Skateboard Sibby

In two new middle-grade novels about modern tweendom – with LGBTQ themes – feisty young protagonists face grown-up problems with strength and conviction. Skateboard Sibby introduces readers to a self-assured 11-year-old girl who has been ... Read More »

January 14, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Sapphire the Great and the Meaning of Life

By Beverley Brenna; Tara Anderson (ill.)

January 14, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Crown of Feathers

By Nikki Pau Preto

Nicki Pau Preto’s debut fantasy, Crown of Feathers, opens 16 years after the fall of the legendary Phoenix Riders, fierce warriors who rode their mythical mounts into battle. The war saw two royal sisters battle ... Read More »

January 10, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Wings of Olympus

By Kallie George

Wings of Olympus is a combination of classic horse story, mythic fantasy, and meditation on the power of love. And once Kallie George’s adventure story finds its focus, it twines together fate, kindness, and horses ... Read More »

January 10, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali

By Sabina Khan

Rukhsana is a 17-year-old Bengali-American lesbian living in Seattle. In many ways, she’s lucky: she has a girlfriend she loves, lifelong friends, hardworking parents, and a full scholarship to Caltech. But there’s a cultural in-betweenness ... Read More »

January 7, 2019 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

The Beauty of the Moment

By Tanaz Bhathena

Senior year. First boyfriends. An adulterous parent. Those are just three of the elements Sarah Everett’s and Tanaz Bhathena’s new novels have in common. No One Here Is Lonely and The Beauty of the Moment ... Read More »

December 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

No One Here Is Lonely

By Sarah Everett

December 20, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Kids’ Books

Lost Boy

By Shelley Hrdlitschka

Seventeen-year-old Jon Nielsson has spent his entire life in Unity, a faith-based polygamous sect. He has already started to question the religion he has been brought up in since childhood when he is discovered kissing ... Read More »

November 19, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Ghost Road

By Charis Cotter

Ruth, the tween protagonist of Charis Cotter’s new novel, doesn’t know much about her family history. Her mother died suddenly when Ruth was only two years old, and her father doesn’t have a lot of ... Read More »

November 15, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Black Beach

By Glynis Guevara

Glynis Guevara’s second novel, Black Beach, is set in the small fishing town of La Cresta on an unnamed Caribbean island. The story follows 16-year-old Tamera Woods through a period of transition. She’s struggling in ... Read More »

November 8, 2018 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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