Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
Tiffany Jewell’s This Book Is Anti-Racist is a vibrant, empowering guide for readers ready to understand racism and take action against it. With powerful personal stories, reflection prompts, and stunning art, it helps readers explore their identities and make meaningful change.
Aida Salazar’s Ultra Violet is a brave and compassionate story in verse about growing up, finding identity, and redefining masculinity. Elios’s voice is authentic and funny, offering boys permission to feel and be kind. A must-read for middle schoolers finding their place in the world.
Jacqueline Woodson’s Before the Ever After is a powerful novel in verse that explores the unseen costs of sports through the eyes of a young boy watching his father fade from repeated head injuries. Told with honesty and hope, it invites readers to reflect on family, memory, and resilience.
How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while facing mental health challenges, and must find her voice to advocate for the help and understanding she deserves.
Culinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in this historical tale. It’s 1830s England, and Culinarians—doyens who consult with society’s elite to create gorgeous food and confections—are the crème de la crème of high society.