This gripping, middle grade, historical fiction novel is a 2026 Newbery Honor Book. Chapters are brief and alternate between Han Yu in China, 731 and Luli in New York City, 1931. This format, along …
For those who advocate that middle grade literature is the best, The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest validates that claim. Author Aubrey Hartman's voice and literary style exemplify first rate craftman…
A simplistic definition of a corrido is it is a Mexican narrative folk ballad told through the eyes of the protagonist and often about social topics and oppression. There is quite a bit more to the a…
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…
Set in 1985 at Christmas, Small Things Like These clocks in at a little over 100 pages and thus is a small, but weighty read that punches above its page count. Ms. Keegan carefully details the small,…
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 …
Will sets out for the adventure of a lifetime with his father as they travel from Texas for the 1889 Oklahoma land rush. Both historical fiction and adventure rolled into one, the pacing of this book…
Author Erin Entrada Kelly continues to be the darling of the Newbery Medals board. She now has two Newbery Awards and one Newbery Honor Book in her quiver. Frankly, the first two nods she received for…
Across So Many Seas is a 2025 Newbery Honor Book. It is broken into four sections with each section having a different 12-year-old female protagonist in a different time period over a 500-year span. …
This contemporary book is a 2025 Newbery Honor Book. Supported by the author's illustrations, Magnolia and a new friend go on a simple quest to find the owners of the lost socks left at Magnolia's fam…
The Lady with the Dark Hair is a dual-time novel in which Erin Bartels delves into the historic past of Gibraltar while switching to modern times and dealing with Esther Markstrom and her challenges. …
