Each year Pen America releases their findings from the previous school year. The 2025-2026 report shares that over 11,000 were banned in schools last year. That is the highest number of books that have been banned in the past 5 […] Read More
Children of Owl by Darcie Little Badger illustrated by Abigail Rajunov Summary via Publisher: Maisie: hasn’t gotten her life back on track since her best friend died and she saw Owl, harbinger of ill tidings and doom. Joel: Streaming prodigy […] Read More
Title: It’s Only Dancing Author: Jasmine Guillory Genres: Romance/Contemporary Pages: 320 Publisher: Scholastic Review Copy: ARC from publisher Availability: Available Oct. 6th Summary: It’s the summer before her senior year of high school and Kat (Kitty to her family) planned […] Read More
Title: The Fast Track Author: Angelica Cheng Genres: Contemporary, Sports, Romance Pages: 329 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Review Copy: Review copy provided by publisher Availability: Available now Summary: Justine Kwong has always dreamed of becoming a […] Read More
Two new fantasies dropping this week and both look so good. The decision now is which one to read first. Wicked Endeavors by Kamilah Cole Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Caya was once the ward of Coventry’s royal family…until […] Read More
One Word, Six Letters by Adib Khorram Publisher summary: Freshmen Dayton and Farshid couldn’t be more different—or so it seems. When Dayton takes a dare and shouts the f-slur at a visiting author during a school event, it sets off […] Read More