Fiction

Three sci-fi novels for teens who love the latest film adaptation.

Nina: A Story of Nina Simone by Traci N. Todd and Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls by Kaela Rivera won the 2022 Orbis Pictus and Charlotte Huck awards, respectively. 

The 2021 list of best middle grade books counts with 26 novels, including unforgettable works by Joseph Bruchac, Jasmine Warga, and Kate DiCamillo.

This manga category focuses on relationships between two women or girls, usually romances. 

Share the love of curls, kinks, and coils with these seven books for preschoolers through teenagers.

For children and teens, 9/11 may feel far away and removed. As the 20th anniversary of September 11 approaches, these titles will help young people understand this devastating event and its ongoing repercussions.

It seems as if every fourth book is based on a familiar song, from folk to rock and beyond! Judge for yourselves which made the translation with no wrong notes, and stay tuned for more!

From biographies of Olympians to fictional mysteries and romance, get young readers excited for the Tokyo Games competition and drama with these titles.

I Talk Like a River, A Sitting in St. James, and From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry won this year's Boston Globe-Horn Book awards for excellence in children's and YA literature.