The November/December 2021 Kids Indie Next List has been announced. The books on the list are all released during in the fall of this year and were selected by independent booksellers from across the country. Here are the books that made the list:

#1 PICK

Vespertine by Margaret Rogerson

PICTURE BOOKS

Amos McGee Misses the Bus by Philip C. Stead, illustrated by Erin E. Stead

Bathe the Cat by Alice B. McGinty, illustrated by David Roberts

Dog’s First Baby by Natalie Nelson

Everybody in the Red Brick Building by Anne Wynter, illustrated by Oge Mora

Gladys the Magic Chicken by Adam Rubin, illustrated by Adam Rex

A Hundred Thousand Welcomes by Mary Lee Donovan, illustrated by Lian Cho

Our Table by Peter H. Reynolds

Read Island by Nicole Magistro, illustrated by Alice Feagan

Room for Everyone by Naaz Khan, illustrated by Mercè López

Sweater Weather by Matt Phelan

MIDDLE GRADE

African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History by Tracy Baptiste

Barakah Beats by Maleeha Siddiqui

Cold-Blooded Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Fifty-Four Things Wrong with Gwendolyn Rogers by Caela Carter

Frankie & Bug by Gayle Forman

Manu by Kelly Fernandez

Neverforgotten by Alejandra Algorta, Aida Salazar, Iván Rickenmann

Playing the Cards You’re Dealt by Varian Johnson

The Troubled Girls of Dragomire Academy by Anne Ursu

Tidesong by Wendy Xu

YOUNG ADULT

All of Us Villains by Amada Foody and Christine Lynn Herman

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Black Birds in the Sky by Brandy Colbert

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

The Keeper of the Night by Kylie Lee Baker

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Lisa Sterle

Within These Wicked Walls by Lauren Blackwood

You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao