The American Booksellers Association has a preview of the titles that will appear on the Fall 2020 Kids’ Indie Next List. They select a top ten as well as an additional 40 books to highlight in the coming season. The picks are based on recommendations from independent bookstores across the country. Here are the books on the List:
TOP TEN
The Blue House by Phoebe Wahl
Grown by Tiffany D. Jackson
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian by Tim Probert
Lobizona by Romina Garber
Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam
Short & Sweet by Josh Funk, Brendan Kearney
Skunk and Badger by Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen
Where Dreams Descend by Janella Angeles
Witches of Brooklyn by Sophie Escabasse
A Wolf for a Spell by Karah Sutton
AGES 4-8
Arlo & Pips: King of the Birds by Elise Gravel
Attack of the Underwear Dragon by Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald
Buttercup the Bigfoot by Douglas Rees, Isabel Munoz
Donut Feed the Squirrels by Mika Song
Escape Goat by Ann Patchett, Robin Preiss Glasser
Every Little Letter by Deborah Underwood, Joy Huang Ruiz
Fern and Otto: A Story About Two Best Friends by Stephanie Graegin
I Am Every Good Thing by Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James
I Promise by LeBron James, Nina Mata
Margaret’s Unicorn by Briony May Smith
The Oboe Goes Boom Boom Boom by Colleen AF Venable, Lian Cho
The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story by Tina Cho, Jess X. Snow
Pea, Bee, & Jay: Stuck Together by Brian “Smitty” Smith
Sometimes People March by Tessa Allen
Thesaurus Has a Secret by Anya Glazer
AGES 9-12
Before the Ever After by Jacqueline Woodson
A Cat Story by Ursula Murray Husted
Cattywampus by Ash Van Otterloo
Cinders & Sparrows by Stefan Bachmann
Fighting Words by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf
Ikenga by Nnedi Okorafor
Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte, Ann Xu
One Time by Sharon Creech
The Places We Sleep by Caroline DuBois
Premeditated Myrtle by Elizabeth C. Bunce
Séance Tea Party by Reimena Yee
The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman
Three Keys: A Front Desk Novel by Kelly Yang
A Whale of the Wild by Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore
TEENS
Bookish and the Beast by Ashley Poston
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Dear Justyce by Nic Stone
Fable by Adrienne Young
Hush by Dylan Farrow
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
Never Look Back by Lilliam Rivera
The Silvered Serpents by Roshani Chokshi
Star Daughter by Shveta Thakrar
The Truth Project by Dante Medema
Waking Brain Cells 