Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
Perfection is overrated! Enemies takes readers back to Berrybrook Middle School as Felicity enters a contest to step out of her “perfect” sister’s shadow. Instead of a standard happy ending, this refreshing story explores the reality of failure, sibling rivalry, and shifting friend groups.
Check into the Underlook! Spirit Week serves up a brilliant, middle-school-friendly tribute to The Shining. When aspiring filmmaker Elijah and young tutor Suzy visit a reclusive horror author in a deserted Colorado hotel, they stumble into a suspenseful mystery tied to family secrets and dementia.
One fight, two sides, and zero apologies. Eb & Flow dives into the hearts of two Black seventh graders serving a ten-day school suspension. Refusing to offer a preachy moral lesson, this authentic, dual-perspective story tracks the surprising similarities between two rivals.
Be careful what you wish for. Sky of Paper Stars introduces Yuna, a middle-schooler caught between her Korean heritage and her American life. After making a desperate wish upon 1,000 paper stars, a family tragedy strikes—and Yuna’s guilt begins to literally turn her body into paper.
Being thirteen is hard. Being the Prime Minister’s daughter is harder. Elle McNicoll, autistic teenager Aeriel Sharpe is forced into the spotlight when her mom takes office. Expected to be a spokesperson for all neurodivergent youth, Aeriel must learn to drown out the noise of social media to find her own voice.