A historically accurate yet slow-paced post-WWI romance. The book explores the intense societal pressures and stigmas surrounding teen pregnancy in 1919 England.
A breathtaking, vital piece of historical fiction! Rooted in Emily Inouye Huey’s own family history the story follows a determined young Japanese American photographer documenting the escalating prejudice in her Washington State community after Pearl Harbor.
A groundbreaking, dual-language poetic powerhouse! Longlisted for the National Book Award, José Olivarez’s Promises of Gold explores every dimension of love from lifelong friendships to the fracturing weight of capitalism with raw, accessible heart. Featuring a flip-over Spanish translation!
An extraordinary ownvoices story, Breathe and Count Back from Ten masterfully balances the universal trials of teenage independence with the specific realities of living with hip dysplasia. Natalia Sylvester delivers a deeply relatable, nuanced window into an immigrant family’s expectations and a girl determined to claim her own body.
Perry expected a boring summer, not a mission to right a historical wrong. When she discovers that the remains of an Anishinaabe ancestor are being kept in a university archive, she and her friends hatch a daring plan to bring them home. Packed with mystery, action, and powerful themes of justice and community, this thrilling story follows one teen determined to make a difference before more secrets disappear forever.