Children/Young Adult

The Game of Oaths

By S. C. Bandreddi - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

Revenge is a powerful motivator, and trapeze artist, Falan is nothing if not determined to serve up justice to the man who caused ...Read Review

Escape from the Child Snatchers

By Sufiya Ahmed - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

The year is 1865. Humza and his little brother Usman are living in Bombay’s (Mumbai’s) poorest area. Their mother works as a ...Read Review

Puffin The Mythmakers

By Katarzyna Doszla (illus.) - By Tamzin Merchant - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This unique version of the famous Arthurian legend holds its own captivating magic. The engaging characters, coupled with the many mythical creatures, add ...Read Review

Two Centuries, One Year

By Ann Calwell - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

During World War I, the United States government needed lots of gunpowder, fast. For a tiny West Virginia town chosen to supply it, ...Read Review

This Wretched Beauty: A Dorian Gray Remix (Remixed Classics, 10)

By Elle Grenier - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This Wretched Beauty reimagines The Picture of Dorian Gray as a haunting exploration of identity and trauma. Set in Victorian England, the novel ...Read Review

Deep Secrets (A Titanic Novel)

By Nikki Shannon Smith - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young AdultNautical

Nineteen-year-old Colette Laurent has led a sheltered life in 1920s Greenwich Village. She spends her days indoors while her mother and two siblings ...Read Review

The Center of the Earth

By Darlene P. Campos - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Excellent YA historical fiction based on real experiences by Jews and Ecuadorians in Germany and Ecuador. The daughter of an Ecuadorian diplomat in ...Read Review

Red River Rose

By Carole Lindstrom - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

Twelve-year-old Rose, a young Métis girl, spends her days exploring the lands with her best friend and caring for her little sister ...Read Review

The Cave Explorer

By Kate Winter - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young AdultLiterary

Kate Winter’s previous picture book The Fossil Hunter, a biography of paleontologist Mary Anning, won her the 2024 Klaus Flugge Prize awarded to ...Read Review

Baseball for Breakfast: A (Mostly) True Story

By Judy Campbell-Smith - By Maggie Carroll (illus.) - Published 2026

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Jimmy, a Black child living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during World War II, enjoys going to the (then) minor-league Milwaukee Brewers games with his ...Read Review