Keeper of the Night

Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family

The Memory of Light

Comics Will Break Your Heart

Glitter Gets Everywhere

Challenger Deep

American Royals

Under the Mesquite

Kimberly Willis Holt's The Ambassador of Nowhere, Texas is a stunning post-9/11 companion to the National Book Award-winner When Zachary Beaver Came to Town. Decades after the Vietnam War and Toby's life-changing summer with Zachary Beaver, Toby's daughter Rylee is at a crossroads--her best friend Twig has started pushing her away just as Joe, a new kid from New York, settles into their small town of Antler. Rylee befriends Joe and learns that Joe's father was a first responder on 9/11. The two unlikely friends soon embark on a project to find Zachary Beaver and hopefully reconnect him with Rylee's father almost thirty years later. This beautiful middle grade novel is a tribute to friendships--old and new--and explores the challenges of rebuilding what may seem lost or destroyed. Christy Ottaviano Books

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Keeper of the Night

Kimberly Willis Holt, 2003

Part of Me: Stories of a Louisiana Family

Kimberly Willis Holt, Kate Reading, 2006

The Memory of Light

Francisco X. Stork, 2016

Comics Will Break Your Heart

Faith Erin Hicks, 2019

Glitter Gets Everywhere

Yvette Clark, 2021

Challenger Deep

Brendan Shusterman, Neal Shusterman, 2015

American Royals

Katharine Mcgee, 2019

Under the Mesquite

Guadalupe Garcia Mccall, 2011