmic novel 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...

Darius Daniels: Game On! is a middle-grade rhythmic novel about an 11-year- old boy, a video game, and a great and scary adventure the boy cannot escape - until he hurts somebody.Drums, junk, funk, accidents, change, and strange things are bustin' loose...

Living on a farm, wouldn't you think you'd have a life? 16 year old Mashell Lacy aka Shelly lives on a Tennessee farm with her estranged father, Donny Lacy. Shelly faces all of the odds after her mother, Sillya Lacy, leaves her family to no good, when...

Ridiculous makeup, blinding spotlights, and too much catty drama! Annabelle Daphne Louis starts her second assignment from her therapist to venture outside of her comfort zone at her new school. This time, she's trying her hand at theater. Failing the...

Award-winning author and illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh tells the story of Amalia Hernández, dancer and founder of El Ballet Folklórico de México. As a child, Amalia Hernández saw a pair of dancers in the town square. The way they stomped and swayed to the...

A touching and funny middle-grade story about a boy whose life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother moves in Eleven-year-old Danny's life is turned upside down when his Chinese grandmother comes to live with his family in England. Things...

Danny Blackgoat is a teenager in Navajo country when soldiers burn down his home, kill his sheep and capture his family. During the Long Walk of 1864, Danny is labeled a troublemaker and given the name Fire Eye. Refusing to accept captivity, he is sent...