

Just Like That by Gary D. Schmidt
When Meryl Lee Kowalski’s best friend dies, life seems to stop. Meryl Lee can no longer go outside, because everything reminds her of...
Apr 13, 2021


Adrift by Paul Griffin
Matt and John are two friends from Queens trying to make some extra money by working in Montauk for the summer. When Matt meets Dri and...
Apr 6, 2021


There’s Something About Sweetie by Sandhya Menon
Sweetie Nair is a talented and dutiful Indian American daughter, but her mother only sees that she is fat. Ashish Patel is a slightly...
Apr 6, 2021


The Library of Lost Things by Laura Taylor Namey
Darcy Wells spends most of her life hiding in books, because her real life is too much to handle. With a father that left before she was...
Feb 9, 2021


Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Steve Harmon is sixteen years old. He is in jail and on trial. His future is in the jury’s hands. This powerful story alternates...
Feb 9, 2021


Fat Boy vs. the Cheerleaders by Geoff Herbach
Ever since his mom left, Gabe has used eating and humor as a shield, but he has finally reached his limit. Band was his one safe place...
Feb 4, 2021


The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder
Penelope Marx hates change. She has had the same best friends since first grade and holds onto their traditions with painful intensity. ...
Feb 1, 2021


Booked by Kwame Alexander
Nick Hall lives for soccer, but life is a little more complicated than that. He’s interested in April, but the school bully has already...
Feb 1, 2021


Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Like a fairly normal eighth grader, Steven is obsessed with girls and playing his drums. He keeps up with school and finds his little...
Jan 27, 2021


The Stars Beneath our Feet by David Barclay Moore
Now that he is twelve, life in Harlem is getting a little more dangerous for Wallace ‘Lolly’ Rachpaul. He used to wander underhindered,...
Jan 27, 2021

