America turns 250 this summer, and what better way to celebrate than with a book. The following titles range from stories about ordinary Americans to a Founding Father and the United State’s foundational document.
Browsing: ages 8 & up
Alice Piper Speaks Up tells the story of a Native teenager’s history-making fight for equal education.
A girl with unpredictable powers joins her brother at a boarding school for magical development in The Missing Magic of Sparrow Xia, by Leia Ham.
As school gets out for the summer, parents everywhere are already preparing for fun, vacations and the inevitable doldrums. These “puzzle” books offer an alternative to screens while keeping kiddos engaged.
Two children search for a legendary dragon’s magic in Song of the Yellow Dragon, a middle-grade fantasy by Ying Ping Low.
Two siblings find themselves at the center of a plan to save a magical boarding house for dragons in The Last Dragon House, by Liv Mae Morris.
When a girl bonds with the last wild griffin, she sets in motion events that could change everyone’s lives in Griffin Speaker, by Jan M. Flynn and illustrated by Matt Rockefeller.
A boy is sent to space and learns there’s more to the moon than you could imagine in Life on the Moon, by Matthew Swanson and Robbi Behr.
Choose Your Own Adventure gets a whodunit twist with Solve Your Own Mystery, a new middle-grade detective series by Gareth P. Jones, and illustrated by Louise Forshaw.
A girl navigates friendships, puberty and themes of identity in Mixed Feelings, a graphic novel memoir by Sara Amini and illustrated by Shadia Amin.