All the Blues in the Sky by Renee Watson, 2025

When thirteen-year-old Sage's best friend dies, Sage struggles with grief and feels that she is at fault, but when she joins a grief group, she slowly learns to heal.

And Then, Boom! by Lisa Fipps, 2024

A gripping new novel in verse by the author of the Printz Honor-winning Starfish, featuring a poverty-stricken boy who bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him

Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler, 2023

A young girl learns of her grandmother and great-aunt's involvement in the Dutch Resistance during World War II.

Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi, 2024

From failed football tryouts to helping the new Syrian refugee student, seventh-grader Kareem attempts to navigate the social complexities of seventh grade, which are further complicated when his mother is unable to return home from Syria due to an executive order.

The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien by John Hendrix, 2024

The rich worlds of C.S. Lewis's 'The Chronicles of Narnia' and J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings' have enchanted readers both young and old for generations. But before they created these literary landmarks, Lewis and Tolkien were simply two friends who shared a love of stories. 

Not Nothing by Gayle Foreman, 2024

When troubled twelve-year-old Alex is assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility, he forms a unique bond with a Holocaust survivor and learns lessons that change the trajectory of his life.

Old School by Gordon Korman, 2025

Twelve-year-old Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was 6 years old, homeschooled by the residents until he's forced to attend middle school, where he sticks out like a sore thumb.

Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman, 2025

Moving from India to the US is difficult for Geetha, but things start to get better when she and a new friend help rescue a stranded seal"--Provided by publisher.

Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan, 2023

War comes to the streets of Paris and Safiyyah's life changes for ever. Her best friend's family have fled, and the bombing makes her afraid to leave the mosque where she lives. But when her father is arrested by the Nazis for his secret Resistance work, it falls to Safiyyah to run the dangerous errands around the city. It's not long before hundreds of persecuted Jews seek sanctuary at the mosque

The Trouble with Heroes by Kate Messner, 2025

Finn Connelly’s dad was a 9/11 hero who left big boots to fill when he died during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two years later, still consumed by anger and frustration at his loss, Finn topples a tombstone belonging to a beloved trail steward, Edna.

We Still Belong by Christine Day, 2023

Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong--until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow.