The spring Kids Indie Next list has been released. The titles are chosen by independent book sellers across the country. Here are the selected books for this season:
TOP TEN (lists only 9 titles)
As Far As You’ll Take Me by Phil Stamper
Big Feelings by Alexandra Penfold, illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman
Down Comes the Night by Allison Saft
Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O’Neal
Mel Fell by Corey R. Tabor
Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca
Starfish by Lisa Fipps
AGES 4-8
Bartali’s Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy’s Secret Hero by Megan Hoyt, illustrated by Iacopo Bruno
Bear Can’t Wait by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman
Carpenter’s Helper by Sybil Rosen, illustrated by Camille Garoche
The Duck Who Didn’t Like Water by Steve Small
The Little Library by Margaret McNamara, illustrated by G. Brian Karas
Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Peña, illustrated by Christian Robinson
More Than Fluff by Madeline Valentine
My First Day by Phung Nguyen Quang, illustrated by Huynh Kim Lien
Regina Is Not a Little Dinosaur by Andrea Zuill
The Rock from the Sky by Jon Klassen
Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Loren Long
Something’s Wrong! by Jory John, illustrated by Erin Kraan
Sunny-Side Up by Jacky Davis, illustrated by Fiona Woodcock
Watercress by Andrea Wang, illustrated by Jason Chin
Wolfboy by Andy Harkness
AGES 9-12
Across the Pond by Joy McCullough
Amber & Clay by Laura Amy Schlitz
Ancestor Approved edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken, Leigh Dragoon, illustrated by Kit Seaton
Charlie Thorne and the Lost City by Stuart Gibbs
The Deepest Breath by Meg Grehan
Golden Gate (City of Spies #2) by James Ponti
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz
Houdini and Me by Dan Gutman
The House That Wasn’t There by Elana K. Arnold
The Memory Thief by Jodi Lynn Anderson
The Mysterious Disappearance of Aidan S. (As Told to His Brother) by David Levithan
A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus
Thornlight by Claire Legrand
Unsolved Case Files: Escape at 10,000 Feet by Tom Sullivan
TEEN
Amelia Unabridged by Ashley Schumacher
Can’t Take That Away by Steven Salvatore
The Cost of Knowing by Brittney Morris
The Electric Kingdom by David Arnold
Game Changer by Neal Schusterman
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Love in English by Maria E. Andreu
Love Is a Revolution by Renee Watson
Namesake by Adrienne Young
Perfect on Paper by Sophie Gonzales
Slingshot by Mercedes Helnwein
Yolk by Mary H. K. Choi