Little Brown Books for Young Readers

Ida, in Love and in Trouble

By Veronica Chambers - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

With lyrical writing, Veronica Chambers illuminates a decade of the exciting life of Ida B. Wells. In 1880s Memphis, Tennessee, Ida belongs to ...Read Review

The Brightwood Code

By Monica Hesse - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Eighteen-year-old Edda St. James spends her nights working in the rigidly controlled job of telephone operator and her days sleeping to forget what ...Read Review

Clouds over California

By Karyn Parsons - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Stevie, a shy sixth grader, has just moved to a new neighborhood and school in the Los Angeles area in the early 1970s. ...Read Review

Stateless

By Elizabeth Wein - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1937. Stella North has been chosen to represent Britain in Europe’s first youth air race. As the only female, she wants to do ...Read Review

Freewater

By Amina Luqman-Dawson - Published 2022

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In a swamp in the southern United States, escaped slaves created the town of Freewater. This story is told through the viewpoints of ...Read Review

Bird in a Box

By Andrea Davis Pinkney - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Joe Louis, the first African-American world heavyweight champion (from 1937 to 1949), is a faraway and yet pivotal figure in both these novels, each set ...Read Review