Aisha Saeed’s middle grade novels often feature young people who are forced to tough it out: characters who somehow manage to find their own way despite big limitations being placed upon them. [...]
In a family full of amazing magical talents—such as the ability to create fortune-telling pickles! —what does it mean when you’re the kid who isn’t very special? That’s one of the questions Kate [...]
The Neverfear (Knopf Books for Young Readers, September 1, 2026), returns readers to “the last surviving magical place.” This is the extraordinary realm Katherine Rundell introduced in [...]
Tiffany D. Jackson is a New York Times–bestselling author and a 2026 Edgar Award recipient for Blood in the Water, as well as several young adult novels and two picture books. A [...]
Sleepless is a little different from your most recent novels in that there’s a light science fiction touch. How did you decide that you wanted to go in a slightly fantastical direction to tell [...]
This month, we Feature Terry Maguire, Secondary School Librarian at The American International School of Mozambique. She has been in Maputo for the past five years. She is passionate about [...]
Books hold many powers, as author Varsha Bajaj can attest. She credits books for helping her make the cultural transition to the United States after growing up in Mumbai, India. In turn, several [...]
There are a lot of ways to describe Jason Reynolds’ books: Groundbreaking. Relatable. Gripping. Or as School Library Journal said recently in their starred review of Soundtrack: A [...]
