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Celebrate Black History Month - Black Voices

Check out these new novels! Whether you like fantasy, thrillers, mysteries, romance, humor, contemporary fiction, or something in between, you are sure to find it here.

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  • During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.
    Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — Fiction
  • Sage’s best friend dies on her 13th birthday, and in a counseling group, Sage learns not all losses are the same and healing isn’t predictable, in a story exploring friendship, loss, life and grief with verse and vignettes.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2025. — Fiction
  • Set against the turbulence of the Civil Rights Movement, twelve-year-old Onyx dreams of becoming an astronaut as he navigates his mother's early-onset dementia and avoids foster care.
    Book, 2024New York : Feiwel and Friends, 2024. — Fiction
  • While gearing up for his toughest competition yet, Kofi “KO” Douglas, the newly announced #1 ranked AAU in the country, turns to his former Sabres teammates and coach for support when his dad is released from prison and wants to reconnect.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harpercollins Childrens Books, [2024]. — Fiction
  • Twelve-year-old African American Opal investigates the disturbances in her apartment building that are interfering with the vital renovations.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Storytide, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — Fiction
  • As school begins in 1963, Cooper Dale wrestles with what it means to “shine” for a black girl plus faces bullying in a predominantly white community near Pittsburgh, in a historical novel told in verse.
    Book, 2025New York : Dutton Children's Books, 2025. — Fiction
  • Twelve-year-old Kwame is hurled into the Ghanaian underworld where he helps his late grandmother save humanity.
    Book, 2024New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2024. — Fiction
  • When a team of brilliant kids-turned-astronauts find themselves in serious trouble in outer space, they must work together to get back home.
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York, NY : First Second, 2025 — 741.5 M531s1 2025
  • Eleven-year-old bird enthusiast Nyla sets out to win her city school's birding tournament against tough competition from the suburbs, while balancing old friends with new.
    Book, 2024New York : Holiday House, [2024] — Fiction
  • Twelve-year-old African American Kaya struggles to remain true to herself when she encounters bias while competing for the role of queen at the Renaissance Faire camp.
    Book, 2025Los Angeles : Freedom Fire, Disney/Hyperion, 2025. — Fiction
  • Seventh-grader Bree Boyd loves rules and order, but when a storm delivers a bolt of lightning into Bree and she develops the power to move things with her mind, her predictable life is twisted upside down and inside out.
    Book, 2025Los Angeles : Disney/Hyperion, [2025] — Fiction
  • A Black girl in the American South, 12-year-old Charley Cuffey is determined to become the first female pitcher to play professional ball and challenges a neighborhood bully to a game that leads to a fateful decision with far-reaching consequences.
    Book, 2024New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — Fiction
  • Joyful, Joyful

    Stories Celebrating Black Voices

    A glorious color-illustrated anthology celebrating joy, showcasing over 40 talented Black writers and artists from across the world.
    Book, 2022London : Two Hoots, an imprint of Pan Macmillan, 2022. — 823.010809 qJ89 2022
  • Waking up the morning after her birthday to discover six months have passed, Elise is unable to recall the last half year and must find a way to recover her past and escape this nightmare.
    Book, 2024New York : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publisher, [2024] — Fiction
  • Embroiled in all kinds of trouble at his new school, 12-year-old Jax Freeman discovers he isn’t the first Freeman to be blamed for a tragedy he didn’t create and resolves to clear his name and that of his great-grandfather by unlocking the secrets…
    Book, 2024Los Angeles : Freedom Fire, Disney-Hyperion, 2024. — Fiction
  • When thirteen-year-old African American Coal discovers he can turn invisible, he searches for answers about his past with the help of his friends and his new foster family.
    Book, 2024New York : Algonquin Young Readers/Workman Publishing, 2024. — Fiction
  • The highly anticipated third book in the #1 New York Times best-selling Supernatural Investigations series finds war coming to the supernatural world, and Amari’s two worst enemies, Elaine Harlowe and Dylan Van Helsing, are leading the charge.
    Book, 2024New York : Balzer+Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2024] — Fiction
  • From the author of The Probability of Everything comes a heartfelt exploration of family and change as 12-year-old Skye reunites with her older brother, Finn, after he spent four years on the run with their father.
    Book, 2024New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024] — Fiction
  • Facing old friends and new foes, Boog and the Squad take their final stand against the undead.
    Book, 2024New York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, [2024]. — Fiction
  • Black Girl Power

    15 Stories Celebrating Black Girlhood

    From fifteen legendary Black female authors comes a collection of stories and poems about the power we find in the everyday and the beauty of Black girlhood.
    Book, 2024Los Angeles : Freedom Fire [Imprint] : Disney-Hyperion, 2024. — 813.010806 B627 2024