The Only Black Girls in Town

The Day of the Pelican

Sure Signs of Crazy

The Only Road

The Education of Ivy Blake

Red, White, and Whole

X: A Novel

While I Was Away

Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Nicola Yoon comes a novel about first love and family secrets from Stonewall Book Award winner Brandy Colbert.

Dove "Birdie" Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow the path her parents have laid out for her: She quit playing her beloved soccer, she keeps her nose buried in textbooks, and she's on track to finish high school at the top of her class. But then Birdie falls hard for Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past...whom she knows her parents will never approve of.

When her estranged aunt Carlene returns to Chicago and moves into the family's apartment above their hair salon, Birdie notices the tension building at home. Carlene is sweet, friendly, and open-minded--she's also spent decades in and out of treatment facilities for addiction. As Birdie becomes closer to both Booker and Carlene, she yearns to spread her wings. But when long-buried secrets rise to the surface, everything she's known to be true is turned upside down.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Only Black Girls in Town

Brandy Colbert, 2020

The Day of the Pelican

Katherine Paterson, 2009

Sure Signs of Crazy

Karen Harrington, 2013

The Only Road

Alexandra Diaz, 2016

The Education of Ivy Blake

Ellen Airgood, 2015

Red, White, and Whole

Rajani Larocca, 2021

X: A Novel

Ilyasah Shabazz, Renée Watson, 2018

While I Was Away

Waka T. Brown, 2021