Category - Juvenile Fiction

“Eagar seamlessly blends a twelve-year-old girl’s summer of change with a hefty dose of magical realism in this accomplished debut.” — Publishers...

A family honors their living and dead relatives as they celebrate this holiday with shared food and stories.The Day of the Dead is a happy day wh...

A heartwarming look at love, loss, and memorable objects through the eyes of a child by critically-acclaimed creators Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazem...

Notes From Your BooksellerThe Shape of Thunder is a poignant yet incredibly powerful read about friendship, grief and the complex ways in which w...

When a loved one dies, remembering them through shared experiences and the ways they expressed their love, helps with loss. Bushra misses her mothe...

A moving middle-grade novel in verse, about a young trans boy dealing with the loss of his friend by writing to his favorite cryptid, Mothman Halfw...

Stonewall Book Awards--Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children's & Young Adult Literature Honor BookFrom the author of the critically acclaimed...

A heartwarming debut from author Caroline Huntoon about a young figure skater discovering who they are on and off the ice. Life isn't easy on twel...

A Stonewall Honor BookBest Illustrated Book — Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2022"As warm and friendly as a kind grandparent." Kirkus Reviews,...

A family reconnects to their joy after the loss of one of their own in this picture book debut--perfect for fans of The Heart and the Bottle and Id...

A gentle and moving story about an intergenerational friendship between a young child and their neighbor told through a series of letters, for fans...

A poignant story in verse about a young boy's journey from guilt to acceptance to healing from the three-time Coretta Scott King Honor winner of Th...

From Plant Doctor Maryah Greene, as seen on Good Morning America, Vogue and The Cut, comes a beautiful and necessary picture book about a little bo...

A young child learns that even superheroes hurt too in this heartrending story about loss and love, written by debut author Kevin Johnson and illus...

This lyrical picture book is a beautiful, heart-opening ode to loved ones we've lost and a reminder that their love will carry on with us forever. ...

The final novel in the award-winning Finding Langston trilogy from Coretta Scott King Author Honoree and Scott O'Dell Award medalist Lesa Cline-Ran...

In this moving account of loss, a boy takes a walk in the woods and makes a discovery that changes his understanding of his father. A week after th...

Everett Anderson's Goodbye is a touching portrait of a little boy who is trying to come to grips with his father's death. Lucille Clifton capture...

Named to Oprah Magazine's Best Caribbean Books for Your 2021 reading list, imagination and adventure run wild in the most talked about middle gra...

For fans of Rebecca Stead and Ali Benjamin comes a poignant yet hopeful novel about grief from Ashley Herring Blake, the award-winning author of ...

A 2021 Coretta Scott King Honor Book! Winner of the 2020 National Book Award for Young People's Literature! Winner of the 2020 Boston Globe-H...