Lami, a small girl who lives with her extended family in an African compound brimming with activity, is known as an expert chicken catcher.
Book of the Week
A Place at the Table
Pakistani American Sara is in her first year at public middle school after previously attending a private Mosque school her family can no longer afford. Elizabeth, Jewish and white, is in the after-school cooking club Mrs. Hameed (Sara’s mom) is running.
The Bear in My Family
“We live with a bear!” a boy insists. The bear that sleeps in the bedroom next to his is loud, bossy, and strong.
Elatsoe
Following news that her older cousin Trevor has died, Ellie, a contemporary Lipan Apache teen in Texas, is visited by Trevor in a dream in which he tells her he was murdered.
Cemetery Boys
Cuban/Mexican American Yadriel’s family are brujx. Women are healers, and men make sure spirits move to the land of the dead before turning evil.
What If a Fish
A sudden change in summer plans sees Little Eddie, 11, traveling to Cartagena, Colombia, where his late dad was from, to visit his half-brother.
Bedtime Bonnet
“In my family, when the sun goes down, our hair goes up!”
Black Girl Unlimited: The Remarkable Story of a Teenage Wizard
Echo and her younger brothers are growing up in a family with limited economic resources and parents who find respite from their struggles with drugs and alcohol.
Kaia and the Bees
Kaia is happy to tell her friends everything her beekeeper dad has taught her about bees and how important they are, talking as if she’s a beekeeper, too.
The Three Keys
Things are looking up for Mia Tang and her Chinese immigrant family, who recently purchased the Calivista Motel in Anaheim, until Mia learns about Proposition 187.