

House Arrest by K.A. Holt
Timothy is on one year of house arrest. It didn’t matter that he stole the credit card to pay for his brother’s medicine. It only...
Jun 23, 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


Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
With his starkly beautiful verse, Jason Reynolds makes the cycle of gang violence approachable and profound. The story features...
Jul 9, 2019


Swing by Kwame Alexander
Noah and Walt are two seventeen-year-old boys looking for cool. Noah has been in love with his best friend for years, but doesn’t know...
May 13, 2019


Red Butterfly by A.L. Sonnichsen
As a baby, Kara was abandoned by her Chinese mother she doesn’t remember. Now she lives with her Mama, an elderly American woman living...
Jul 20, 2018


Moo by Sharon Creech
Through her unique, poetic language, Sharon Creech tells the story of Reena and her family. Tired of life in the bustling and fast-paced...
Sep 5, 2017


Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
When civil war rages in Sudan, Kek is forced first to a refugee camp and then to the United States. He has seen his father and brother...
Jul 27, 2017


Crossover by Kwame Alexander
Identical twins Josh and Jordan Bell dominate the basketball court on their middle school team. But as they fight their way to the...
Jul 20, 2017


May B. by Caroline Starr Rose
Mavis, called May B, lives with her family in a sod house on the Kansas prairie. When times get hard, May’s parents send her to a...
Jul 17, 2017