On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A...

I am a dark spirit, the ghost announced grandly. I am your inheritance, your grandmother’s legacy. I...

The spectacular debut novel from the Newbery Award winning author of When You Trap a Tiger. This is...

Lincoln is in a jam when his basketball team at his new school--where the students are rich and...

An unsettling, gripping middle grade debut about searching for a sense of belonging in the wrong...

RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. In a new city and school, twelve-year-old Emmy struggles to find her place until a coding class helps her connect with music—and a new friend. When challenges arise, including a setback with her teacher and doubts about her friendship, she feels thrown off course. Still, Emmy pushes forward to discover her confidence and sense of belonging.

From the U.S.'s foremost Indigenous children's author comes a middle grade verse novel set during...

RIF Summer Camp: Reading Explorers Badge. Told from four perspectives, this story follows a group of very different kids whose lives unexpectedly intersect over the course of one day. When a prank leaves Virgil trapped in a well, the others must rely on courage, determination, and teamwork to find and rescue him. Along the way, they discover friendship, embrace their differences, and learn what it means to be a hero.

For fans of Wonder, Chris Baron's The Magical Imperfect is an affecting middle grade story of two...

In this evocative and heartwarming novel for readers who loved The Thing About Jellyfish, the author...

Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are...

A stirring, moving story about a boy and the horse he rescues from the sea -- Kate DiCamillio meets...

In a racially polarized classroom in 1970 Alabama, Lu’s talent for running track makes her a new best friend — and tests her mettle as she navigates the school’s social cliques. Miss Garrett’s classroom is like every other at our school. White kids sit on one side and black kids on the other. I'm one of the few middle-rowers who split the difference. Sixth-grader Lu Olivera just wants to keep her head down and get along with everyone in her class.

Reha feels torn between two worlds: school, where she’s the only Indian American student, and home...

A moving middle-grade debut for anyone who's ever felt like they don't belong Brian has always been...

On Emblem Island all are born knowing their fate. Their lifelines show the course of their life and...

RIF Summer Camp: STEM Stars Badge. Starting fifth grade, Mika struggles with new classes, changing friendships, and challenges at home, leaving her feeling overwhelmed and out of place. Through an unexpected math journal assignment, she begins to express herself and make sense of both academic and personal problems. With support from others, Mika learns to navigate change, loss, and growth with resilience and hope.

Coco meets Stranger Things with a hint of Ghostbusters in this action-packed supernatural fantasy...

In this timely tale of immigration, two cousins learn the importance of family and friendship. A...

Eleven-year-old Josephine knows that no one is good enough for her daddy. That's why she makes a...

A moving account of how a soccer team made up of diverse refugees inspired an entire community here...

Save the restaurant. Save the town. Get the girl. Make Abuela proud. Can thirteen-year-old Arturo...

Funny, poignant, and deeply moving, The Line Tender is a story of nature's enduring mystery and a...

One of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a...