Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

By Any Other Name

By Erin Cotter - Published 2023

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

Set in England during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, this novel of love and adventure tells the tale of sixteen-year-old Will Hughes. ...Read Review

Far Out!

By Anne Bustard - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1964, the residents of Totter, Texas, are absolutely enamored with UFOs—so enamored, in fact, that they’ve organized the First Annual Come ...Read Review

The Witch Haven

By Sasha Peyton Smith - Published 2021

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

Frances Hallowell is a 17-year-old seamstress working long hours in 1911 New York. Assaulted by her boss as she works late one evening, she ...Read Review

Daughters of Jubilation

By Kara Lee Corthron - Published 2020

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In South Carolina in 1962, Jim Crow is king. Evalene Deschamps comes from a lineage of strong Black women, women endowed with a paranormal ...Read Review

Blue Skies

By Anne Bustard - Published 2020

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

World War II ended more than three years ago, but 10-year-old Glory Bea Bennett’s father still hasn’t come home from the ...Read Review

The Good Thieves

By Katherine Rundell - Published 2019

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In Prohibition-era New York, Vita and her mother arrive from Liverpool only to learn that her widower grandfather, Jack, has unwittingly sold the ...Read Review

He Will Go Fearless

By Laurie Lawlor - Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

Fifteen-year-old Billy needs to go fearless to make it through the adventures that are in store for him—and he does! This young ...Read Review

He Will Go Fearless

By Laurie Lawlor - Published 2006

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

Fifteen-year-old Billy needs to go fearless to make it through the adventures that are in store for him—and he does! This young ...Read Review

The Toughest Cowboy: Or How the Wild West was Tamed

By John Frank - Published 2004

Genres:

Children/Young AdultWestern

  This is such a fun picture book illus. by Zachary Pullen. It’s a tall tale with lively and humorous text and ...Read Review