
Juvenile Fiction
A Spoonful of Time
by Flora Ahn
JF Ahn
Maya discovers stories and secrets
from her family's past in Korea as her
grandmother teaches her to cook
and about their family's ability to
time travel into memories
via food.
Black Star
by Kwame Alexander
JF Alexander
A Black girl in the American South,
Charley is determined to become the
first female pitcher to play
professional ball and challenges a
neighborhood bully to a game that
creates far-reaching consequences.
The Thief Who Sang
Storms
by Sophie Anderson
JF Anderson
When her father, Nightingale, who
can sing magic, is captured, Linnet
embarks on a perilous journey,
discovering something even more
powerful than singing magic that
could save her father and unite her
people with the humans once more.
Afia in the Land
of Wonders
by Mia Araujo
JF Araujo
Sixteen-year-old Afia leaves her twin
sister to embark on a journey of self-
discovery in a magical land with a
beguiling queen and dangers untold.
Simon Sort of Says
by Erin Bow
JF Bow
Two years a@er surviving a school
shooting, 12-year-old Simon moves
to the only place in America where
the internet is banned, finally
getting a chance to spin his own
story with the help of a new friend.
The Cursed Moon
by Angela Cervantes
JF Cervantes
Rafa spends an evening cra@ing the
scariest ghost story he's ever told
about The Caretaker. The Caretaker
is an evil ghost who lures kids into
the neighborhood pond, and they
don't ever come out. Rafa is really
proud of his latest creation, until he
realizes he has brought the ghost to
life—and only he can stop him.
Alone
by Megan E. Freeman
JF Freeman
When Maddie hatches a scheme for
a secret sleepover, she ends up
waking up to a nightmare. She's
alone—le@ behind in a town that has
been mysteriously evacuated and
abandoned. With no one to rely on,
Maddie slowly learns to survive on
her own.
The Midnight Children
by Dan Gemeinhart
JF Gemeinhart
Outcast Ravani Foster must keep
newcomer Virginia safe when he
learns she is in danger, or lose the
only person who has ever
understood him.
Medusa
by Katherine Marsh
JF Marsh
A descendant of Medusa, Ava is sent
to the Accademia del Forte in Venice
a@er an altercation with a
classmate, where she must learn to
control her emotions—especially
when she unearths a terrible secret
that could change the world forever.
The Wild Journey of
Juniper Berry
by Chad Morris
JF Morris
Eleven-year-old Juniper Berry lives
o? the grid in the California woods
with her family, but when her
brother gets sick, they have to leave
to get help.
One Wrong Step
by Jennifer A. Nielsen
JF Nielsen
Atlas has been climbing mountains
for years, but a@er being forced to
stay behind as his father joins a
team of Mount Everest climbers, he
sees an avalanche trapping the
expedition. Along with two friends,
Atlas begins a perilous journey to
rescue the team.
Kareem Between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
JF Safadi
With the school year getting o? to a
rough start, Syrian American
seventh grader Kareem finds himself
stuck between friends, football,
parents, right, and wrong. He must
find his voice amidst the chaos.