Recommendations from Katie
"The right story at the right time. . . . It’s not just a narrative; it’s an experience. It’s the novel we’ve been waiting for." —The New York Times
A boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother’s death in this outstanding debut novel that celebrates community and creativity.
From award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes comes a powerful novel set fifteen years after the 9/11 attacks in a classroom of students who cannot remember the event but live through the aftermath of its cultural shift.
$8.99ISBN: 9780544935204Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: HMH Books for Young Readers - March 5th, 2019New York Times bestseller ∙ Newbery Medal Winner ∙Coretta Scott King Honor Award ∙2015 YALSA 2015 Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults∙ 2015 YALSA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers ∙Publishers Weekly Best Book ∙ School Library Journal Best Book∙ Kirkus Best Book
"A beautifully mea$7.99ISBN: 9780062872005Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Heartdrum - December 8th, 2020In her debut middle grade novel—inspired by her family’s history—Christine Day tells the story of a girl who uncovers her family’s secrets—and finds her own Native American identity.
$8.99ISBN: 9781101997253Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Puffin Books - April 3rd, 2018A 2018 Pura Belpré Author Honor Book
Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo Zamora do it all or is he in for a BIG, EPIC FAIL?$7.99ISBN: 9781481450164Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - August 29th, 2017A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read.
Ghost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Track series from Coretta Scott Ki$8.99ISBN: 9781481438292Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - October 27th, 2020A National Book Award Finalist!
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
An NPR Favorite Book of 2019
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2019
A Time Best Children’s Book of 2019
A Today Show Best Kids’ Book of 2019
A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019
A School$8.99ISBN: 9781481415910Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books - May 9th, 2017Kirkus Award Finalist
Schneider Family Book Award Winner
Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book
In this “pitch-perfect contemporary novel” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review), Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award-winning author Jason Reynolds explores multigenerational ideas about family love and bravery in the story of two$7.99ISBN: 9780062215895Availability: Usually Ships from Wholesaler in 1-5 DaysPublished: Quill Tree Books - September 6th, 2016The Coretta Scott King Award–winning Gone Crazy in Alabama by Newbery Honor and New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of the Gaither sisters as they travel from the streets of Brooklyn to the rural South for the summer of a lifetime.
$7.99ISBN: 9780545952781Availability: Usually Ships from Wholesaler in 1-5 DaysPublished: Arthur A. Levine Books - June 25th, 2019A Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor winner!
"Powerful.... Johnson writes about the long shadows of the past with such ambition that any reader with a taste for mystery will appreciate the puzzle Candice and Brandon must solve." -- The New York Times Book Review
$17.99ISBN: 9781338585476Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Scholastic Inc. - May 5th, 2020From New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes an all-new upper middle grade series based on one of the Marvel Universe's break-out characters— Shuri, from Black Panther!
$7.99ISBN: 9781984893000Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Yearling - January 5th, 2021From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations.
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