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Twelve-year-old Summer learns of her grandfather's traumatic childhood suffering because of his indigenous (Cree) heritage. Her family's present happiness and unity within their native community in Alberta, Canada, is a beautiful lesson in resilience, honor, and the healing power of love.

In this novel, Michael and Elizabeth, ordinary kids living in the year 1999, meet a boy from the future.

In this collection of stories from seventeen authors, in settings ranging from Atlanta to outer space, the joys of growing up are emphasized in the experiences of Black boys from ages nine to thirteen.

With input from two immortal creatures on his shoulders, twelve-year-old Max Abraham Bretzfeld decides to become a British spy in order to reunite with his parents, who had sent him away from the anti-Jewish dangers in Nazi Germany.

Born with cerebral palsy, Melody has difficulty communicating with others — but in spite of the obstacles she faces, Melody is determined to prove how smart she really is.

In this sequel to Out of My Mind, sixth-grader Melody Brooks will not let her cerebral palsy stop her from enjoying all the activities offered by The Green Glades Therapeutic Recreational summer camp.

After Earth is destroyed by a comet, twelve-year-old Petra Peña wakes up on a new planet and discovers she is the only one who remembers Earth. She must use her stories and her wits to save humanity's legacy.

Stuck in his New Jersey house during the Covid pandemic, thirteen-year-old Matthew helps his hundred-year-old great-grandmother organize her stuff and learns about her life as a Young Pioneer in 1930s Ukraine.

In this novel in verse, Syrian American Kareem struggles to fit in and make his middle school football team during a time of difficulty for his family.

Two kids — Mal and Christopher — unite to save the magical islands of the Archipelago, full of mythical creatures. On the way, each learns who they are and their destiny in life.

Eleven-year-old Hank and his toddler sister, Boo, are abandoned at home by their mom, and he must use his wits to survive, take care of his sister, and find a new place to live. Over the next few months, they learn a lot about family, love and forgiveness, and second chances.

Four young people find themselves struggling to survive against the devastating effects of climate change. Akira is caught inside a California wildfire; Owen and George battle and save a struggling polar bear in the Canadian tundra; and Natalie survives Miami's "Big One" hurricane.

In this sequel to Finally Seen, ten-year-old Lina joins the world of social media, and finds herself caught up in cyberbullying and overwhelmed by others' opinions.

A brother and sister — 19-year-old Jakob, a code breaker, and 14-year-old Lizzie, an investigator — find themselves in Britain's Bletchley Park during WWII. They are helping Britain decode the Nazi’s Enigma communications, while also trying to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother’s disappearance.

In this novel in verse, 13-year-old Jake struggles with anorexia and learns to understand his own worth during treatment at a residential facility.

In this novel in verse, preteen Joe Oak is abandoned by his mother and loses his beloved grandmother, but kindness from friends, family, and strangers helps him get back on his feet again.

This novel follows four generations of fathers and sons from the Filipino American Maghabol family as they struggle to survive and understand each other.

A descendant of Korean immigrants who had initially settled in Argentina, high school senior Alejandra Kim does not feel like she belongs in either her diverse New York City neighborhood or the private school she attends on a scholarship.

As a Jewish teenager in German-occupied Romania during World War II, Frederieke Teitler struggles with the sacrifices she makes in order to survive.

In this mystery novel, a high school senior searches for her missing ex-best friend and comes face-to-face with her own trauma in the process.

In this poetry collection, author Renée Watson explores Black culture and girlhood as the narrator grows up from age 7 to age 17.

This novel, told in reverse, is a sweet and tender look at teenage male anxieties about love.

In this romantic fantasy novel, the lives of three young people intersect: Aiz, a poor orphan languishing in prison; Sirsha, an outcast banished from her tribe; and Quil, a crown prince.

In this novel, high school senior Belén deals with panic attacks in the wake of her father leaving while she tries to help her pregnant best friend Leti prepare to be a mother.

After her father leaves her family, high school senior Noor Khan moves from Chicago to a small town, where she starts a movement to challenge the prejudiced book bans she finds at her new school.

In this novel, 17-year-old Malik gets the opportunity to go to a magical university after 10 years hiding his powers, but he finds himself digging up dangerous secrets about his community and his late mother.

In this novel, trans teen Miles Abernathy survives an attempted murder and finds himself caught up in a century-old blood feud while also being haunted by his own ancestor.

In this novel, Ezra Cloud, a 15-year-old Ojibwe boy, is falsely suspected of arson and sent to stay with his grandfather during the investigation, where he learns more about his culture, his family, and his responsibilities.

In this historical novel set in 1955, a Black family moves to a white-only town and begins passing for white, but their life there is threatened when one of them begins to uncover the town's dangerous secrets.

In this first book of The Keeper's Records of Revolution duology, a fractured world is rocked by the consequences of a political kidnapping that leads to revolution.

This horror anthology features 15 short stories about Black girls surviving in the face of terrifying supernatural and human threats.