Hold Them Close: A Love Letter to Black Children by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Patrick Dougher, photography by Jamel Shabazz HarperCollins Hold Them Close, a love letter to Black children, is a picture book celebration of African American past, present, and future, written by celebrated author of Your Name Is a Song, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, with gorgeous collage […]
Kitten Chaos (Must Love Pets #2) by Saadia Faruqi Scholastic A young middle grade series that combines the heart and friendship of the Baby-sitters Club, with the irresistible appeal of adorable animals! The fur is going to fly! Must Love Pets has a new job: pet sitting three adorable kittens. What Imaan, London, and Olivia […]
Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui Scholastic A fresh and fun new spin on the Parent-Trap story, by Indies Introduce author Maleeha Siddiqui Ashar is busy with the ice hockey team, […]
Fight Back by A.M. Dassu Lee & Low Amina's Voice meets A Good Kind of Trouble in this story about 13-year-old Aaliyah, who feels alone after putting on a hijab for the first […]
Don't Look Back : A Memoir of War, Survival, and My Journey from Sudan to America by Achut Deng and Keely Hutton Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Macmillan A gripping […]
Zara's Rules for Finding Hidden Treasure by Hena Khan, illustrated by Wastana Haikal Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster From the beloved author of Amina’s Voice comes the second book in the […]
Road of the Lost by Nafiza Azad Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince, this gorgeous young adult fantasy follows a girl who […]
Love From Mecca to Medina by S.K. Ali Salaam Reads / Simon & Schuster On the trip of a lifetime, Adam and Zayneb must find their way back to each […]
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman Scholastic From the bestselling creator of HEARTSTOPPER and LOVELESS, a deeply funny and deeply moving exploration of identity, friendship, and fame. For […]
The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks Quill Tree / HarperCollins Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 1999, where a twelve-year-old girl […]
The Sevenfold Hunters by Rose Egal Page Street Kids Sci-fi fans will love this genre-bending debut full of cutthroat school politics and the speculative intrigue of alien contact. There’s nothing […]
Ida in the Middle by Nora Lester Murad Interlink Publishing Group Every time violence erupts in the Middle East, Ida knows what’s coming at her school near Boston. Some of […]