REVIEWED
He forgot to say goodbye by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Saving Maddie by Varian Johnson
Out of my mind by Sharon Draper
Leaving Gee’s Bend by Irene Latham
Boys without names by Kasmira Sheth
Chenxi and the foreigner by Sally Rippin
Many windows by Rukhsana Khan with Elisa Corbone and Uma Krishnaswami
Wanting mor by Rukhsana Khan
Grafitti Girl by Kelly Parra
The other hand by Chris Cleve
8th Grade Superzero by Olugbemisola Rhuday Perkovich; Arthur A. Levine/Scholastic; Jan. 2010
The world is mine by Lyah B. Leflore; Simon Pulse, Dec. 2010
PeaceBuilders: Daisaku Ikeda & Josei Toda Buddhist Leaders by M. Lavora Perry published by Fortune Child Kinds books March, 2010
Morbitito: Guardian of the Spirit by Nahoke Uehashi published in the US by Scholastic 2008
The Best Bad Thing by Yoshiko Uchida; Aladdin Books 1983
Soul Enchilada by David Macinnis Gill; Greenwillow Books, 2009
Adventures of the Ancient Silk Road by Priscilla Galloway with Dawn Hunter; Annick Press; 2009
Haiti on my mind: Stories by Haitian American teens edited by Dana Vincent; Youth Communication, New York Center April 2010
Stringz by Michael Wenberg Westside Books; 2010 MORE REVIEWS
Borderline by Allan Stratton ADDITIONAL REVIEWS
Yummy: tale of a southside shorty by Greg Neri, Lee and Low, August 2010 MORE REVIEWS 1 2
Does my head look big in this? by Randa Abdel-Fattah, Scholastic 2008
Chameleon by Charles R. Smith; Candlewick 2008 MORE REVIEWS 1 2 3
Black Mamba Boy by Nadifa Mohamed; Farrar Strauss and Giroux; 2010 More REVIEWS 1 2 3
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes; Little, Brown and Company, xx10 More REVIEWS 1 2 3
Last Summer of the Death Warriors by Francisco X. Stork; Scolastic xx10; MORE REVIEWS 1 2 3
A girl named Mister by Nikki Grimes; Zondervan Press; September 2010
The vast fields of ordinary by Nick Bird; Dial Books 2010
Good enough by Paula Yoo; Harper Collins 2008
Pull by B. A. Binns; Westside Books; October, 2010
Aristobrats by Jennifer Solow; Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, 2010
Finding Family by Tonya Bolden; Bloomsbury Books for Young Readers, September 2010
Family Ties by Ernest Hill; Dafina, Sept Reviews 1 2
A long walk to water by Linda Sue Parks; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Nov 2011 Reviews 1 2 3
Fort Mose and the story of the man who built the first free Black settlement in colonial America by Glennette Tilly Turner; Abrams Books for Young Readers; September Reviews 1 2
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins; Charlesbridge Reviews
Finding my place by Traci L. Jones; May, 2010
Released
Bleeding Violets by Dia Reeves; Simon Pulse January REVIEWS 1 23
Next Semester by Cecil Cross; Kimani Tru, January
The girl who fell from the sky by Heidi Durrow; January 2010; Algonquin Books REVIEWS 1 2 3
Culture clash by L. Divine; Dafina, Jan, 2010
The good girl’s guide to getting kidnapped by Yxta Maya Murray; Razorbill, Jan 2010 REVIEWS 1 2
Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez; Jan. 2010 REVIEWS 1 2 3
Road to Barrister by Yusef Poole; Bluewater Press, Feb 2010
Salty Pie: A Choctaw journey from darkness into light by Tim Tingle; CincoPuntos Press; June
You don’t even know me: Stories and poems about boys by Sharon Flake; Hyperion, Feb 2010
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers; Amistad, Feb 2010
Clone codes by Patricia McKissack; Scholastic, Feb
Fabulous by Simone Bryant; Kimani Tru February 2010
Explorer X Alpha by L. M. Preston
The Firefly Letters: A suffragette’s journey to Cuba by Margarita Engle; Holt 16 Mar
Snow falling in spring by Moying Li; Square Fish Press March 2010
The Agency1: A spy in the house by Y. S. Lee ; Candlewick, March 2010
Cool like that by Nikki Carter; Dafina, March 2010
Split Ends by Jacqueline Thomas; Pocket Books, March
Teenage love affair by NiNi Simone; Dafina; March, 2010
Paper daughter by Jeanette Ingold; Harcourt; April
Efrain’s Secret by Sofia Quintero; Knopf, April
It’s not summer without you by Jenny Han; Simon and Schuster 26 Apr
Losing My Cool: How a Father’s Love and 15, 000 Books Beat Hip-hop Culture by Thomas Chatteron Williams; Penguin; Apr 10
The other Wes Moore: One name two fates by Wes Moore; Spiegel and Grau; April 10
Boy should know how to tie a tie: And other lessons for suceeding in life by Antwoine Fisher; Simon and Schuster; Apr 10
The red umbella by Christina Diaz Gonzales; Alfred A. Knopf/Random House; May 2010
Get what you give by Stephanie Perry Moore; Dafina, May
Step Up by Monica McKayhan; Kimani Tru; June xx10
Can’t hold me down by Lyah LeFlore; Simon Pulse; June xx10
Prince of Mist by Carlos Ruiz Zafon; Little Brown Books for Young Readers, May 2010
Cold as ice by L. Divine; Dafina, May, 2010
African American inventors by Stephen Currie, May, 201o
Maybe Tomorrow by Boori Monty Pryor; Allen and Unwin; May 2010
Tell us we’re home by Marina Budhos 4May
Finding my place by Traci L. Jones; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, May
Bamboo People by Mitali Perkins; June 2010
Camino del sol: 15 years of latino and latina writing by Rigoberto Gonzales
Good fortune by Noni Carter; Simon and Schuster; January
F Factor by Diane Gonzalez Bertrand; Arte Publico Press, April
Ten Things I Hate About Me by Randa Abdel-Fattah; May 10 Scholastic YA
The Baptism by Shelia Moses May 2010 MG
What momma left me ReneeWatson; Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books (July 6, 2010) MG
Sellout by Ebony Joy Wilkins; Scholastic, July xx10 YA
Freestyle by Monica Baker; Shiffer Publishing, July YA
Miss you, Mina by Denene Millner (Candy Apple #27); Scholastic, July xx10 MG
90 Miles to Havana by Enrique Flores-Galbis Roaring Books Press; August 3, xx10 MG
Cruisers by Walter Dean Myers; Scholastic, Aug xx10 YA
Manifest by Artist Arthur; Kimani Tru Aug, xx10 YA
The body at the towers (The Agency) by Y.S. Lee Candlewick; August, 2010 YA
The possibilities of sainthood by Donna Freitas; 17 Aug YA
A Girl Named Mister by Nikki Grimes; Zondervan Publishing, August 2010 MG/YA
Hold up the sky And Other Native American Tales from Texas and the Southern Plains by Jane Louise Curry; Simone and Schuster; August, 2010
Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Rhodes; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, aug. xx10
Shooting Kabul by K H Senzai; Simon and Schuster, summer 2010 REVIEWS 1 2 3
Under the mesquite; Guadelupe Garcia McCall; Lee and Low; fall, 2010
Black Mamba boy by Nadifa Mohamed Aug, xx10 YA/ADULT
Lights, Camera, Quince! (Amigas) by Veronica Chambers; Hyperion; Aug, xx10 YA
Two the hard way by Travis Hunter; Dafina Books Aug xx10 sample chapter YA
They Called Themselves the kkk by Susan Campbell Bartoletti; Houghton Mifflin, Aug 2010
Not a Good Look (Fab Life series)by Nikki Carter; Dafina, Sept
Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis Gil; Harper Collisn, Aug 2010
Between Sisters by Adwoa Badoe. Groundwood Press; August
Finding family by Tonya Bolden; Bloomsbury, August 2010
Along the River by Adeline Yen Mah; Delacorte Books, Sept 2010
Return to Paradise; Simone Elkeles; Flux, Sept xx10
Myself and I by Earl Sewell; Kimani Tru, Sept 2010
Family Ties by Ernest Hill; Kensington Press; Sept xx10 sample chapter
Pushin’ by L. Divine; Dafina Sept 2010
Awake by Wendy McNair Raven; September
The Agency 2: The body at the tower by Y.S. Lee; Candlewick, September
Fist Stick Knife Gun by Geoffrey Canada and Jamar Nichols; Beacon Press, September
Maxine Banks is getting married by Lori Aurelia Williams; Roaring Press Books, 28 Sept 2010
Dragon Chica by May-Lee Chai; Gemma Media, October
Condoleezza Rice: A memoir of my extraordinary, ordinary family and me by Condoleeza Rice; Delacorte Books, October YA
Another Pan by Daniel and Dina Nayeri; Candlewick, Oct, 2010 YA
A good long way by René Saldaña; Arte Publico Press, Oct
I will save you Matt de la Pena; Delacorte Books for Young Readers (October 12, 2010) YA
Zambine Sisters byAristophone; Macmillan, October YA
Exorsistah X Returns by Claudia Mair Burney; Pocket Star Books, Nov. 2010 YA
Where the streets had a name by Randa Abdel-Fattah; Nov xx10 YA
Zora and me by Victoria Bond and TR Simone; Candlewick, October MG
Shadow Walker by L A Banks; Sea Lion Books, November YA
Drama Queens by ReShonda Tate Billingsley, Gallery Books, November YA
We could be brothers by Derrick Barnes; Scholastic Books, November YA
A long walk to water: based on a true story by Linda Sue Parks; Clarion Books; November sample chapters YA
At the crossroads by Travis Hunter; Dafina Books, November
When the stars go blue by Caridad Ferrer; Griffin, November
Losing Romeo by AJ Byrd; Kimani Tru, November
Decision time by Earl Sewell; Kimani Tru, December
Bitter Melon by Cara Chow; EgmontUSA, December
All the wrong moves by Nikki Carter; Dafina Books, December 28
Tutored by Allison Whittenberg; Delacorte, December
Teenie by Christopher Grant; Knopf for Children; Dec 2010
The Star Maker by Laurence Yep; Harper Collins, Dec 2010
BOOKLIST/2011
- The trouble with half a moon by Danette Vigilante *
- All the wrong moves by Nikki Carter; Dafina, 1 January
- Artichoke Hearts by Sita Brahmachari; Macmillian Children’s Press; January
- X A biography of Malcolm X by Sarah Jessicah Gunderson and Seitu Hayden; Capstone Press, 2 January MG-graphic
- The prison ship adventure of James Forten by Marty Rhodes Figley; Graphic Press, January; MG graphic
- Jazz in Love by Neesha Meminger; Ignite Books, January*
- The Little Rock Nine and the Fight for School Integration, 1957 (Civil Rights Struggles Around the World) by Kekla Magoon; Twenty-first Century Books; January *
- The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shan; Scholastic, 1 January *
- Aloha, Kanani and Good Job, Kanani by Lisa Yee, illus. by Sarah Davis Pleasant Company Publications; January
- Roots and Blues by Arnold Adoff; Clarion Books 3 January
- Camo Girl by Kekla Magoon; Simon and Schuster, 4 January *
- Joseph’s grace by Shelia Moses; Margaret K. McElderry Press; 4 January
- The Latte Rebellion by Sarah Jamila Stevenson; Flux, 8 January excerpt *
- Clara Lee and the apple pie dream by Jenny Han; Little Brown and Company, 11 Jan (MG)
- The Meltdown (Drama High Series) by L. Divine; Dafina, 25 January
- Slice of Cherry by Dia Reeves; Simon Pulse; 25 Jan. excerpt
- Blessed by Cynthia Leitich Smith; Candlewick, 25 January
- Cyborg (The Clone Wars) by Patricia and Fred McKissack; Scholastic, Feb 1 MG
- Mystify (Mystyx #2) by Artist Arthur; Kimani Tru, February 1
- Kick by Walter Dean Myers and Ross Workman; Harper Collins; 1 February
- Africans Thought of It: Amazing Innovations by Bathseba Opini; Annick Press, 17 Feb
- Glitz by Philana Marie Boles; Viking 3 February MG
- Pick up game: a full day of court edited by Marc Aronson, Illustrated by Charles R. Smith; Candlewick Press 8 February
- The Iron Queen (Iron Fey series) by Julie Kagawa; Harlequin, February
- Upgrade U by NiNi Simone; Dafina, 22 February
- Hidden by Tomas Mournian; Kensington, February
- Inside out and back again by Thanhha Lai; Harper Collins, 22 February MG
- SkateFate by Juan Felipe Herrera; Harper Collins; February
- Tall Story by Candy Gourlay; David Ficklying Books; February
- Orchards by Holly Thompson; Random House, February
- How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen; Balzar and Bray; February 22 *
- Act of Grace by Karen Simpson; Plenary Publishing, February
- Our stories remembered by James Bruchac; ReadHowYouWant, February
- I Am J by Cris Beam March 1, 2011 YA
- Illegal by Bettina Restrepo; Katherine Tegen Books, 8 March
- The queen of water by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango; Delacorte, 8 March *
- Warp Speed by Lisa Yee; Arthur A. Levine, 1 Mar *
- Lost and Found by Shaun Tan;Arthur A. Levine, March 1
- What can’t wait by Ashley Hope Perez; Carolrhoda Lab, 1 Mar
- Truancy Origins by Isamu Fukui; Macmillan, March
- Playing for Keeps by Veronica Chambers; Hyperion, 15 March
- Satch, Dizzy and Rapid Robert: The wilds saga of interracial baseball before Jackie Robinson by Timothy Gay; Simon and Schuster; March
- Hurricane Dancers: The first Caribbean pirate shipwreck by Margarita Engle; Henry and Holt and Company, March 2011
- Rajah king of the jungle by Balrai Khanna; Mapin Publishing, 16 March
- Odd Girl In by Jo Whittemore; Aladdin, 22 March
- Getting Played by Celeste Norfleet; Kimani Tru 22 March
- Rocket Girls: The last planetby Housuke Nojiri; Simon and Schuster March *
- Fury of the Phoenix by Cindy Pon; Greenwillow, March
- Karma by Cathy Ostlere; Razorbill, March
- Where I Belong by Gillian Cross; Holiday House, April 1, 2011
- Carmen by Walter Dean Myers; Egmont Books, April 2011
- 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago; Fantagraphic Books, 4 April graphic novel NF
- You don’t have a clue by Sarah Cortez; Arte Publico; April
- Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor; Penguin Books, 14 April
- The break up Diaries by NiNi Simone; Dafina, April
- Boyfriends and girlfriends by Alex Sanchez; Simon and Schuster, April 2011
- Bird in a box by Andrea Davis Pickney; Hatchette Group, April *
- Huntress by Malinda Lo; Little, Brown, April
- Tell us we’re home by Marino Budhos; Atheneum Books, May
- We’ll always have summer by Jenny Han; Simon and Schuster, 3 May
- How Tia Lola saved the summer by Julia Alvarez; Random House, May
- Amigas: A formal affair by Veronica Chambers; Disney, May
- New Miss India by Bharati Mukherjee; Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 17 May
- If I could fly by Judith Oritz Cofer; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 24 May
- The Grand Plan to Fix Everything by Uma Krishnaswami; Athenium, 24 May MG
- So, so hood (Drama High) by L. Divine; Dafina, 31 May:
- The rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa; Little, Brown Books for Young , 7 June
- Level up byGene Luen Yang and Pham Thiem; Roaring Brook Press, 7 June
- City of ice (City Trilogy) by Laurence Yep; Starscape 7 June
- Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a not so talented pop star by Rachel Renee Russell; Aladdin 7 June
- Doing my own thing (Fab Life #3) by Nikki Carter; Dafina, June
- Dragon castle by Joseph Bruchac; Dial books, 9 June
- Homecoming by Felicia Pride; Kimani Tru, June
- The Detention Club by David Yoo, June
- Dear America: I thought my soul would rise and fly by Joyce Hansen; 1 July 2011 MG
- Aung San Suu Kyi (Champion of Freedom) by Sherry O’Keefe; Morgan Reynolds Pub, Jul 6, 2011 NF
- Plessy V. Ferguson (The Civil Rights Movement) by Amos Esty; Morgan Reynolds, Jul 6, 2011 NF
- Poetry Came in Search of Me: The Story of Pablo Neruda (World Writers) by Catherine Reef; MOrgans Reynold, Jul 6, 2011 NF
- Backlash: Race Riots in the Jim Crow Era (The Civil Rights Movement) by Calvin Craig Miller; Morgan Reynolds Pub, Jul 6, 2011 NF
- Dreams of Significant Girls by Cristina Garcia; Simon and Schuster, 12 July
- Mayhem (Mystyx #3) by Artist Arthur; Harlequin, 19 July
- Silhouetted by the blue by Traci L. Jones; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, July MG
- Maximilian and the Mystery of the Guardian Angel: A Bilingual Lucha Libre Thriller by Xavier Garza; Cinco Puntos,26 July MG
- J-Boys: Kazuo’s World, Tokyo, 1965 by Shogo Oketani; Stone Bridge Press, July
- Bestest. Ramadan. Ever. By Medeia Sharif; Flux, July
- Sylvia and Akiby Winifred Conkling; Tricycle Press, July MG *
- Boyfriend season by Kelli London; Kensington 26 July
- Putting make-up on the fat boy by Bil Wright; Simon and Schuster, July
- Vanished by Sheela Chari; Hyperion, July
- Dancing home by Alma Flor Ada, Gabriel M. Zubizarreta; Simon and Schuster, 12 July MG (also released in Spanish, Nacer Bailando)
- Stir it up by Ramin Ganeshram; Scholastic Press, 1 August
- Ambitious by Monica McCayhan; Kimani, 23 August
- Money Boy by Paul Yee; Groundwood Books, 23 August
- Checkmate (Cruisers 2) by Walter Dean Myers; Scholastic, August
- Island’s End by Padma Venkatraman, Putnam Publishing, August 4, 2011
- Ghetto cowboy by Greg Neri; illustrated by Jesse Joshua Watson; Candlewick, 9 August *
- Dreaming in color by Fiona Lewis; Bella Distribution, August
- We the animals by Justin Torres; Houghton Mifflin, August
- Under the mesquite by Guadelupe Garcia McCall; Lee and Low, Sept *
- Encore, Grace!; Bravo, Grace! by Mary Hoffman; Penguin, September MG
- Planet Middle School by Nikki Grimes; Bloomsury 13 Sept
- Nikki Grimes (Children’s Authors) by Jill C. Wheeler; Checkerboard Book, 13 Aug 2011
- Shadow of Cesar’s Creek by Sharon Draper; Jesse Joshua Watson (Illustrator); Simon and Schuster, September
- Ambitious by Monica McCayhan; Kimani Tru, Sept
- Gandi: A manga biography by Kazuki Ebine; Penguin, Sept NF
- Bronxwood by Coe Booth; Push 1 September
- Drawing from Memory by Allen Say; Scholastic Press, Sept 1
- No. 1 Car Spotter by Atinuke; Walker Childrens Paperbacks (September 6, 2010)
- My own worst frenemy (Chanti on the Case series) by Kimberly Reid; Kensington, September
- Mandaderos de la lluvia / Messengers of Rain by Claudia M. Lee (Editor), Rafael Yockteng (Illustrator); Groundwork Books; 13 Sept NF
- Morning star by Judith Plaxton; Second Story Press, September
- Zayd: The Rose that Bloomed in Captivity by Resit Haylamaz; Tughra Books; 16 Sept NF
- Lo mejor de Dios para tu vida Ahora!: God’s Best for Your Body, Mind and Heart (Especialidades Juveniles) (Spanish Edition) by Jim Burns; Vida, 26 Sept NF
- Funky de ahora en adelante (Especialidades Juveniles) (Spanish Edition) by Funky; Vida, Sep 27, 2011 NF
- Burnout Adrienne Maria Vrettos; Simon and Schuster; 19 September
- Guantanamo Boy by Anna Perera; Whitman, Albert and Co; September
- How Tia Lola ended up starting over by Julia Alvarez; Random House Children’s Books, September MG
- Point me to tomorrow by Veronica Chambers; Hyperion, 13 September
- Alvin Ho: Allergic to Dead Bodies, Funerals, and Other Fatal Circumstances by Lenore Look; Schwartz & Wade, Sept. 13
- What you wish for by Book Wish Foundation; 16 Sept
- Dragons of Silk (Golden Mountain Chronicles) by Lawrence Yep; 13 Sept, Harper Collins
- Dear America: With the might of angels by Andrea Davis Pinkney; Scholastic, Sept MG
- Heart and Soul By Kadir Nelson; Balzer and Bray, Sept NF
- Saint Louis Armstrong Beach by Brenda Woods; Nancy Paulsen Books, 1 Sept
- My name is not easy by Debby Dahl Edwardson; Marshall Cavendish, 1 October
- Selected Shorts: New American Stories (Selected Shorts: A Celebration of the Short Story) by Jhumpa Lahiri, Sherman Alexie, Chimamand Ngozi Adichie and Aleksandar Hemon; Symphony Space, October
- African Mythology Rocks! by Linda Jacobs Altman (Author), William Sauts Bock (Illustrator); Enslow Publishers, October 2011 NF
- Break up diaries vol 2 by Nikki Carter and Kevin Elliott; Kensington Press, Oct
- Dork diaries 3 1/2: how to dork your diary by Rachel Renee Russell; Aladdin, 11 October
- There Is No Long Distance Now by Naomi Shihab Nye; Greenwillow, Oct. 11
- Saga of the Sioux: An adaption of Dee Brown’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dwight Jon Zimmerman (adapter); Dee Brown (author); Henry Holt and Co., 25 October NF
- Wolf Mark by James Bruchac; Lee and Low Books, October
- Bridges to Understanding: Envisioning the World through Children’s Books by Linda Pavonetti; Oct 16, 2011, Scarecrow Press
- Maya’s Choice by Earl Sewell; Kimani Tru, 17 Oct
- Chulito by Charles Rice-Gonazlez; Magnus Books; October
- The readers’ advisory guide to street literature by Vanessa Irvin Morris and Terri Woods; American Library Association Editions NF
- Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa; Harlequin Books, 25 October
- Free: Great escapes from slavery on the Underground Railroad by Lorene Cary; New City Community Press, 29 October NF
- On The Come Up by Travis Hunter; Dafina, October 25, 2011
- Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow: Four Novellas by Daniel Nayeri; Candelwick, 25 Oct
- Don’t call me a hero by Ray Villareal; Pinata Press 31 October
- Black and white by Larry Dane Brimner; Boyds Mill Press, 1 Nov NF
- The wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya by Nagaru Tanigawa; Little, Brown Books for Young Children, 14 Nov
- Playground by FiftyCent; Razorbill, 1 Nov excerpt
- Shatter me by Tahereh Mafi; Harper Collins; 15 November
- Luka and the fire of life by Salman Rushdie; Random House, 16 Nov
- Legend by Marie Lu; Putnam, 29 November
- Uptown Dreams by Kelli London; KTeen Dafina, November 29, 2011
- Round and round together: Taking a merry go round ride into the Civil Rights Movement by Amy Nathan; Paul Dry Books, November
- African American Classics: Graphic Classics vol 22 by Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, W.E.B. Du Bois and Jean Toomer; Eureka Productions, Dec 27, 2011
