Young Readers (9 - 13)

Former NBA All-Star Caron Butler and acclaimed author Justin A. Reynolds deliver another superstar performance in this companion novel to Shot Clock about KO, a budding AAU basketball star as he attempts to find redemption on the court and reconnection...

The Baby-Sitters Club meets Stranger Things in this "spooky, heart-filled" (Lora Senf, author of The Clackity) middle grade novel about friendship, fitting in, and the afterlife, following a girl who discovers she's not the only one at her new school who...

Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free--or cost them everything they have--in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement. 1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie...

Invaders from outer space have descended on Nigeria. They have no idea whose home they're messing with.Ah, yes, the luxurious life of a well-loved cat. It's the best. And Periwinkle has it the cushiest. But there's more to this pampered pet than meets...

Invaders from outer space have descended on Nigeria. They have no idea whose home they're messing with.Ah, yes, the luxurious life of a well-loved cat. It's the best. And Periwinkle has it the cushiest. But there's more to this pampered pet than meets...

After a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with his family to Roxboro, North Carolina. The year is 1959, and the nine-year-old boy has to navigate the realities of the segregated South while adjusting to life in town...

For centuries, ancient stories have helped people do much more than pass idle time. They share the collective wisdom gained from mankind's successes and failures. But how did such a great responsibility come to rest on Kweku Ananse? Why Ananse Stories...

In this action-packed graphic novel, readers explore the true story of the Harlem Hellfighters, one of the most courageous and decorated all-Black military units of World War I. Despite facing discrimination in the United States and across the globe, the...

Lindy and her doll, Sally, are best friends--wherever Lindy goes, Sally stays right by her side. She's with Lindy when she eats, when she sleeps, and even when she picks cotton. So, on the night Lindy and her mama run away in search of freedom, Sally...

The year is 1850 and the Underground Railroad is providing enslaved people with a precious path to freedom! Twelve-year-old Rosie is enslaved with her young brother and mother on a plantation in Virginia. One day, a secret message from her father arrives...