Young Readers (9 - 13)

Tanita S. Davis, author of Partly Cloudy and Serena Says, has written another funny, warm story featuring middle school and family life--all about the complex calculations it takes for everyone to balance the equations of their lives and what it takes to...

Honor Book for the Children's Africana Book Award A Notable Social Studies Trade Book A Bank Street College Best Book of the Year A Children's Book Council Teacher and Librarian Favorite A powerful story of family love amid the backdrop of war, as seen...

Welcome to the vibrant sites and sounds of this rural Ghanaian village, Todze-there is so much to see and enjoy here.Meet the farmers, palm wine tappers, students, and market women all going about their day. Feel the beat of the drum, and watch the...

In the fourth book of this irresistibly charming series, Tola finds creative solutions to her neighbors' difficulties--but can Tola solve her own problem when her friends call her a liar? Lockdown is over and Too Small Tola is happy to be home with her...

Join us on a joyful journey of self-discovery and celebration of diversity in My Skin Is Brown. Engage with this family as they navigate through their curious preschoolers' realization that he doesn't look like everyone else in his class. The readers...

Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes reimagines the classic novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson in this thrilling adventure set in modern-day Manhattan, in which three children must navigate the city's hidden history,...

Welcome to Forest Magic School, where young mystics learn the basics of African spiritualty through astrology, plant magic, cowrie divination, breathwork, and the magic within melanin! There's a portal you can enter that will you help you remember your...

Ato and his friends Dzifa and Leslie have been selected to visit Nnoma, the bird sanctuary that Ato's father helped build before he died. Ato is convinced that his father hid something valuable on the island, meant only for him. When the trio arrives at...

Nick Brooks, award-winning filmmaker and acclaimed author of Promise Boys, presents the thrilling conclusion to the Ethan Fairmont trilogy in which Cheese the alien returns to Earth to warn Ethan and his friends of an impending alien invasion. Before...

Newbery Honoree Derrick Barnes tackles timely issues of race and prejudice in this powerful, nuanced novel about an accomplished Black boy who strives to be seen as human. CORETTA SCOTT KING BOOK AWARD HONOREEONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Publishers...

"Kylie is an endearing, relatable protagonist readers will root for...heartwarming and empowering." --Kirkus ReviewsFrom the award-winning author of A Good Kind of Trouble, Lisa Moore Ram?e, comes a hilarious and heartfelt young middle grade novel, in...

Best friends Marvel and Roi help out on the WWII homefront, but when racial injustice threatens their community, they must turn to activism for a victory of their own in this empowering middle grade novel. As WWII rages overseas, best friends track star...