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A SPECTRUM OF DIVERSE BOOKS
COMING IN 2021 FROM SIMON & SCHUSTER CHILDREN’S PUBLISHING
VOLU M E 7
S H A R E B L AC K S TO R I E S
Curls Dreams for a Daughter
A joyfully poetic board book that delivers A Caldecott Honor–winning author and
an ode to African American girls and the illustrator celebrate a Black mother’s
beauty of their curls. hopes and dreams for her daughter.
CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD has written
RUTH FORMAN is a highly acclaimed writer and
many award-winning books for children, including
poet, as well as a former teacher.
Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square;
GENEVA BOWERS has illustrated children’s books Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the
The Dragon Thief, Beyoncé: Shine Your Light, and Civil Rights Movement; and Moses: When Harriet
Curls, among others. ON SALE MARCH 2021 Tubman Led Her People to Freedom.
ON SALE NOW!
Little Simon BRIAN PINKNEY has won two Caldecott honors, a
BB: 9781534446311; EB: 9781534446328 Coretta Scott King Illustration Award, four Coretta
All ages; Grades P & up Scott King Illustration Honors, and the Boston
Glow, a board book that delivers an ode to the Globe–Horn Book Award.
beautiful light of African American boys,
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
is available May 2021!
HC: 9781534451988; EB: 9781534451995
BB: 9781534446335; EB: 9781534446342
Ages 4-8; Grades P-3
If Dominican Were a Color Me & Mama
The colors of Hispaniola burst into life An ode to the strength of the bond
in this striking, evocative debut picture between a mother and a daughter as
book that celebrates the joy of being they spend a rainy day together.
Dominican. COZBI A. CABRERA received a BFA from Parsons
School of Design. Her cloth dolls (Muñecas) have
SILI RECIO is an Afro-Dominican storyteller,
garnered the attention of collectors around the
disruptor, and Mami.
world.
BRIANNA MCCARTHY is a mixed media visual
Denene Millner Books
communicator and self-taught artist.
HC: 9781534454217; EB: 9781534454224
Denene Millner Books ON SALE NOW! Ages 4 & up; Grades P-3; Lexile® AD470L
HC: 9781534461796; EB: 9781534461802 School Library Journal
ON SALE NOW! Ages 4-8; Grades P-3; Lexile® AD640L Publishers Weekly
Spanish language edition also available!
Si Quisqueya fuera un color
HC: 9781534477094; EB: 9781534477100S H A R E B L AC K S TO R I E S
Kamala Harris RESPECT
The first and only picture book From a creative team with multiple
biography of Vice President Kamala Caldecott Honors comes a vibrant
Harris, the daughter of immigrants who portrait of Aretha Franklin.
grew up to defend the rights of people
everywhere. CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD has written
many award-winning books for children, including
NIKKI GRIMES’s distinguished works include the Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square;
ALA Notable book What Is Goodbye?, as well as Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the
ON SALE NOW! the novels Jazmin’s Notebook, Dark Sons, and The ON SALE NOW! Civil Rights Movement; and Moses: When Harriet
Road to Paris, all of them Coretta Scott King Author School Library Journal
Tubman Led Her People to Freedom.
Honor Books. Booklist FRANK MORRISON is the award-winning illustrator
LAURA FREEMAN has illustrated many children’s of many books for young readers, including Jazzy
books over the years, including the Coretta Scott Miz Mozetta, winner of the Coretta Scott King - John
King Honor book Hidden Figures: The True Story of Steptoe Award for New Talent; Little Melba and Her
Four Black Women and the Space Race, by Margot Big Trombone, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor
Lee Shetterly and Winifred Conkling. book; Muhammad Ali; and How Sweet the Sound.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers Atheneum Books for Young Readers
HC: 9781534462670; EB: 9781534462687 HC: 9781534452282; EB: 9781534452299
Ages 4-8; Grades P-3; Lexile® AD890 Ages 4-8; Grades P-3; Lexile® AD830L
The Cost of Knowing
Alex Rufus has the ability to see the
future; when he sees a vision of his
younger brother’s death, his journey
turns into a swift battle against time, the
future, and the past.
BRITTNEY MORRIS is an alumna of Boston
University, where she founded the university’s
Creative Writing Club. Her acclaimed debut novel,
SLAY, captured the attention and imaginations of
readers across the country.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
HC: 9781534445451; EB: 9781534445475;
eAudio: 9781797117898
ON SALE APRIL 2021
Ages 12 & up, Grades 7 & up
King of Ragtime Threads of Peace
A celebratory history of African American A stirring biography for budding
composer Scott Joplin, the ragtime activists, chronicling the journeys for
musician who helped usher in the age peace of both Martin Luther King Jr. and
Mahatma Gandhi.
of jazz.
UMA KRISHNASWAMI is the author of several
STEPHEN COSTANZA is a celebrated author/
children’s books including The Grand Plan to Fix
illustrator as well as a professional musician,
Everything and The Problem with Being Slightly
practiced in ragtime and classical music.
Heroic.
ON SALE AUGUST 2021
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
HC: 9781534410367; EB: 9781534410374
ON SALE AUGUST 2021 HC: 9781481416788; EB: 9781481416801
Ages 4-8, Grades P-3
Ages 9-14, Grades 4-9
Long Way Down Jump at the Sun
Jason Reynolds’s Newbery Honor, Printz Newbery Honor–winning author of
Honor, and Coretta Scott King Honor– Genesis Begins Again shines the light
winning, #1 New York Times bestselling on Zora Neale Hurston, an extraordinary
Long Way Down is now a graphic novel! writer who changed the face of
JASON REYNOLDS is also a two-time National Book
American literature.
Award finalist, a Kirkus Award winner, a two-time
ALICIA D. WILLIAMS is the author of Genesis
Walter Dean Myers Award winner, an NAACP Image
Begins Again, which received a Newbery and Kirkus
Award Winner, and the recipient of multiple Coretta ON SALE JANUARY 2021
Prize honors, was a William C. Morris Award finalist,
Scott King honors. Reynolds is the 2020–2021 Kirkus Reviews
and for which she won the Coretta Scott King - John
National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature.
Steptoe Award for New Talent.
DANICA NOVGORODOFF is an artist, writer, graphic
JACQUELINE ALCÁNTARA was awarded the
ON SALE NOW! designer, and horse wrangler.
inaugural We Need Diverse Books Illustrator
Kirkus Reviews
Caitlyn Dlouhy Books mentorship in 2016.
BCCB
HC: 9781534444959; EB: 9781534444973 Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
School Library Journal
Ages 14 & up; Grades 9 & up; Lexile® HL630L HC: 9781534419131; EB: 9781534419148
Booklist
Ages 4-8; Grades P-3Wings of Ebony Your Corner Dark
A Black teen from Houston learns about This gritty debut follows eighteen-year-
her magical heritage, throwing her into a old Frankie Green as he hopes to save his
world of gods, evil, and discovery in this father by joining his Uncle’s drug gang in
genre-bending fantasy debut. Kingston, Jamaica.
J. ELLE is a first-generation college student, having
DESMOND HALL has worked as a high school
worked in writing, publishing, and education.
teacher and counselor to ex-cons. His work and
While volunteering, she helps aspiring writers and
advocacy has connected him with several important
advocates for marginalized voices.
New York City organizations and creatives, including
Denene Millner Books filmmaker Spike Lee.
HC: 9781534470675; EB: 9781534470699;
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
eAudio: 9781797120362
HC: 9781534460713; EB: 9781534460737;
Ages 14 & up, Grades 9 & up
eAudio: 9781797112213
Ages 14 & up, Grades 9 & up
ON SALE JANUARY 2021
ON SALE JANUARY 2021
The Black Kids Legendborn
A gripping, important tale of a wealthy A contemporary twist on classic
black teenager coming of age in the mythology, this fantasy follows Bree
midst of the 1992 Rodney King Riots. Matthews as she discovers a world of
Southern Black girl magic and a school
CHRISTINA HAMMONDS REED is a Los Angeles campus with dark secrets.
native, who was just eight years old at the time of
the Rodney King Riots. Her previous work has been TRACY DEONN is a devoted science fiction and
published in The Santa Monica Review and One fantasy enthusiast in addition to writing and
Teen Story. working in education, theater, and video games.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Book #1 of Legendborn
HC: 9781534462724; EB: 9781534462748 Margaret K. McElderry Books
Ages 14 & up, Grades 9 & up; Lexile® HL830L HC: 9781534441606; EB: 9781534441620;
eAudio: 9781797113463
Ages 14 & up, Grades 9 & up; Lexile® HL730L
ON SALE NOW! ON SALE NOW!
School Library Journal Booklist
Shelf Awareness BookPage
Publishers Weekly School Library Journal
Booklist
BookPage
PICTURE BOOKS
I See You See Together We March
What starts as an ordinary walk for a pair March through history and discover
of siblings turns into an eye-opening twenty-five groundbreaking protest
journey about the extraordinary wonders movements that have shaped the way
around us with the help of imagination. we fight for equality and justice today.
RICHARD JACKSON is the critically acclaimed author LEAH HENDERSON is the author of Together We
ON SALE FEBRUARY 2021 of several beloved children’s books, including Have A March and One Shadow on the Wall.
Look, Says Book and This Beautiful Day.
TYLER FEDER has illustrated for Netflix, Comedy
ON SALE JANUARY 2021
PATRICE BARTON’s gorgeous digital artwork Central, ESPN, and more.
appears in picture books, chapter books, and
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
children’s magazines alike.
HC: 9781534442702; EB: 9781534442719
Caitlyn Dlouhy Books Ages 7 & up; Grades 2 & up
HC: 9781481492003; EB: 9781481492010
Ages 4 & up, Grades P & up
A Sled for Gabo
In this heartwarming, instant classic, Gabo enjoys the wonder and magic of his first snow with the help of his
new, welcoming neighbors.
EMMA OTHEGUY is the author of bilingual picture book Marti’s Song for Freedom as well as her middle grade novel Silver Meadows Summer.
ANA RAMÍREZ GONZÁLEZ’s work includes development on the Oscar-winning Pixar film Coco as well as the accompanying picture book.
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
HC: 9781534445345; EB: 9781534445352
ON SALE JANUARY 2021
Ages 4-8, Grades P-3
Spanish language edition also available!
Un trineo para Gabo HC: 9781534445833; PB: 9781534495197; EB: 9781534445857PICTURE BOOKS
Amy Wu and the A Song of Frutas
Patchwork Dragon Acclaimed author Margarita Engle’s
In this sweet and brightly illustrated lively, lilting story about a little girl
picture book, Amy Wu must craft a visiting her grandfather in Cuba, who is a
dragon unlike any other to share with pregonero—a singing street vendor.
her class at school in this unforgettable
follow-up to Amy Wu and the MARGARITA ENGLE is the Cuban American author
of many acclaimed books including The Surrender
ON SALE NOW! Perfect Bao. Tree, which was a Newbery Honor book; her
memoirs Enchanted Air and Soaring Earth;
KAT ZHANG is a graduate of Vanderbilt University
and another collaboration with Sara Palacios,
who now spends her free time scribbling poetry,
The Flying Girl.
taking photographs, and climbing atop things she
shouldn’t. ON SALE AUGUST 2021 SARA PALACIOS is the illustrator of The Flying Girl
and many others, with BFA and MFA degrees in
CHARLENE CHUA grew up in Singapore and now
illustration.
lives in Canada. Her favorite bao are “char siu” bao!
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Book #2 of Amy Wu
HC: 9781534444898; EB: 9781534444904
S&S Books for Young Readers
Ages 4-8; Grades P-3
HC: 9781534463639; EB: 9781534463646
Ages 4-8, Grades P-3 Spanish language edition also available!
Un pregón de frutas
HC: 9781534462182; PB: 9781534494763;
EB: 9781534462199
Rock by Rock Listen
A fascinating true story of artist Nek A girl goes through her school day as she
Chand and how his secret art project listens to sounds across the city: caws of
became one of India’s most treasured crows, shouts across the playground, and
wonders, second only to the Taj Mahal. the quiet beating of her heart.
JENNIFER BRADBURY is the author of several GABI SNYDER studied psychology at the University
critically acclaimed young adult novels, including of Washington and creative writing at The University
A Moment Comes, Wrapped, and more. She taught of Texas.
ON SALE FEBRUARY 2021 in Chandigarh, India, and teaches still in Burlington,
Washington. STEPHANIE GRAEGIN is the illustrator of many
ON SALE JUNE 2021
picture books, including Super Manny Stands Up!
SAM BOUGHTON is an award-winning artist who by Kelly DiPucchio and Little Fox in the Forest, her
also illustrates and writes picture books. author-illustrator debut which received four starred
reviews and many other accolades.
Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
HC: 9781481481823; EB: 9781481481830 Paula Wiseman Books
Ages 4-8; Grades P-3 HC: 9781534461895; EB: 9781534461901
Ages 4-8; Grades P-3
R E A DY TO R E A D & C H A P TER B O O K
Geraldine Pu and Her Lunch Knight of the Cape
Box, Too! A girl who loves to read decides
New Ready-to-Read Graphic Novel line! she’ll become a knight, just like Don
A young Taiwanese American girl goes Quixote, and do good deeds around her
on adventures with her favorite things community, creating a grand adventure
and learns to accept herself in this new for her to share with her abuela!
Level 3 Ready-to-Read Graphics series TERRY CATASÚS JENNINGS came to the United
States with her family after fleeing Cuba during the
that is perfect for beginning readers.
revolution. She is delighted to have the opportunity
MAGGIE P. CHANG began her career in museum and to portray a child of immigrants.
art education. After years of teaching talented teens,
FATIMA ANAYA has a BA in graphic design from
she was inspired to follow her own passion of writing
Don Bosco University in El Salvador.
and illustrating children’s books.
ON SALE JUNE 2021 ON SALE MARCH 2021 Book #1 of Definitely Dominguita
Book #1 of Geraldine Pu
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Simon Spotlight
HC: 9781534465039; PB: 9781534465022;
HC: 9781534484696; PB: 9781534484689; EB: 9781534465046
EB: 9781534484702
Ages 6-9; Grades 1-4
Ages 6-8; Grades 1-3MIDDLE G R ADE
The Okay Witch and the Tune It Out
Hungry Shadow From the author of the acclaimed Roll
In this second installment of The Okay with It comes a moving novel about a girl
Witch series, Moth is settling into the with a sensory processing disorder who
newfound knowledge of her ancestry, has to find her own voice after her whole
but life at school continues to be rough— world turns upside down.
until Moth discovers a spell that will JAMIE SUMNER is the author of Roll with It and
unleash another version of herself. Tune It Out. She is also the mother of a son with
cerebral palsy and has written extensively about
EMMA STEINKELLNER is an illustrator, writer, and parenting a child with special needs.
cartoonist. The Okay Witch was her debut graphic
novel as an author. She is also the illustrator of the Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Eisner-nominated comic Quince (Fanbase Press). HC: 9781534457003; EB: 9781534457027;
eAudio: 9781797112732
Book #2 of The Okay Witch ON SALE NOW! Ages 10 & up; Grades 5 & up; Lexile® 670L
ON SALE JULY 2021
Aladdin Kirkus Reviews
HC: 9781534431492; PB: 9781534431485; School Library Journal
EB: 9781534431508 Publishers Weekly
Ages 8-12; Grades 3-7
Muffled Fearless
A young girl learns how to cope with her Better Nate than Ever meets Love Sugar
noise sensitivity and step outside of her Magic in this spooky middle grade novel
comfort zone in this middle grade novel about a group of young thespians who
that’s perfect for fans of If This Were a must face the ghost haunting their
Story and El Deafo. theater.
Muffled is JENNIFER GENNARI’s second novel for MANDY GONZALEZ has thrilled audiences on
young readers. Her debut, My Mixed-Up Berry Blue Broadway, lit up the screen on television, been
Summer, was an ALA Rainbow List title and a Bank published in Harvard Business Review, and started
Street Best Children’s Books of the Year. a social movement. She is the proud founder of
#FearlessSquad—a social media movement for
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inclusiveness and belonging.
HC: 9781534463653; EB: 9781534463677
Ages 8-12; Grades 3-7; Lexile® 630L Book #1 of Fearless
ON SALE NOW! ON SALE APRIL 2021 Aladdin
HC: 9781534468955; EB: 9781534468979
Ages 8-12; Grades 3-7
That Thing about Bollywood Arrow
A contemporary middle grade with a Everything changes for Arrow, a boy
dash of magic about a Bollywood-loving with limb difference who was raised in
girl who starts to involuntarily burst into an enchanted rainforest, when a human
crash-lands in his home.
glamorous, magical song-and-dance
routines during everyday life. SAMANTHA M. CLARK is the regional advisor for
the Austin chapter of the Society of Children’s Book
Born and raised in the Midwest, SUPRIYA KELKAR Writers & Illustrators, and author of The Boy, the
has written Ahimsa, The Many Colors of Harpreet Boat, and the Beast.
Singh, and American as Paneer Pie, among others.
Paula Wiseman Books
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers HC: 9781534465978; EB: 9781534465992
HC: 9781534466739; EB: 9781534466753; Ages 8-12; Grades 3-7
eAudio: 9781797125312
Ages 8-12; Grades 3-7
ON SALE MAY 2021 ON SALE JUNE 2021
Etta Invincible Pepper’s Rules for Secret
A girl with hearing loss and a boy Sleuthing
adjusting to life in a new country An amateur sleuth investigates a shocking
connect through their love of comics for family secret, and unravels the mystery of
a fantastic adventure. her developing feelings for girls.
REESE ESCHMANN is a middle grade author and BRIANA MCDONALD is an academic advisor at
school social worker. Columbia University, book reviewer at The Literary
Review, and a reader for CLMP’s Firecracker Awards.
Aladdin
HC: 9781534468375; EB: 9781534468399 Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Ages: 8-12; Grades 3-7 HC: 9781534453432; EB: 9781534453456
Ages 8-12; Grades 3-7; Lexile® 760L
ON SALE MAY 2021 ON SALE NOW!MIDDLE G R ADE
When the World Was Ours The Maps of Memory
Inspired by a true story, a powerful novel In this sequel to the Pura Belpré Award–
about three childhood friends living winning I Lived on Butterfly Hill, Celeste
during World War II whose fates are Marconi returns home and makes it her
COVER closely intertwined, even when their lives mission to rebuild her community, and
TO BE
REVEALED take very different courses. find those who are still missing.
LIZ KESSLER has written over twenty books for MARJORIE AGOSÍN received the Letras de Oro
children and young adults. Prize for her poetry, and her writings about—and
humanitarian work for—women in Chile have been
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featured in The New York Times and other media.
HC: 9781534499652; EB: 9781534499676
She also won the Latino Literature Prize for poetry.
Ages 10 & up; Grades 5 & up
LEE WHITE can be found online at
LeeWhiteIllustration.com.
ON SALE MAY 2021 ON SALE NOW!
Kirkus Reviews Book #2 of The Butterfly Hill
Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
HC: 9781481469012; EB: 9781481469036
Ages 10-14; Grades 5-9
NEW FROM SAL A AM RE ADS
Amina’s Song Misfit in Love
In the companion novel to the beloved In this fun, frothy sequel to Saints and
and award-winning Amina’s Voice, Misfits, Janna might have a chance to
Amina once again uses her voice finally reveal her crush...or so she thinks.
to bridge the places, people, and S. K. ALI is a teacher based in Toronto whose writing
communities she loves—this time across on Muslim culture and life has appeared in the
The Toronto Star. Her family of Muslim scholars is
continents. consistently listed in the The 500 Most Influential
Muslims in the World, and her insight into Muslim
HENA KHAN is a Pakistani American writer. She is
culture is both personal and far-reaching.
the author of the middle grade novels Amina’s Voice
and More to the Story and picture books Golden Salaam Reads
Domes and Silver Lanterns, Under My Hijab, and It’s HC: 9781534442757; EB: 9781534442771;
Ramadan, Curious George, among others. eAudio: 9781797123561
Ages 14 & up; Grades 9 & up
Book #2 of Amina’s Voice
ON SALE MARCH 2021 ON SALE MAY 2021
Salaam Reads
Kirkus Reviews
HC: 9781534459885; EB: 9781534459908;
School Library Journal eAudio: 9781797117928
Booklist Ages 8-12; Grades 3-7
NEW IN PAPERBACK
More to the Love from The Weight
Story A to Z of Our Sky
Hena Khan S. K. Ali Hanna Alkaf
PB: 9781481492102 PB: 9781534442733 PB: 9781534426092
ON SALE NOW! ON SALE NOW! ON SALE APRIL 2021
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School Library Kirkus Reviews
Journal School Library
Shelf Awareness Journal
Shelf AwarenessTEEN
A Cuban Girl’s Guide to Tea Your Heart, My Sky
and Tomorrow A story of love in a time of hunger
A Reese Witherspoon x Hello Sunshine inspired by the author’s family’s
Book Club YA Pick! struggles during a dark period in Cuba’s
Love & Gelato meets Don’t Date Rosa history.
Santos in this charming, heartfelt story MARGARITA ENGLE was the 2017–2019 National
Young People’s Poet Laureate, and received the
following a Miami girl who unexpectedly
2019 NSK Neustadt Prize. She is the Cuban American
finds love—and herself—in a small author of many verse novels.
English town. Atheneum Books for Young Readers
HC: 9781534464964; EB: 9781534464988
LAURA TAYLOR NAMEY is a Cuban-American
Ages 12 & up; Grades 7 & up
Californian who can be found haunting her favorite
coffee shops, drooling over leather jackets, and
ON SALE NOW! wishing she was in London or Paris. ON SALE MARCH 2021
Publishers Weekly
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
HC: 9781534471245; EB: 9781534471269;
eAudio: 9781797123912
Ages 12 & up; Grades 7 & up; Lexile® HL680L
When We Were Infinite Yolk
For fans of Permanent Record and I Am Sisters who moved from Seoul to San
Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, a Antonio to New York together now barely
romantic drama about the secrets we speak; until one gets cancer, and they
keep and the fierce friendship between may have to swap identities to save her.
five Asian American teens. MARY H.K. CHOI is a writer for The New York Times,
GQ, Wired, and The Atlantic. Her novels Emergency
KELLY LOY GILBERT is also the author of Conviction,
Contact and Permanent Record are New York Times
a William C. Morris Award finalist, and Picture Us in
bestsellers.
the Light.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
HC: 9781534446007; EB: 9781534446021;
HC: 9781534468214; EB: 9781534468238
eAudio: 9781797117867
Ages 12 & up; Grades 7 & up
Ages 14 & up; Grades 9 & up
ON SALE MARCH 2021 ON SALE MARCH 2021
Booklist
Recommended for You A Pho Love Story
A rivalry is taken to the next level as two When Dimple Met Rishi meets Ugly
teens compete for the top bookseller Delicious; two Vietnamese American
bonus; Jake may be an eligible Jewish teens from rivaling family restaurants fall
single (hard to find south of Atlanta), but in love.
he’s also the enemy. A Pushcart Prize–nominated writer, LOAN LE’s
short stories have appeared in CRAFT Literary, Mud
LAURA SILVERMAN’s previous books include Girl
Season Review, and Angel City Review. This is her
Out of Water (a Junior Library Guild Selection), You
debut novel.
Asked for Perfect, and It’s a Whole Spiel.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Margaret K. McElderry Books
HC: 9781534441934; EB: 9781534441958;
HC: 9781534474192; EB: 9781534474215
eAudio: 9781797119472
Ages 12 & up; Grades 7 & up; Lexile® HL720L
Ages 12 & up; Grades 7 & up
ON SALE NOW! ON SALE FEBRUARY 2021
The Sky Blues We Can’t Keep Meeting
When Sky’s secret promposal plans Like This
are leaked by an anonymous hacker A wedding harpist disillusioned with
in a deeply homophobic e-blast that love and a cater-waiter who’s a hopeless
quickly goes viral, his classmates help romantic flirt and fight their way through
coordinate a school-wide hunt to expose a summer of weddings.
the perpetrator. RACHEL LYNN SOLOMON is also the author of You’ll
Miss Me When I’m Gone, Our Year of Maybe, and
ROBBIE COUCH has been published in HuffPost,
Today Tonight Tomorrow.
Upworthy, and O, The Oprah Magazine, among other
outlets. This is his debut novel. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers HC: 9781534440272; EB: 9781534440296;
eAudio: 9781797123639
HC: 9781534477858; EB: 9781534477872
Ages 12 & up; Grades 7 & up
Ages 12 & up; Grades 7 & up
ON SALE APRIL 2021 ON SALE JUNE 2021TEEN
How Moon Fuentez Fell in Love The Wild Ones
with the Universe A feminist fantasy about a group of
The Hating Game meets I Am Not Your immortal teenage girls endowed with a
Perfect Mexican Daughter; a Mexican special magic who must band together
American teen who thinks she’s the to save the life of the boy who helped
“ugly, unwanted sister” meets a grumpy, give them their powers.
annoyingly attractive nemesis who ends NAFIZA AZAD identifies as an Indo-Fijian Muslim
up proving her wrong. Canadian, which means she is often navigating
multiple identities. Her debut novel, The Candle and
RAQUEL VASQUEZ GILLILAND has published two the Flame, was a William C. Morris Award finalist.
books of poetry, as well as the novel Sia Martinez
and the Moonlit Beginning of Everything. Margaret K. McElderry Books
HC: 9781534484962; EB: 9781534484986
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Ages 14 & up; Grades 9 & up
ON SALE AUGUST 2021 HC: 9781534448667; EB: 9781534448681; ON SALE AUGUST 2021
eAudio: 9781797125497
Ages 14 & up; Grades 9 & up
Shine Rent a Boyfriend
Crazy Rich Asians meets Gossip Girl An incisive romantic comedy about
by way of Jenny Han in this knock-out a college student who hires a fake
debut about a Korean American teen boyfriend to appease her traditional
who is thrust into the competitive, Taiwanese parents.
technicolor world of K-pop. GLORIA CHAO is the critically acclaimed author of
American Panda, Our Wayward Fate, and Rent
JESSICA JUNG is a Korean American singer, actress,
a Boyfriend.
fashion designer, and international influencer.
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
HC: 9781534462458; EB: 9781534462472;
HC: 9781534462519; EB: 9781534462533; eAudio: 9781797113210
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Ages 12 & up; Grades 7 & up
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Seeing themselves reflected in a book had a powerful impact on their
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