Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
By: Colby Cedar Smith
4.27
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
This book won the 2023 Michigan Notable Books Award! This enchanting novel in verse captures one…
Want to Read $ 8.99"I feel like someone has thrown a stone into the heavens and smashed the stars. We are falling from the sky."-Colby Cedar Smith, Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
"I feel like someone has thrown a stone into the heavens and smashed the stars. We are falling from the sky."-Colby Cedar Smith, Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
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1. Escape from Aleppo
By: N.H. Senzai
3.97
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Nadia’s family is forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria, when the Arab Spring sparks a civil w… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- historical fiction
2. Attack of the Black Rectangles
By: Amy Sarig King
4.21
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more
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- family
- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles
3. Little Monarchs
By: Jonathan Case
4.19
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This graphic novel adventure tells the story of 10-year-old Elvie and her crucial mission to save h… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
4. Unsettled
By: Reem Faruqi
4.20
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A stirring, hopeful immigration story of Nurah and her family, who move from Karachi, Pakistan, to … read more
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- poetry
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- audiobook
5. The Well
By: Jake Wyatt
4.09
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A fantasy graphic novel about Lizzy, a girl who gets cursed by a wishing well, and her adventure to… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"You don't become wealthy unless you care about money. And you don't stop caring about money just because you're rich."-Jake Wyatt, The Well
"People like to say that hard work makes you rich. That isn't true. But if you like the work, and it keeps you and yours fed and warm, it can make you happy."-Jake Wyatt, The Well
"Did you think a wishing well would be full of noble feelings? A wish is pure desire, Lizzy. You're old enough to know that people seldom want what's good for them. Or anyone else, for that matter."-Jake Wyatt, The Well
"Courage is doing what is right and necessary, regardless of peril. Your parents were brave. Your grandmother was brave. Endangering yourself or others for the sake of wealth? Risking lives for a chan…"-Jake Wyatt, The Well
6. Me: Moth
By: Amber McBride
4.07
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
A debut YA novel-in-verse that is both a coming-of-age and a ghost story. Moth has lost her fami… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- young adult
- fiction
- audiobook
"Most of the founding fathers were like that; they spoke of freedom but did not offer it to everyone. They had bodies in their closets."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
"Places we decide to stop. Monticello Plantation, Charlottesville, Virginia: Where Thomas Jefferson committed several sins; we go to stomp on hateful plantation ground."-Amber McBride, Me: Moth
7. Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
By: Laura Gao
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, La… read more
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8. Yummy: A History of Desserts
By: Victoria Grace Elliott
4.14
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Cake is delicious and comics are awesome: this exciting non-fiction graphic novel for kids combines… read more
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9. Chester Keene Cracks the Code
By: Kekla Magoon
3.86
Format: 293 pages, Hardcover
Cracking the code isn't all it's cracked up to be in this scavenger hunt adventure from a Coretta S… read more
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- family
- fiction
- audiobook
10. Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice
By: Tommie Smith
4.46
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
On October 16, 1968, during the medal ceremony at the Mexico City Olympics, Tommie Smith, the gold … read more
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- historical
11. Mamo
By: Sas Milledge
4.36
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Family matters aren’t just hocus-pocus for this young witch!Cartoonist Sas Milledge makes her aston… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
12. The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
By: Kwame Alexander
4.32
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
An instant #1 New York Times Bestseller! From the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award win… read more
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- poetry
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
"A family tie is like the river. It can bend, but it cannot break."-Kwame Alexander, The Door of No Return (The Door of No Return, #1)
13. Sunhead
By: Alex Assan
3.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In this queer coming-of-age teen graphic novel by breakout talent Alex Assan, high schooler Rotem f… read more
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- romance
- young adult
- coming of age
14. Isla to Island
By: Alexis Castellanos
4.22
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
This stunning wordless graphic novel follows a young girl in the 1960s who immigrates from Cuba to … read more
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- historical
- young adult
- family
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. The Agathas (The Agathas #1)
By: Kathleen Glasgow
3.93
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
Last summer, Alice Ogilvie’s basketball-star boyfriend Steve dumped her. Then she disappeared for f… read more
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- fiction
- teen
- young adult
- audiobook
"She basically just told kindness to fuck off."-Kathleen Glasgow, The Agathas (The Agathas #1)
16. Violets Are Blue
By: Barbara Dee
4.25
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the acclaimed My Life in the Fish Tank and Maybe He Just Likes You comes a movin… read more
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- family
- fiction
- young adult
17. Ode to a Nobody
By: Caroline Brooks DuBois
4.14
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A devastating tornado tears apart more than just houses in this striking novel in verse about a gir… read more
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- poetry
- family
- fiction
- young adult
"It's eighth grade - laugh or be laughed at."-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody
"I'm afraid to want it, but I want to be a writer"-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody
"Maybe tomorrow, I'll try to turn this into a poem."-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody
"(Maybe if more homes were concrete they wouldn't be damaged so easily.)"-Caroline Brooks DuBois, Ode to a Nobody
18. Honestly Elliott
By: Gillian McDunn
4.33
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
Sometimes finding yourself can be a little messy. Elliott has been struggling since starting mid… read more
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- family
- fiction
"The goal isn't perfection- the goal is making something new. (pg. 18)"-Gillian McDunn, Honestly Elliott
19. Wait Till Helen Comes: A Graphic Novel
By: Scott Peterson
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In this graphic novel adaptation of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and mos… read more
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- fiction
20. Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant
By: Curtis Chin
3.80
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
This memoir tells the story of Curtis Chin’s time growing up as a gay Chinese American kid in 1980’… read more
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- audiobook
21. The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
By: Amra Sabic-El-Rayess
4.52
Format: 370 pages, Hardcover
The stunning memoir of a Muslim teen struggling to survive the Bosnian genocide--and the stray cat … read more
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- teen
- audiobook
"We like to see our enemies as fairy-tale villains, thoroughly wicked. But Tata sees nuances. He sees people, not causes or countries. It's the right way of looking at the world, I know. But unpopular."-Amra Sabic-El-Rayess, The Cat I Never Named : A True Story of Love, War, and Survival
22. The Secret Battle of Evan Pao
By: Wendy Wan-Long Shang
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Middle school can be a battlefield... From award-winning author Wendy Wan-Long Shang comes a poigna… read more
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- family
- fiction
- audiobook
23. Freshman Year
By: Sarah Mai
3.76
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A stylish graphic novel about the unique angst, humor, and self-doubt universal to the experience o… read more
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- fiction
- teen
- young adult
24. Treasure in the Lake
By: Jason Pamment
3.81
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Grand adventures stories often begin where you least expect them… Iris knows this because she’s re… read more
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- fiction
25. The Most Dazzling Girl in Berlin
By: Kip Wilson
3.92
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating historical novel about Hilde, an orphan who experiences Berlin on the cusp of World W… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- audiobook
26. Hands
By: Torrey Maldonado
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
The author of What Lane? and Tight delivers a fast-paced read that packs a punch about a boy figuri… read more
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- family
- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
27. Eat Your Heart Out
By: Kelly deVos
3.70
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A YA thriller about a kickass group of teens battling a ravenous group of zombies. In the next f… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
- audiobook
28. Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear
By: Trang Nguyễn
4.40
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
* "Perfect for animal-loving fans of Katherine Applegate’s The One and Only Ivan and Rosanne Parry’… read more
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29. Troublemaker
By: John Cho
4.03
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
An instant New York Times bestselller!An Indiebound bestseller!Troublemaker follows the events of t… read more
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- young adult
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- audiobook
30. Broiler
By: Eli Cranor
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The troubles of two desperate families—one white, one Mexican American—converge in the ruthless und… read more
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- audiobook
31. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
By: Colby Cedar Smith
4.27
Format: 576 pages, Paperback
This book won the 2023 Michigan Notable Books Award! This enchanting novel in verse captures one… read more
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- romance
- poetry
- teen
- coming of age
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- family
- audiobook
"I feel like someone has thrown a stone into the heavens and smashed the stars. We are falling from the sky."-Colby Cedar Smith, Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit
