篮球定义了巴克莱·艾略特. As captain of the Chitwood High School basketball team in Georgia, Barclay dreams of eventually putting his talent to the test at a big-city D1 school with his best friend Zack Ito. 肖恩·海耶斯《welcome皇冠地址》中的主角, 托德女帽设计师, 还有卡琳·格林沃尔德, Barclay believes that a team is a family who shares everything and supports one another; it is a place where talent, 强度, 和坚毅相辅相成, 无论负担如何. 然而, 当他最大的粉丝和父亲在他生命中的形象, his grandpa Scratch dies before seeing the Wildcats win another阅读更多→

Because Ronnie Riley believes that no one should feel alone for who they like or who they are, 这非, neurodivergent author writes a book for tweens who might also need a safe place to discover themselves. 莱利的小说, 《皇冠登录welcome》的主角是达拉斯·奈特, 谁是同性恋?, 和裘德·温特斯, who is nonbinary and lives with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). 这两个12岁的孩子有着“要么坐车要么去死”的友谊. When they welcome Stevie Morgan into their circle, challenges ensue. Another challenge for Jude—whose pronouns are they/them—is whether to share their identity with their grandparents. 裘德的妈妈说他们还没准备好阅读更多→

Jason Reynolds’ recent novel Miles Morales Suspended is a genre-bending book written in both prose and verse. 这也是《welcome皇冠地址》(2017)的续集。. 典型的雷诺兹风格, 我们邀请读者思考一些深层次的话题, 这次和身份有关. Although we all aren’t able to transform into Spider Man like Peter Parker or Miles can, readers who think metaphorically can use their spidey-sense to detect layers of applicable meaning. A Puerto Rican mixed race student Miles Morales attends Brooklyn Visions Academy. Despite the school’s motto: “Vision is at the center of all we do,一些政策和指导员阅读更多→

With her superlative parkour skills, Yas is a Black Pakistani Spider Woman. 有时言语神经分化的白人青年, Hansel (AKA Han) has a passion for secret infrastructure navigation. Always observant and detail-oriented, he also knows the value of paying attention. 韩国队员, a transgender boy named Daeshim (AKA Spider) has hacking skills and has earned fame for his technology wizardry and his “mad connections.第四个成员, 一个混血少年, Jax is the official puzzler and team captain who hashes out cryptology clues with his ability to see several dimensions by unraveling, 梳理头发, 和排序. 每个年轻人都是密码学的基石阅读更多→

Written in a fashion similar to that of a fractured fairy tale, Pride and Premeditation is a tongue-in-cheek retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Although Tirzah Price employs many of the same characters and even opens with a play on Austen’s original line, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a brilliant idea, 由一个聪明的年轻女人构思并执行, 必须由一个人来要求”(1), 她有其他的自由. While Price makes an effort to stay true to the etiquette and customs of the early nineteenth century, Lizzie Bennet’s ambitions to become a barrister—or even a solicitor—would have been out of阅读更多→

加入安吉·托马斯的《The Hate U Give》, Marie Arnold’s book I Rise has potential to inspire activism while also offering rich allusions to influential personalities from the Black community as well as allusions to Black poets like Nikki Giovanni, Maya Angelou, and Sonia Sanchez; in addition to Black musicians like Nina Simone, 艾瑞莎•弗兰克林, 惠特尼·休斯顿. Through her story telling, Arnold creates a safe space for all traumatized youth. 几乎15, Ayomide Bosia no longer has the energy to carry the sadness and pressure of activism life. She yearns to be young and unencumbered by the heavy responsibility that her mother shoulders daily. 哈尔曼氏崖爬藤的阅读更多→

Any reader looking for a book that teaches middle schoolers to talk back to power and to channel 愤怒 into productive civic action will find that 莫里斯·布罗德斯的《皇冠登录welcome》 is a prime candidate. 布罗德斯描绘了主人公的性格, 伊莎贝拉褪色, 又名不可褪色或贝拉, as a confident tagger and painter of murals in her Indiana neighborhood. 既坚强又固执, thirteen-year-old Bella is unintimidated by adults and fighting to make the world a prettier place. She’s also homeless and hiding that fact from the powers that be. When she approaches the city to secure money for a youth arts program to beautify her阅读更多→

Color, 详细的图片, 旋律优美的散文, and the idea that “trees hold their stories in their bark and their leaves” (186) are all tell-tale signs that The Turtle of Michigan was written by a poet. Naomi Shihab Nye shares the story of eight-year-old Aref who initially experiences worry, 愤怒, 一想到要离开阿曼就感到孤独. Yet those feelings are replaced by excitement, relief, and adventure at this new chapter in his life. 在去美国的路上, Aref discovers the mysterious world of airplanes and air ports where “musical voices and delicious accents float on the air” (30). 在马斯喀特,阅读更多→

Readers of Kim Johnson and Angie Thomas will likely enjoy 跪在坎迪斯·布福德旁边. 以门罗为背景, 路易斯安那州, Kneel follows the story of the Jackson Jaguars high school football team and their two star players: Marion LaSalle and Russell Boudreaux. Football is the two athletes’ ticket out of Monroe and out of poverty. Marion is possibly the best quarterback in 路易斯安那州, and Russell is a regionally ranked tight end. 对她们来说,身体是她们最大的财富. Although Russell is no slouch in the classroom, the field is the only place where Marion is on top. 然而,当他是阅读更多→