Extraordinary

No One (Puffin Bites)

Shaky Man

A Cool Moonlight

Skin

The Secret Battle of Evan Pao

The Enemy: A Book About Peace

Words Between Us

"STAY IN YOUR LANE." Stephen doesn't want to hear that--he wants to have no lane.

Anything his friends can do, Stephen should be able to do too, right? So when they dare each other to sneak into an abandoned building, he doesn't think it's his lane, but he goes. Here's the thing, though: Can he do everything his friends can? Lately, he's not so sure. As a mixed kid, he feels like he's living in two worlds with different rules--and he's been noticing that strangers treat him differently than his white friends . . .

So what'll he do? Hold on tight as Stephen swerves in and out of lanes to find out which are his--and who should be with him.

Torrey Maldonado, author of the highly acclaimed Tight, does a masterful job showing a young boy coming of age in a racially split world, trying to blaze a way to be his best self.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Extraordinary

Miriam Spitzer Franklin, 2015

No One (Puffin Bites)

Eleanor Nilsson, 2004

Shaky Man

Mark S. Parker, 2015

A Cool Moonlight

Angela Johnson, 2003

Skin

Christine Webster, 2005

The Secret Battle of Evan Pao

Wendy Wan-Long Shang, 2022

The Enemy: A Book About Peace

Serge Bloch, Davide Calì, 2007

Words Between Us

Angela Pham Krans, Dung Ho, 2023