Sixth grader Stephen and his best friend Dan share a passion for superheroes, live in neighboring apartments, and spend a lot of time together.
2020 Books
Look
High school senior Lulu regularly uploads photos and video to a platform called Flash (think Snapchat).
We Are Water Protectors
A young girl describes how water is viewed among her people. “Water is the first medicine, Nokomis told me . . . We come from water … The river’s rhythm runs through my veins. Runs through my people’s veins.”
The Old Truck
An old truck is the one constant on a small family farm occupied by a Black family whose only child grows from toddlerhood to girlhood, through her teenage years and into adulthood.
When You Trap a Tiger
When biracial (Korean/white) Lily, her older sister Sam, and their mom move to Washington state to live with Hamoni, who is sick, Lily begins seeing a large tiger, which demands Lily open the jars in Halmoni’s basement and release the stories inside.
The Henna Wars
Nishat is thrilled to see new student Flávia at her Catholic girls’ school in Dublin.
What Sound Is Morning?
“In the first morning light, all is quiet. Or is it? Listen. What sound is morning?”
Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You
This necessary book for our time is labeled a “remix” of Kendi’s 2016 National Book Award winner published for adults, Stamped from the Beginning.
When Stars Are Scattered
Separated from their mother when soldiers attacked their Somalian village, Omar and his brother, Hassan, live in a sprawling refugee camp in Kenya, watched over by loving foster mother Fatuma.
Red Hood
Bisou was a little girl when her father killed her mother.