Candlewick

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

Daughter of the Underworld (House of Shadows)

By Elizabeth Corr - By Katharine Corr - Published 2025

Genres:

Children/Young AdultThriller

In this suspenseful page-turner, familiar characters from Greek mythology are reinvented to create a tale of friendship, betrayal, tyranny, and rebellion. Deina is ...Read Review

I Am Rebel

By Ross Montgomery - Published 2024

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

I Am Rebel is the story of a dog separated from his boy, Tom, and determined to bring him home. Rebel is a ...Read Review

When the Mapou Sings

By Nadine Pinede - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young AdultLiterary

Haiti, 1934. Sixteen-year-old Lucille has a beloved mapou tree that she caresses and climbs, and which sings to her. Lucille and her best friend, ...Read Review

They Call Me Teach: Lessons in Freedom

By James E. Ransome (illus.) - By Lesa Cline-Ransome - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

From the very first page of James E. Ransome’s art, I was smitten with this story. Lesa Cline-Ransome has written a lyrical—...Read Review

The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By Emma Carroll - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

New Year’s Eve in London of 1887 is delightful only for the wealthy. Nasty weather, miserable air, street thugs, and poor housing make ...Read Review

Hoops: A Graphic Novel

By Matt Tavares - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Women’s sports teams still wrestle for pay and promotion to match those offered to male athletes, and the journey to equity can ...Read Review

The Family Fortuna

By Lindsay Eagar - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

Dysfunctional families are not unknown in historical novels, but this one takes the cake. For a start, Fortuna is not their real name, ...Read Review

Dragonfly Eyes

By Cao Wenxuan - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1925, Chinese sailor Yeye meets the French girl Nainai in the port of Marseilles. They fall in love and marry, and Yeye takes ...Read Review

Carrimebac, the Town That Walked

By David Barclay Moore - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1876, the Black villagers of Walkerton, Georgia, have a miserable life. Whites in the region refuse to buy crops or handicrafts produced by ...Read Review