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Diversity in Kid's Literature September 2024 |
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
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Kareem between
by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
With the school year getting off to a rough start, Syrian American seventh grader Kareem finds himself stuck between friends, between football, between parents and between right and wrong, and must find his voice amidst the chaos.
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Black star
by Kwame Alexander
A Black girl in the American South, 12-year-old Charley Cuffey is determined to become the first female pitcher to play professional ball and challenges a neighborhood bully to a game that leads to a fateful decision with far-reaching consequences.
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Huda Was Here
by H. Hayek
When her dad loses his job as a security officer and has to work interstate, Huda convinces her brother Akeal to sneak out at night to make mischief, hoping to force their dad's bosses to hire him back. As their misdeeds escalate, will the daring duo be able to outsmart the authorities? How much are they willing to risk for family unity - and what else might they uncover along the way?
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The Daggers of Ire
by J. C. Cervantes
Born with Chaos magic in her veins, rare bruja Esmerelda and her best friend, Tiago, discover that their families and the town's witches have vanished, along with their magic, and must journey to an abandoned realm and embrace their powers to save those they love.
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Doña Quixote 2 : Flight of the Witch
by Rey Terciero
Lucia has become what she's always hoped to be--a local hero. But between chores and homework, arguments with her parents and best friend, Sandro, and helping her neighbors with her special abilities, she's busier than ever before.When the townspeople's treasured possessions go missing and owls start flocking around Laredo, Lucia's gut knows that something is wrong . . . if only she had the time to get to the bottom of it. But monsters wait on no one, and there's an evil coven of witches lurking in the shadows, preparing to wreak havoc--whether Lucia's ready or not.
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Scrimshaw
by Ethan M. Aldridge
During winter break at Deephaven Academy, Nev becomes obsessed with a strange artifact from the school's history: the scrimshaw - the skull of the school's founder which has images etched into its ancient teeth - and must unravel its curse before a prophesied disaster comes true.
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On a Wing and a Tear
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Close friends Melanie (Muscogee-Odawa) and Ray (Cherokee-Seminole) join Grampa Charlie Halfmoon on a road trip from Chicago to Macon, Georgia, to bring Great-Grandfather Bat, a living legend, to a historic game, facing adventure, danger and a hair-raising mystery along the way.
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Boy 2.0
by Tracey Baptiste
Landing in his latest foster home, Coal, suddenly able to turn invisible, searches for answers about who and what he is with the help of friends both old and new, but the truth is far stranger—and more dangerous—than he ever could have imagined.
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Splinter & Ash
by Marieke Nijkamp
When she is abducted in an attempt to overthrow her mother, the queen, Princess Adelisa (aka Ash) and her squire—and best friend—Splinter use sharp daggers and even sharper wits to escape—and only together will they be able to find their way home.
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