In time for Black History Month, these books are great ways to learn about the Black community’s past, present and hopes for the future.
Browsing: ages 10 & up
A boy faces the inequalities of being a scholarship student at boarding school in Aisha Saeed’s follow-up to Amal Unbound, Omar Rising.
An orphan finds herself on the wrong side the land’s top wizard in the middle-grade novel The Lock-Eater, by Zack Loran Clark.
A boy is forced to fend for himself along the Nordic coast in author Gary Paulsen’s final novel, Northwind.
A girl’s world gets turned upside down the summer her cousin comes to visit in Brenda Woods’ When Winter Robeson Came.
The Crown Heist is the third installment of the Lost Art Mysteries middle-grade series written by Deron R. Hicks.
Return to the world of the Ranger’s Apprentice in the fifth installment of John Flanagan’s The Royal Ranger series, Escape from Falaise.
Genzaburo Yoshino’s How Do You Live? follows a teenage boy as he navigates friendship and the loss of his father.
The following are just some of the middle-grade books that came out recently that I was unable to review, but are worth checking out.
Lindsay Currie’s What Lives in the Woods is a creepy mystery that’s perfect for middle-readers who love ghost stories.