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Jan 9, 2025 | 
hbook.com | Emma A. Shacochis |Maurene Goo |Nikki Giovanni |Paula Yoo
Cover (c) 2025 by Charly Palmer. FeaturesHorn Book Fanfare by Horn Book editorsOur choices for the best books of 2024. Boston Globe–Horn Book AwardsBGHB Awards Gallery 2024Celebrating the winners and honorees. Picture BookFictionNonfiction and PoetrySpecial Citation100 Years Old and Still Relevant by Dianne Johnson-Feelings and Jonda C. McNairA conversation about The Brownies’ Book.
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Apr 11, 2023 | 
therippedbodicela.com | Maurene Goo
Description A Gen Z Korean American girl gets stuck in the '90s with her teenaged mother in this fresh, funny adventure full of heart, humor, and time-crossed romance. Perfect for fans of Mary H.K. Choi, Morgan Matson, and Nicola Yoon.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jerry Craft |Maurene Goo |Justine Winans |Jen St Jude
Jen St. Jude. Bloomsbury, $19.99 (416p) ISBN 978-1-5476-1136-2On the morning that white 19-year-old Avery Byrne intends to take her own life by drowning in the river that winds through her Ivy League college campus, her phone blares with the same urgent message received across the world: a planet-destroying asteroid will strike Earth in nine days.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jerry Craft |Maurene Goo |Justine Winans |Jen St Jude
Jerry Craft. Quill Tree, $24.99 (256p) ISBN 978-0-06-288554-8; $14.99 paper ISBN 978-0-06-288553-1In this companion to Newbery winner New Kid and its sequel, Class Act, eighth grader Jordan Banks is excited about two things: his acceptance letter to the art school of his dreams, and traveling to Paris with his Riverdale Academy Day School classmates. But he’s also nervous; going to a new high school means leaving his best friends behind.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Nicole Melleby |A J Sass |Jerry Craft |Maurene Goo
Nicole Melleby. Algonquin, $16.99 (224p) ISBN 978-1-643753-10-2In this joyful series opener set on an idyllic New Jersey lagoon, 11-year-old Samantha Ali-O’Connor vows to save her Mom’s struggling boat charter and repair business as a way to “solidify her place” in her bustling adoptive family.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Brianna Peppins |Jerry Craft |Maurene Goo |Justine Winans
Brianna Peppins. Scholastic Press, $19.99 (256p) ISBN 978-1-338-81407-1Seven Black siblings try to find their new normal after the sudden deaths of their parents in this emotionally devastating novel by Peppins (Briarcliff Prep). Sixteen-year-old volleyball star Novah wants to focus on spending time with her friends and earning a sports scholarship, but her responsibilities multiply after her parents are killed in a car accident.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jerry Craft |Maurene Goo |Justine Winans |Jen St Jude
Howard Calvert, illus. by Karen Obuhanych.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jerry Craft |Maurene Goo |Justine Winans |Jen St Jude
Maurene Goo. Zando Young Readers, $19.99 (368p) ISBN 978-1-63893-020-4Sixteen-year-old Korean American Samantha Kang must figure out how to return to her own time after a ride-share app inexplicably transports the Gen Z teen to 1995 in this reflective Back to the Future–flavored jaunt by Goo (Somewhere Only We Know). Student politics in Sam’s racially diverse Los Angeles high school are a far cry from what they were when her mother, Priscilla, attended it.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Jerry Craft |Maurene Goo |Justine Winans |Jen St Jude
Claire Forrest. Scholastic Press, $19.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-338-81383-8A teen with cerebral palsy combats ableist school administrators while searching for the perfect college in Forrest’s refreshing and empowering debut. Because of her high school’s poor accessibility compliance, wheelchair user and senior Effie Galanos is used to her mother stepping in to campaign for proper accommodations.
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Mar 2, 2023 | 
publishersweekly.com | Angie Thomas |Jerry Craft |Maurene Goo |Justine Winans
The Manifestor Prophecy (Nic Blake and the Remarkables #1)In Jackson, Miss., homeschooled Nichole Blake is hoping that her single father will finally train her in her Gift as a Manifestor—the most powerful tier of the supernaturally gifted Remarkables, whose innate abilities originate with Africa’s Wallinzi tribe. After another Remarkable summons a vision for Nic’s 12th birthday—one that turns quickly terrifying—Nic’s deeply wary dad forbids her from attending a high-profile book signing.
