Category: Children’s & Young Adult

Author Lupita Nyong’o Description A New York Times bestseller! Featured in its own episode in the Netflix original show Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices! Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor Award Recipient of an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work From Academy Award–winning actress Lupita Nyong’o comes a powerful, moving picture book […]

Author Jason Reynolds Description A 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 […]

Author Madeleine L’Engle Description Madeleine L’Engle’s ground-breaking science fiction and fantasy classic, now a major motion picture.It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brother Charles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for a midnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a most disturbing stranger.”Wild […]

Author Benjamin Zephaniah Description Alem is on holiday with his father for a few days in London. He has never been out of Ethiopia before and is very excited. They have a great few days togther until one morning when Alem wakes up in the bed and breakfast they are staying at to find the […]

Author Stephenie Meyer Description #1 bestselling author Stephenie Meyer makes a triumphant return to the world of Twilight with this highly anticipated companion: the iconic love story of Bella and Edward told from the vampire’s point of view.When Edward Cullen and Bella Swan met in Twilight, an iconic love story was born. But until now, […]

Author Nnedi Okorafor Description Affectionately dubbed “the Nigerian Harry Potter,” Akata Witch weaves together a heart-pounding tale of magic, mystery, and finding one’s place in the world.Twelve-year-old Sunny lives in Nigeria, but she was born American. Her features are African, but she’s albino. She’s a terrific athlete, but can’t go out into the sun to play […]

Author Ann Leckie Description Ancillary Justice is Ann Leckie’s stunning debut — the only novel to ever win the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke awards — about a ship’s AI who becomes trapped in a human body and her quest for revenge. A must read for fans of Ursula K. Le Guin and James […]

Author Wilson Rawls Description A beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend. Billy has long dreamt of owning not one, but two, dogs. So when he’s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own—Old Dan and Little Ann—he’s ecstatic. It doesn’t matter that times […]

Author Chris Grabenstein Description Now a Nickelodeon Original Movie!Over 100 Weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List!44 State Award Lists! Discover what James Patterson calls “the coolest library in all the world” in this fun-filled, action-packed bestseller from the much-loved co-author of I Funny and Treasure Hunters! “A worthy successor to.…Willy Wonka.” —Booklist, Starred ReviewWhen Kyle learns that the world’s most […]

Author Roald Dahl Description From the World’s No. 1 Storyteller, The Witches is a children’s classic that has captured young reader’s imaginations for generations.This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches.Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There’s nothing they hate so much as children, […]