PICTURE BOOKS

Before I Lived Here by Stacy S. Jensen, illustrated by Victo Ngai

CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella by Shana Keller, illustrated by Laura Freeman

Fall Is for Beginnings by Rajani LaRocca, illustrated by Abhi Alwar

Five Little Friends by Sean Taylor, illustrated by Fiona Woodcock

Imogen: The Life and Work of Imogen Cunningham by Elizabeth Partridge, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu

Menudo Sunday by María Dolores Águila, illustrated by Erika Meza

My Abuela is a Bruja by Mayra Cuevas, illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gómez

A Place for Us by James Ransome

Sundust by Zeke Pena

Wanda Hears the Stars by Amy Hansen

CHILDREN’S

Dream On by Shannon Hale

Forest of a Thousand Eyes by Frances Hardinge

The Freedom Seeker by Ruchira Gupta

Goat Magic by Kate Wheeler

The Library of Unruly Treasures by Jeanne Birdsall

The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri

YOUNG ADULT

Empty Heaven by Freddie Kolsch

My Perfect Family by Khadijah Vanbrakle

Songs for Ghosts by Clara Kumagai

Tall Water by SJ Sindu

This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Nicole Goux

Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire by Don Martin