The Passing Playbook

Love, Simon meets Bend It Like Beckham in this feel-good contemporary romance about a trans athlete who must decide between fighting for his right to play and staying stealth.

A Bird Will Soar

Winner of the Schneider family Book Award, this heartfelt and hopeful debut about a bird-loving autistic child whose family’s special nest is in danger of falling apart.

Ryan & Avery

Follow them through their first ten dates as they bridge their initial shyness and fall in love–through snowstorms, groundings, meeting parents,  cast parties, heartbreak, and every day and date in between.

The Otherwoods

With only their cat for protection and a wayward teen spirit as their guide, River must face the monsters of The Otherwoods and their own fears to save Avery and become the hero they were (unfortunately) destined to be.

Dread Detention

Breakfast Club meets Stranger Things in this middle grade horror novel for fans of Goosebumps! Detention turns even scarier when a group of classmates discover dangers lurking in their school.

Screech School

Let your fears take flight in this scary sequel of the Creatures & Teachers series where a group of friends must protect their school from vampire birds!

Minecraft: Mob Squad: 

Never Say Nether

The Mob Squad were heroes not so long ago, but the adults are still in charge, and to them, even the most heroic kid is still just a kid.

Minecraft: Mob Squad: 

Don't Fear The Creeper

The Mob Squad must outwit a mysterious new enemy as they journey across the Overworld of Minecraft in this official novel!

I'm Sorry You Got Mad

Newbery Honor winner Kyle Lukoff explores the importance of learning to apologize. Turns out there’s more to an apology than just saying “I’m sorry.”

Blips On A Screen

An engaging picture book biography based on the incredible true story of a Jewish refugee who pioneered home video games and launched a worldwide obsession.

The Crayons Project

A collection of the New York Times Best-Selling kids stories! Go on an adventure and gain a new perspective with your favorite coloring colors.

Dear Highlights

A unique, inside look at American childhood through the conversations between Highlights magazine and its young readers and a call to grown-ups to make time to actively listen to the children in their lives.

Gender Queer

2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book , this is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.

Picture Day

Everyone knows the most stressful day of middle school is picture day! And that’s exactly where this yearbook-worthy graphic novel series opener begins: with reinventing yourself, drama, popularity, and the friends who see you through.

Tryouts

It’s warm up time in this newest installment in the Brinkley Yearbook series. Will Alexandra make the cut and help the historically boys baseball team defend their 9-year championship title?

Firsts & Lasts

From first breakups and romantic vampire encounters to last band performances and the deadly end of a friendship, Firsts and Lasts is an anthology that is just as unpredictable as being a teenager. 

Houston Noir

Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.

How To Wrestle A Girl 

Follow a teenage girl in the aftermath of her beloved father’s death and capture her sister’s and mother’s encounters with men of all ages, as well as the girl’s budding attraction to her best friend, Esperanza

The Last Catastrophe

In unexpected and genre-defying ways, this revelatory collection reminds us that our world is precious, and that protecting it has the potential to bring us all together.