Cardboard

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating

The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

White Smoke

Deadly Design

The Free

Happily Ever Afters

The Adventures of Dwarfgiants: Serpent of the Sulphur Sea

A middle-grade novel about two enslaved children’s escape from a plantation and the many ways they find freedom.

Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp.

In this society created by formerly enslaved people and some freeborn children, Homer finds new friends, almost forgetting where he came from. But when he learns of a threat that could destroy Freewater, he crafts a plan to find his mother and help his new home.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Cardboard

Doug Tennapel, 2012

Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating

Adiba Jaigirdar, 2021

The Making of Yolanda la Bruja

Lorraine Avila, 2023

White Smoke

Tiffany D. Jackson, 2021

Deadly Design

Debra Dockter, 2013

The Free

Lauren Mclaughlin, 2011

Happily Ever Afters

Elise Bryant, 2021

The Adventures of Dwarfgiants: Serpent of the Sulphur Sea

Steven Jacklin, 2017