"An illuminating work on a scientist in the same league as Maria Sibylla Merian and Mary Anning." [Booklist]"An illuminating work on a scientist in the same league as Maria Sibylla Merian and Mary Anning." [Booklist]...more
Winner of the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Fiction Literature & the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature! "In this stuWinner of the 2023 Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Fiction Literature & the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature! "In this stunningly layered graphic novel debut, Becker crafts a warmly actualized world in which the multiplicities of diasporic Asian identity are examined and held close." [Publisher's Weekly]...more
A YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Finalist and a Schneider Family Book Award Honor! "A must-read on self-love, beauty, disability, visibiliA YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Finalist and a Schneider Family Book Award Honor! "A must-read on self-love, beauty, disability, visibility, and community." [Booklist]...more
A Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award! "Ogle's free verse memoir is a series of vignettes, chronologically capturinA Finalist for the 2023 YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award! "Ogle's free verse memoir is a series of vignettes, chronologically capturing the soft and dark maternal grandmother dim because of her dementia." [School Library Journal]...more
Top notch adaptation of a multi-award-winning narrative nonfiction! "A heady whirl of science and spycraft made even more immediate (and frightening) Top notch adaptation of a multi-award-winning narrative nonfiction! "A heady whirl of science and spycraft made even more immediate (and frightening) by strong visuals." [Kirkus Reviews]...more
A William C. Morris Award Honor Book and a Stonewall Award Honor Book! This Indigenous teen’s journey to self-discovery, community, and acceptance is A William C. Morris Award Honor Book and a Stonewall Award Honor Book! This Indigenous teen’s journey to self-discovery, community, and acceptance is both heart-rending and healing....more
Four very different sisters find love in different seasons at their family's Pacific Northwest bed & breakfast.Four very different sisters find love in different seasons at their family's Pacific Northwest bed & breakfast....more
Both a Coretta Scott King AND a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book! Alternating between verse forms, prose interludes, and direct quotations, Zoboi recountsBoth a Coretta Scott King AND a Walter Dean Myers Honor Book! Alternating between verse forms, prose interludes, and direct quotations, Zoboi recounts the life and career of legendary speculative fiction writer Octavia Butler...more
Maeve’s MauveCat fursona helps her cope with her parents’ divorce and her mother’s extreme hoarding. While she doesn’t have many real-life friends, shMaeve’s MauveCat fursona helps her cope with her parents’ divorce and her mother’s extreme hoarding. While she doesn’t have many real-life friends, she has a strong and loyal online following . . . which she's getting to meet in person at her first furry con after graduation....more
Longlisted for 2022 National Book Award & 2023 William C. Morris Award Finalist! Blum’s immersive debut follows Orthodox Jewish 15-year-old Yehuda “HoLonglisted for 2022 National Book Award & 2023 William C. Morris Award Finalist! Blum’s immersive debut follows Orthodox Jewish 15-year-old Yehuda “Hoodie” Rosen as he wrestles with forbidden first love in his increasingly hostile, mostly non-Jewish town. ...more
Jackie Robinson is best known for the first Black Major League Baseball Player. But this barrier-breaking American hero was a lifelong, relentlessly pJackie Robinson is best known for the first Black Major League Baseball Player. But this barrier-breaking American hero was a lifelong, relentlessly proud fighter for Black justice and civil rights both on and off the field....more
Johnson uses her own great-grandmother’s story as a foundation to deliver an intimate tale chronicling an Indigenous 14-year-old’s life in a new city,Johnson uses her own great-grandmother’s story as a foundation to deliver an intimate tale chronicling an Indigenous 14-year-old’s life in a new city, set in 1914 on the brink of WWI....more
This sharply funny and moving debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrThis sharply funny and moving debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love and learning to celebrate her true self, is a 2022 National Book Award Finalist....more
This compelling graphic memoir details Smith's childhood leading up to his historic Olympic protest—and its aftermath—in this 2022 National Book AwardThis compelling graphic memoir details Smith's childhood leading up to his historic Olympic protest—and its aftermath—in this 2022 National Book Award Finalist....more
Kwame Alexander’s latest epic told in verse is a powerful, immersive tale that offers readers insight into 19th-century Africa. First in a planned triKwame Alexander’s latest epic told in verse is a powerful, immersive tale that offers readers insight into 19th-century Africa. First in a planned trilogy....more
With spellbinding verse prose, Romero channels the spirit of myth into a brilliantly original tale, inspired by her experiences restoring Jewish cemetWith spellbinding verse prose, Romero channels the spirit of myth into a brilliantly original tale, inspired by her experiences restoring Jewish cemeteries in Eastern Europe....more
Punjabi Sikh Canadian high school senior TJ Powar is horrified when a photo of her freshly waxed and threaded face is used in a meme as the pretty “afPunjabi Sikh Canadian high school senior TJ Powar is horrified when a photo of her freshly waxed and threaded face is used in a meme as the pretty “after” to her cousin Simran’s “before.” TJ resolves to disprove the cruel joke’s toxic message surrounding beauty standards by no longer removing her body hair, insisting that she can embrace her natural body and be respected....more
Amos is a history buff and a long-time volunteer as a Civil War-era reenactor. Why has it taken him so long to notice that history never mentions peopAmos is a history buff and a long-time volunteer as a Civil War-era reenactor. Why has it taken him so long to notice that history never mentions people like him? And, now that he's noticed, what is he going to do to change that?...more
Verónica, a teen with hip dysplasia, always feels more at home and in control of her body when she's swimming. When a job opening at Mermaid Cove becoVerónica, a teen with hip dysplasia, always feels more at home and in control of her body when she's swimming. When a job opening at Mermaid Cove becomes available, will she be brave enough to audition?...more
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