Brandon Sanderson is collaborating on his new young adult Skyward series, Riftwake, with Janci Patterson. Previously, they partnered on some Skyward novellas so she is well-versed in the world, charac…
The 2026 Newbery Medal Winner, All the Blues in the Sky, is bittersweet. It takes the reader on the journey through grief with thirteen-year-old Sage, whose best friend was killed by a drunk driver. …
Author Daniel Nayeri is definitely on a roll. On the heels of his 2024 Newbery Honor Book, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams, his middle grade historical fiction novel, The Teac…
Author Brandon Mull makes his maiden foray into middle grade high fantasy. No stranger to middle grade fantasy with his Fablehaven and Dragonwatch series, what distinguishes Forbidden Mountain is tha…
Lord of the Flies is a book that is beloved by some English teachers, alternately loved and hated by their students, and occasionally found on the banned books list for libraries and school. The books…
In A Little Too Haunted, Justine Pucella Winans delivers another paranormal tale with a unique premise. This story of Luna Catalona, the daughter of two women who have made their modest fame flipping …
Set against the chaotic back drop of the blitzing of London is the story of Nimble Nottingham, an orphan and a loner, who unwittingly unleashes a dark and frightening force that hunts in the dark for …
The Nightmares of Finnegan Quick draws the reader into the life and dreams of a teenage boy with a peculiar power to manipulate dreams. Finnegan is an average high school boy with whom young readers c…
Between the breathtaking book cover and the author, Elizabeth Lim, it is hard to imagine who wouldn't want to read A Forgery of Fate. This young adult fantasy begins as a Beauty and the Beast retelli…
Author Kate Messner digs deep into heavy themes: death of a parent, substance abuse, conflicted feelings about the character's relationship to his father, and the burden of being a hero and the after…
This middle grade novel set on a small Maine island has a bit of a throwback vibe with its timeless setting and particularly non-modern activities by the young protagonists. In other words, not every…
This Newbery Honor book tells the story of an African American family's trip by wagon to Nebraska in 1879 to claim land in hopes of a better life for themselves away from the South. The storytellers …
