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Roaring Brook Press | On sale November 29, 2022 | ISBN: 9781250816559 | Hardcover | Ages 14-18 | 384 pages |$18.99 Book Info Small-town drama, a swoon-worthy romance, and a slow-burn mystery collide in this YA debut that explores how racial violence can ripple down through generations.  What’s more important? Knowing the truth or keeping the peace?  Seventeen-year-old Avery Anderson is…

Zyla & Kai

Zyla & Kai by Kristina ForestGenre: Young Adult Contemporary RomancePublishing Date: June 7, 2021 Synopsis A fresh new YA romance novel by Kristina Forest, Zyla & Kai is an epic star-crossed love story about first love and not just the will they, won’t they— but why can’t they? While on a school trip to the Poconos Mountains (in the middle of a storm) high school seniors, Zyla Matthews and Kai…

Every Variable of Us

Every Variable of Us by Charles A. BushGenre: Young Adult ContemporaryPublishing Date: March 1, 2022 Synopsis After Philly teenager Alexis Duncan is injured in a gang shooting, her dreams of a college scholarship and pro basketball career vanish in an instant. To avoid becoming another Black teen trapped in her poverty-stricken neighborhood, she shifts her focus to the school’s STEM team, a…

Freewater by Amina Luqman-DawnsonGenre: Middle Grade Historical FictionPublishing Date: February 1, 2022 Debut author Amina Luqman Dawson pens a lyrical, accessible historical middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom. After an entire young life of enslavement, twelve-year-old Homer escapes Southerland Plantation with his…

The Chosen One by Echo BrownGenre: Young Adult ContemporaryPublishing Date: January 4, 2022 Synopsis: Echo Brown testifies to the disappointments and triumphs of a Black first-generation college student in this fearless exploration of the first year experience. There are many watchers and they are always white. That’s the first thing Echo notices as she settles into Dartmouth College. Despite…

Keisha and the rise of the Legacy

Title: Keisha and the Rise of the LegacyAuthor: T.R. TellsPublisher: Self-publishedPublication date: 14 September 2021Age group: Middle GradeGenres: Fantasy Synopsis: What would you do if you found out that magic and monsters were real, and you were born to stop them? 14-year-old Keisha Alighieri thought she was just a normal teenager and that her biggest problems in life were what outfit to…

Off the Record by Camryn GarrettGenre: Young Adult ContemporaryPublishing Date: May 18, 2021 Synopsis: Content Warnings: Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment The behind-the-scenes access of Almost Famous meets the searing revelations of #metoo in this story of a teen journalist who uncovers the scandal of the decade.Ever since seventeen-year-old Josie Wright can remember, writing has been her…