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The second collaboration between authors Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallaro promises a road trip with two teens, both looking for an escape...

A Lake with No Bottom is a chilling young adult novel about a teenaged white boy who is haunted by the victims of a Black town erased from history and is recruited by the restless souls left behind to bring them justice. When Sidney Cromwell moves to rural Forsyth County, Georgia from the big city of Atlanta, all he wants is to fit in at his new high school.

From National Book Award Finalist Josh Galarza comes a moving new YA full of self-discovery, forgiveness, and acceptance. Rusty is positive Todd with two D's is a figment of his troubled mind. That’s the only reason he breaks into musical numbers and lurks in the school bleachers so he can stare unabashedly at Burt, the cutest guy in school. But when Todd's antics go a little too far, and Rusty quickly finds himself in a dangerous situation.

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From the Printz Honor-winning author of Cope Field, what happens when an angry young anime nerd takes vengeance into his own hands after he and his friends are attacked by a hate group at a pride demonstration? After his best friends are attacked at a Pride demonstration, anime nerd Briar Stokes grabs a length of pipe, dons a Japanese demon mask, and hops on his street bike with one goal: to enact violent revenge against the white supremacists infesting his rural Missouri community.

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“I’ll risk anything to save her. Even the secret of what I am.” Tabitha Griffin has plenty of things making her life hell—guilt, fear, shame, that suicide attempt thing, and her twin sister’s cancer. But nothing terrifies her more than being the center of attention. So naturally, she enters the biggest televised talent competition in the country to win the million-dollar prize that could save her sister’s life.

In Mermaid Summer by Robyn L. Coburn, eleven-year-old Jenna befriends an orphaned mermaid in danger from a corrupt mill manager.

Banner States: Book Review – Then We’ll Be Happy by Alan Carrigan As part of my break from fantasy books, I picked up Then We’ll Be Happy by Alan Carrigan and I’m very happy I did. This…

What inspires you to write? Life throws a lot of curveballs at a person. Writing helps me make sense of it. Journaling, writing, and, of course, reading books of all genres is a gift I don’t take for granted. The thing about writing and reading is, you don’t need anyone’s permission to do it. Over and over, I’ve turned to writing to heal, to understand myself, and to find the readers who will find value in the stories I share. When did you first consider yourself a writer? When I was about 7 years old, I started writing stories.

Simon Lamb is a featured author on the School Reading List and appears in the following recommended reading lists for children.