*Book group selection | bolded means favorite
Picture Books
*A Little Like Magic by Sarah Kurpiel
*Abuelo, the Sea, and Me by Ismée Amiel Williams and Tatiana Gardel
*Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer by Quartez Harris and Gordon C James
*Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman and Susan Gal
*Monster Hands by Karen Kane, Dion MBD, and Jonaz McMillan
*Marley’s Pride by Joëlle Retener and Deann Wiley
*Okchundang Candy by Jung-soon Go and Aerin Park
*And She Was Loved: Toni Morrison’s Life in Stories by Andrea Davis Pinkney and Daniel Minter
Middle Grade
*Mabuhay! by Zachary Sterling
*Clairboyance by Kristiana Kahakauwila
*Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All by Chanel Miller
*Mountain Upside Down by Sara Ryan
*One Big Open Sky by Lesa Cline-Ransome
*Chickenpox by Remy Lai
*The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, Bethany Strout, and Sammy Savos
Young Adult
*Brownstone by Samuel Teer and Mar Julia
*On the Bright Side by Anna Sortino
*Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier
*Chronically Dolores by Maya Van Wagenen
Young Nonfiction
*My Presentation Today is about the Anaconda by Bibi Dumon Tak and Annemarie van Haeringen
*What I Must Tell the World: How Lorraine Hansberry Found Her Voice by
Jay Leslie and Loveis Wise
Grownup Nonfiction
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like “Journey” in the Title by Leslie Gray Streeter
Grownup Fiction
The Identicals by Elin Hilderbrand
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
The Paris Orphan by Natasha Lester