# 1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Honor author Renée Watson explores friendship, loss, and life with grief in this poignant novel in verse and vignettes.. Sage's thirteenth birthday was supposed to be about movies and treats, staying up late with her best friend and watching the sunrise together. Instead,...
The Wrong Way Home
Author: Kate O'Shaughnessy
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young...
Twelve-year-old Fern believes she's living a noble life--but what if everything she's been told is a lie? This is a huge-hearted story about a girl learning to question everything - and to trust in herself.. Fern's lived at the Ranch, an off-the-grid, sustainable community in upstate New York, since she was six....
The First State of Being
Author: Erin Entrada Kelly
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
When twelve-year-old Michael Rosario meets a mysterious boy from the future, his life is changed forever. From bestselling author Erin Entrada Kelly, winner of the Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe and a Newbery Honor for We Dream of Space, this novel explores themes of family, friendship, trust, and forgiveness. The First...
One Big Open Sky
Author: Lesa Cline-Ransome
Publisher: Holiday House
Three women narrate a perilous wagon journey westward that could set them free - or cost them everything they have - in this intergenerational verse novel that explores the history of the Black homesteader movement.. 1879, Mississippi. Young dreamer Lettie may have her head in the stars, but her body is on a covered wagon...
Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All
Author: Chanel Miller
Publisher: Philomel Books
New York Times bestselling author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story of friendship and community starring Magnolia Wu, a ten-year-old sock detective bent on returning all the lonely only socks left behind in her parents' NYC laundromat.. Down at the bottom of the tall buildings of New York...
Across So Many Seas
Author: Ruth Behar
Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Books
NEWBERY HONOR WINNER"As lyrical as it is epic, Across So Many Seas reminds us that while the past may be another country, it's also a living, breathing song of sadness and joy that helps define who we are." --Alan Gratz, New York Times bestselling author of RefugeeSpanning over 500 years, Pura Belpré Award...
The Many Assassinations of Samir,...
Author: Daniel Nayeri
Publisher:
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER BEST OF THE YEAR: NPR - Booklist - School Library Journal - Chicago Public Library - Evanston Public Library - Kirkus - Wall Street Journal The Silk Road comes to life in this picaresque epic adventure with twists and turns and a wonderful surprise ending from Printz Medalist Daniel Nayeri This...
The Eyes and the Impossible
Author: Dave Eggers
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young...
From the award-winning author of The Every and the illustrator behind the beloved picture book Her Right Foot comes an endearing and beautifully illustrated story of a dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals.. Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes - to see everything...
Simon Sort of Says
Author: Erin Bow
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
For fans of Kate DiCamillo and Jack Gantos, a hilarious, wrenching, hopeful novel about finding your friends, healing your heart, and speaking your truth.Simon O'Keeffe's biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a holy sacrament. Or maybe the alpaca disaster that went viral on YouTube....
Maizy Chen's Last Chance: (Newbery...
Author: Lisa Yee
Publisher: Yearling
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR YOUTH LITERATURE WINNER * Twelve year-old Maizy discovers her family's Chinese restaurant is full of secrets in this irresistible novel that celebrates food, fortune, and family.. Welcome to the Golden Palace!. Maizy has never been...
Iveliz Explains It All: (Newbery...
Author: Andrea Beatriz Arango
Publisher: Random House Books for Young...
NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER * In this timely and moving novel in verse, a preteen girl navigates seventh grade while facing mental health challenges. A hopeful, poetic story about learning to advocate for the help and understanding you deserve. "Powerful." - Lisa Fipps, Printz Honor-winning author of Starfish....
Freewater
Author: Amina Luqman-Dawson
Publisher:
Winner of the John Newbery Medal Winner of the Coretta Scott King Author Award Award-winning author Amina Luqman-Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. After an entire young life of enslavement,...
Watercress
Author: Wang, Andrea; Chin, Jason
Publisher:
Caldecott Medal Winner Newbery Honor Book APALA Award Winner
A story about the power of sharing memories—including the painful ones—and the way our heritage stays with and shapes us, even when we don’t see it.
New England Book Award Winner A New York Times Best Children’s...
Too Bright to See
Author: Kyle Lukoff
Publisher:
A Newbery Honor Book • Winner of the Stonewall Book Award • A National Book Award Finalist "A gentle, glowing wonder, full of love and understanding." –The New York Times Book ReviewCover may vary. It's the summer before middle school and eleven-year-old Bug's best friend Moira has decided...
The Last Cuentista: Newbery Medal...
Author: Donna Barba Higuera
Publisher: Levine Querido
Winner of the John Newbery MedalWinner of the Pura Belpré AwardFrom Pura Belpré Award winner and Newbery Medalist, Donna Barba Higuera - a brilliant journey through the stars, to the very heart of what makes us human. Había una vez . . . There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller,...
Red, White, and Whole
Author: Rajani LaRocca
Publisher: Youth Large Print
Told in verse, Reha, already dealing with being the only Indian American student in middle school, must now take care of her mother diagnosed with leukemia.
When You Trap a Tiger
Author: Tae Keller
Publisher:
We Dream of Space
Author: Erin Entrada Kelly
Publisher:
A Newbery Honor Book • BookPage Best Books • Chicago Public Library Best Fiction • Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee • Horn Book Fanfare • New York Times Notable Children's Book • School Library Journal Best Book • Today Show Pick • An ALA Notable Book "A 10 out of 10 . . . Anyone interested in science, sibling...
Fighting Words
Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Publisher: Listening Library
A candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, by Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley"Fighting Words is raw, it is real, it is necessary, a must-read for children and their adults--a total triumph in all ways." --Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York...
