Children & Young Adult

A Coretta Scott King Honor Book A Boston Globe-Horn Book Poetry Award Winner An "imaginative and moving" (The Horn Book, starred review) portrait of a Black family tree shaped by enslavement and freedom, rendered in searing poems by acclaimed author...

Hearing the beat helps James discover the courage to use his voice and find his community.James is great at tests and homework, but speaking up in class? No way. Just the thought fills his chest with bumblebees. The one thing that makes the bees calm...

Finding Rebecca examines the casual disappearance of America's first Black female doctor from records and memory. But the search for her story and her final resting place, more than one hundred years after her death, turned up a few murky details that...

"A stunning read [. . .] simmering with tension and gripping to the final word." --Debbie Rigaud, New York Times bestselling author of Simone Breaks All the Rules and A Girl's Guide to Love & MagicNow in paperback! A Black teen dancer with dreams of...

"Lorraine Hansberry has had a direct influence on who we are, the stories we tell, and how we move in the world today. We are beyond delighted to share Jay's beautiful words and Loveis's stunning work, bringing this iconic visionary to life for the next...

A father and daughter's afternoon of cleaning becomes a celebration of the music, food, and culture of New Orleans.It's a quiet Sunday afternoon of chores at Clara's house. Until Clara's dad starts singing and dancing, that is! With a broom and an...

Black actress and activist Hilda Simms was a rising star on the stage and screen in post-WWII America until accusations ofun-Americanism and communist sympathies derailed her career. Hilda Simms emerged as an actress at a time when segregation was...

Get ready for another thrilling adventure in the Game On Zhuri series with "Attack of the Robo-Bugs"! Zhuri and her trusty companions dive headfirst into action once more as they confront a new threat in HERO CITY 2, the latest virtual creation of...

Get ready for another thrilling adventure in the Game On Zhuri series with "Attack of the Robo-Bugs"! Zhuri and her trusty companions dive headfirst into action once more as they confront a new threat in HERO CITY 2, the latest virtual creation of...

A young adult novel by Randi Pink about a teenage activist who is visited by the ghost of Harriet Jacobs, an enslaved woman. Ruth Fitz is surrounded by activism. Her mother is a senator who frequently appears on CNN as a powerful Black voice fighting...

Delightfully creepy. Ghostly good fun. A school for magic like no other. Despite a lifetime of breaking the rules, twelve-year-old Issa Igwe never expected to land in witch prison. At least that's what she calls The Siren School outside of its hallowed...

In a small, idyllic town in North Dakota, 17-year-old Ophelia Johnson and five other teens inherit the powers of the ancient gods--Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Artemis, Apollo, and Ares--and embark on a mission from the Vessel of Destiny to find the missing...

After a long car ride filled with anticipation, Shakur is welcomed at his family reunion by a flurry of warm hugs from his grandparents. There are cousins to play with, including Judah, who Shakur has never met before. Judah is hearing and does not sign...

Now available in paperback, here is Dr. Martin Luther King's iconic speech, which defined the American civil rights movement, illustrated by a Caldecott Medal-winning, New York Times-bestselling illustrator. On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the...