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Diversity in Kid's Literature
June 2025
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Picture Books and Early Readers
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Chapter Books & Graphic Novels
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Two Tricksters Find Friendship
by Johnny Aitken
Jessie and Johnny have been inseparable ever since Jessie moved to the small island town during summer break. But as they begin fourth grade together, the new school year gets off to a rocky start when outside pressures and differences in their home lives threaten their friendship. Jessie lives comfortably and never worries about money while Johnny lives with his father and stepmother on the reserve outside of town. With guidance from Raven and spiritual teacher, Steven, the two friends bridge the gaps between them and learn to lean on each other through family troubles and cultural differences.
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The Incorruptibles
by Lauren Magaziner
Tall and plump Fiora Barrowling, of Jewish heritage, lives in a world where sorcerers rule over humans. After surviving an encounter with The Radiance--the very worst of the sorcerers--she's whisked away to the incredible Incorruptibles ("Inc") Academy, a school for resistance fighters in training. But most of the other students think Fiora hasn't earned her place there, and when things start to go wrong and it seems the sorcerers have a spy in the academy, all eyes are on Fiora. With all odds stacked against her, can Fiora prove that she belongs?
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Smoke & mirrors
by Rosalyn Ransaw
After accidentally starting a barn fire in his aunt's small Midwestern town, twelve-year-old Andy spends his summer renovating the owner's mansion which previously belonged to a famous magician thought to be responsible for the town's infamous murder.
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Going overboard
by Caroline Huntoon
Twelve-year-old Piper Shapiro, a nonbinary middle schooler, struggles with the idea of change, so when their mom starts dating Gwinny, the mother of Piper's classmate Colton, Piper and Colton team up to try to break up the relationship, only to realize that change might not always be bad.
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Encounter at Owl Rock
by Rucker Moses
Cypress and Oakley Young are polar opposites and if it weren't for being identical twins, no one would ever guess they were related. Cy is a budding film director and this summer, he's filming his latest movie at the abandoned theme park with Oak and their best friend Jaz as his actors. He loves directing, because being the director means calling the shots, being in absolute control of how the story turns out. Except Oak's wild imagination can't be contained. Tired of hearing about his brother's dreams and alien conspiracy theories, Cy snaps at him. But before he can patch things up, Oak vanishes into Owl Rock, this huge otherworldly granite formation at the center of the park, leaving only his skateboard behind. When Orion Industries, the company that's been excavating beneath Owl Rock and snapping up property all around town, start searching for Oak with a little too much interest, it's up to Cy and Jaz to find Oak first and uncover the true secrets of Owl Rock. This heartening whirlwind adventure is ready to thrill as two brothers discover we're not alone in the universe.
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The Extraordinary Orbit of Alex Ramirez
by Jasminne Paulino
Seventh grader Alex's favorite things to do are watching YouTube videos of rocket launches with his Papi and spending hours on the NASA website reading about astronauts and planets. He even dreams of going to space one day himself, and knows he'll have to study hard in order to get there. But Alex is in his grade's SC (self-contained) classroom, which means doing the same dull worksheets every day and reading books his sister read back in the third grade. Worst of all, being in SC means nobody thinks he's ready to join Ms. Rosef's mainstream science class--the class Alex knows will be the first step on his path to NASA. When his teacher says "not yet" for the millionth time, Alex decides it's time to make a change. Now he's ready to try everything he can to get the people in his life--his teachers, his parents, and the kids at school--to understand that he, Alex Ramirez, is capable of the extraordinary.
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Adia Kelbara and the High Queen's Tomb
by Isi Hendrix
Adia Kelbara may have defeated the power-hungry god Olark and saved Zaria, but now she must face something even more terrifying: her first semester as a student at the Academy of Shamans. As her abilities are tested during orientation, a mysterious affliction causes everyone except for Adia and Thyme to pass out--and a reanimated corpse appears, with a horrifying message. As if that wasn't bad enough, Emperor Darian sends news that the same phenomenon is happening across the kingdom and that someone is siphoning energy from the living to resurrect corpses, creating cracks between the realms of the living and the dead. Now it will be up to Adia to push her powers to their limit and journey to the tomb of the ancient High Queen in search of answers and a cure for the sleeping sickness besieging Zaria. But rising corpses aren't the only threats that stand in her way--a new enemy looms, and if Adia can't defeat them, Zaria may soon become another realm of the dead.
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The forest in the sky / : The Forest in the Sky
by Pari Thomson
Daisy and her friends set off to rescue her mother and the other Botanists held captive in the Amazon rainforest, but when their mission is thrown off course they must rely on the magic of Amazeria to defeat their enemies.
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