Young Adult (14 - 18)

When thirteen-year-old Tola Matthews boards the school bus for a football tournament, he has no idea his life is about to change forever. What begins as an exciting road trip with his teammates turns into a nightmare when their bus is hijacked by armed...

In Rite of Passage: Escaping the Past, thirteen-year-old Tola Matthews faces the ultimate test of courage, faith, and identity. It is 1988 in the fictional African nation of Ilanga, and Tola must journey from the city of Lobani back to his ancestral...

Experience Jewell Parker Rhodes's award-winning storytelling in this tender yet visceral graphic novel adaptation of her New York Times bestselling novel, with poignant illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey. Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police...

Experience Jewell Parker Rhodes's award-winning storytelling in this tender yet visceral graphic novel adaptation of her New York Times bestselling novel, with poignant illustrations by Setor Fiadzigbey. Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police...

A Millennial's Story of Self-discovery and FaithTehillah loses everything in a bomb explosion.She gets adopted by strangers.She relocates a thousand seas away from the country of her birth and heart.And... then ends up with a malicious adoptive sister...

Uprooted meets Children of Blood and Bone in this dark fantasy inspired by a Malian fairy tale about a princess whose suitors are challenged to gruesome trials. Deep within the imperial palace at Timbuktu, Amie has suffered a devastating loss. Once the...

In the first book of a new series inspired by African mythology, dragon gods rule the earth and sky--until the gods are betrayed, and one girl embarks on a journey to save the world from war and ruin. From the New York Times bestselling author of Skin of...

An unforgettable, heartwarming, hilarious coming-of-age story about faith, family, all kinds of love, and a Black Muslim teen pursuing an ordinary goal in an extraordinary time. Barely one week into senior year of high school, Boston native Zakiyyah is...

When a Black teen decides to run for prom queen at her predominantly white high school, the competition takes a deadly turn when the fight for the crown becomes a matter of life or death. A gripping YA thriller for readers of Jumata Emill's The Black...

Unwelcome at home, eighteen-year-old Trey starts a new life in the city, navigating new feelings, a new environment, and new friendships. Trey leaves behind a life of rejection by his Jamaican-origin family in the suburbs and finds a new community in...

When eighteen-year-old Derell moves from Jamaica to Toronto to live with his father, he leaves behind his girlfriend and sick mother and steps into a world he doesn't recognize. At his new and very elite high school, Derell meets Amina, a gifted dancer,...

Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the thrilling conclusion to Roseanne A. Brown's middle grade trilogy about a pre-teen girl who, as half-Slayer and half-vampire, is caught between two worlds. Serwa Boateng has gone head-to-head with vampires,...