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WHAT AN INCREDIBLE YEAR Last summer, LQ was honored with the Bologna Prize as the Best Children’s Book Publisher in North America. This spring, our small but mighty team made history at the 2022 Youth Media Awards. From the John Newbery Medal to the Pura Belpré Award to the American Indian Youth Literature Award to our very first Batchelder Honor and Sydney Taylor Notable Picture Book—LQ demonstrated excellence across genres, categories, and formats.

This spring, The Last Cuentista hit the New York Times Bestseller list at #2 and was #1 on the National Indie Bestseller List the same week. If folks didn’t know about us before, well, they sure do know about us now.

President and Editor-in-Chief Arthur A. Levine noted: “A cornerstone of our publishing philosophy is our belief that, historically, a tiny fraction of the amazing talent and brilliant storytelling ‘out there’ was being developed and promoted by publishers. Yet these are the very stories we long to hear, fall in love with, get excited by! Now, to have so many of our books honored is a euphoric validation of our belief in where excellence comes from.”

Executive Editor, Nick Thomas noted: “Donna, Darcie, Eric, David, María, Amanda, Lee, and Paul showed a great deal of faith entrusting their stories with LQ in our first few years. To see that faith rewarded and their extra­ ordinary talents recognized could not feel more special.”

PICTURE BOOKS, CHAPTER BOOKS, & ILLUSTRATED NONFICTION

THE LITTLE TOYMAKER

by Cat Min

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e all know about the guy in the red suit at the North Pole. But what if the world’s toymaker was a little boy?

From the author and illustrator of Shy Willow comes the adorable

little Toymaker, who makes wonderful toys…not for children, but for their grandparents and other older folk. (People often forget that they, too, like toys!) But it isn’t always easy.

One morning, an old woman brings the little Toymaker a candy tin she played with as a girl.

The little Toymaker takes the tin and TADA! comes back with a sparkling new toy for the old lady. But it seems that what she truly wants was lost a long time ago. And it will take all the Toymaker’s skill, magic, and empathy to bring it back for her.

A new holiday classic for a new generation, The Little Toymaker is the perfect story to share between generations young and old(er).

CAT MIN is an illustrator, animator, and writer. Cat grew up as a shy kid

in Hong Kong, where she spent most of her childhood drawing and making comic books out of printer paper and staples with her best friend. She studied animation and film at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, and completed the Illustration & Visual Storytelling Summer Residency Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

She is also a member of SCBWI.

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NINE COLOR DEER

by Kailin Duan, translated by Jeremy Tiang From China comes a gorgeous story about generosity and gratitude, adapted from a traditional Buddhist tale.

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he story begins deep in the Kunlun Hills with a legendary deer whose fur has nine

colors. One day she hears a cry for help, and rescues a drowning man. When the man asks how he could ever repay this kindness, the Nine Color Deer simply requests that the man never reveal her whereabouts.

But will this promise survive a bounty offered by a King and Queen who seek the magic of the deer for their kingdom?

Duan’s illustrations evoke artwork contemporary to the story’s origins more than a thousand years ago, found in the famous Mogao caves, (located at a religious and cultural crossroads on the Silk Road, in Gansu province, China).

KAILIN DUAN received her masters degree from the China Academy of

Art in 2019, majoring in Illustration. Nine Color Deer was shortlisted for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition 2021.

JEREMY TIANG is a novelist, playwright and translator. He was

longlisted for the PEN America Literary Award for Faraway by Lo YiChin. His translations also include novels, plays, and scripts. Originally from Singapore, he now lives in Flushing, Queens.

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SOMETHING GREAT

by Jeanette Bradley

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oila! Quinn spent the morning in their workshop, and they emerged with Something Great! But…what is it?

No one seemed to understand that Something Great isn’t supposed to

be anything. It was just… itself. Something Great.

Then, the new kid asks to play with Quinn and Something Great. They discover that Something Great can be an elevator, a bug catcher, or a stick lifter. It could even be…a friend finder.

Quietly profound, this sweet tale and its mixed media illustrations are a delightful combination of elements blending STEM activities (for those inclined to catch them!) with casual nonconformity in a picture book that is, well, Something Great!

JEANETTE BRADLEY has been an urban planner, an apprentice pastry

chef, and the artist in residence for a traveling art museum on a train.

She is the author and illustrator of Love, Mama (Roaring Brook, 2018) and illustrator of When the Babies Came to Stay (Viking, 2020). She is also coeditor and illustrator of the poetry anthology No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History (Charlesbridge, 2020) and the forthcoming companion volume No World Too Big: Young People Fighting Climate Change (Coming 2023!). Jeanette lives in Rhode Island with her wife and kids.

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DADAJI’S PAINTBRUSH

by Rashmi Sirdeshpande, illustrated by Ruchi Mhasane A lushly illustrated tale of love, art, and family.

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nce, in a tiny village in India, there was a young boy who loved to paint.

He lived with his grandfather, who taught him to paint with his fingers,

to make paints from marigolds and brushes made from jasmine flowers.

Sometimes, the village children would watch them painting together, and the boy’s grandfather would invite them to join in.

They didn’t have much, but they had each other.

After his grandfather dies, the boy notices a little box wrapped in string with a note that read: “From Dadaji, with love,” with his grandfather’s best paintbrush tucked away inside. But he feels he will never want to paint again. Will the boy overcome his grief and find joy in painting and his dadaji’s memory again?

RASHMI SIRDESHPANDE is an awardwinning British Indian children’s

author. Her debut picture book, Never Show a T-Rex a Book, won a Society of Authors award, was shortlisted for the Laugh Out Loud Book awards, and was selected for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

RUCHI MHASANE is an artist and illustrator who studied Children’s

Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art, UK. She works mostly in pencil and watercolor. She currently lives and works in India.

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MR. COATS

by Sieb Posthuma, translated by David Colmer

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r. Coats is freezing cold.

No matter how many heaters he turns on, how many blankets he

sleeps under at night, or how many layers he wears, he can simply never get warm.

Being this cold all the time is lonely. And loneliness is a chilly feeling.

Mr. Coats thinks he’ll be alone in the cold forever, but he’s wrong.

There’s someone out there just like him.

SIEB POSTHUMA was an award-winning Dutch illustrator whose books

have been published around the world. His work has been adapted into television shows, theater, opera, and shown in numerous expositions.

DAVID COLMER is the translator of more than 60 booklength works of

Dutchlanguage literature and has won many prizes for his translations, including the Vondel Prize, the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, the NSW Premier and PEN Translation Prize for his body of work, and the Dutch Foundation for Literature oeuvre prize. $18.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-184-5

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POPCORN BOB 3: IN AMERICA

by Maranke Rinck and Martijn van der Linden, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier

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ll the zaniness that fans love, plus a new cross-continental adventure, and lots more

friends.

Ellis, Dante, and Popcorn Bob are on an important top-secret mission in America. (Ellis’s dads are there too. But they don’t know about the mission.)

When Popcorn Bob last escaped the clutches of Coraline Corn (the evil owner of Popcorn & Co.), she said that there are more live popcorn kernels in America—just like Bob! Bob can’t wait to meet his family. But when he finds them, they’re trapped in a chicken coop on the Popcorn & Co. grounds, living at the mercy of Coraline Corn, and whatever experiments she wants to run on them. Bob, Ellis, and Dante must team up once again to defeat Coraline Corn and free Bob’s newfound family.

MARANKE RINCK is an award-winning children’s book author. She often

works with her husband, illustrator Martijn van der Linden. With their three children they live in a former butcher shop in Rotterdam.

MARTIJN VAN DER LINDEN is a Dutch illustrator of children’s books.

He has won multiple awards including the certificate of honor (IBBY), the Golden Parent’s Choice Award, and the Goldfinch award. In 2016 he won the Dutch national award for the best Children’s book (the Woutertje Pieterse award) for his book Vote for the Okapi.

NANCY FOREST-FLIER is an American born translator, editor, and

writer. She has translated for numerous Dutch museums and institutes including the Anne Frank House. She has six children, ten grandchildren, and one cat.

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Popcorn Bob is now in Paperback!

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Junior Library Guild Gold Star Selection “An explosive character."

—Iowa Public Radio “A bowl of crunchy fun.”

—Booklist “Amusing . . . for young fans of the absurd.”

—Publishers Weekly “For readers with a taste for the bizarre.”

—Kirkus Reviews

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CREATURE

by Shaun Tan From the creator of The Arrival, a collection of essays illuminating his thoughts and advice for writers and artists, young and old.

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haun Tan is one of the world’s most highly acclaimed narrative artists—his stories and images are loved by countless young and not-so-young readers

around the world. Drawing upon 25 years as a picture book and comics creator, painter, and filmmaker, Creature explores the central obsession of this visionary artist, from casual doodles to studied oil paintings. Beyond sketches for acclaimed works such as The Arrival, The Lost Thing, and Tales From Outer Suburbia, this volume collects together for the first time unseen and standalone illustrations, each resonant with unwritten tales of their own.

Detailed commentary by the artist offers an entertaining insight into the endless allure of imaginary, non-human beings and what they might tell us about our so-called “normal” human selves.

Artists, writers, students, dreamers, and anyone interested in the deeper undercurrents of creativity, myth, and visual metaphor will find inspiration in these pages.

SHAUN TAN is an artist, writer, and filmmaker from Perth, Australia.

Known for his dreamlike imagery and fantastical creatures, Shaun’s work is enjoyed worldwide by children and adults alike. Shaun is the recipient of an Academy Award for the short animated film The Lost Thing, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award in Sweden, and the Kate Greenaway Medal in the UK. He currently resides in Melbourne. shauntan.net $35.00 ISBN 978-1-64614-200-2

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MIDDLE GRADE & YOUNG ADULT

WHAT THE JAGUAR TOLD HER

by Alexandra V. Méndez A lyrical debut about growing up in the midst of change, and a magical cultural homecoming.

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ade O’Callaghan is starting the 8th grade friendless in a new city: Atlanta.

Except she just wants to go back to Chicago, where her abuela can tell

her all the stories her abuelo never got the chance to share.

One day, on her path to school, Jade meets an extraordinary person who exists between dreams and reality: an elderly jaguar-shaman named Itztli.

In the late, reddening afternoons when Itztli appears, he steps out of the forest as a lithe, agile jaguar. But when he speaks to Jade, he does so in human form, as an old man, hunched and weak. Itztli tells Jade Mexican stories from before the Europeans came, and stories about his own life, which weave together indigenous strands from Georgia and Mexico.

As Itztli tells Jade of a life navigating change and war through art and story, Jade begins to learn the patience and strength that it takes to “be jaguar,” and she feels the stirrings of an ancient power awakening within her.

ALEXANDRA V. MÉNDEZ is a writer, teacher, and scholar who grew

up bilingual in Decatur, Georgia, with family roots in Mexico and Mississippi. She graduated from Harvard University in History and Literature and has a Ph.D. in Latin American and Iberian Cultures from Columbia University. What the Jaguar Told Her is her debut novel.

WHAT THE JAGUAR TOLD HER

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PHALAINA

by Alice Brière-Haquet, translated by Emma Ramadan A middle grade historical sci-fi thriller you won’t be able to put down

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ondon, 1881. There’s something a little eerie about Manon—she’s not like the other girls at the orphanage. Maybe it’s her red eyes. Maybe it’s her

silence. Maybe it’s the series of violent deaths that seem to follow her.

What we do know: someone is hot on her tail. And there’s a lot of money at stake in finding out where exactly she comes from—and what exactly she is.

Concurrent to Manon’s story are letters to Charles Darwin from Professor Humphrey, a scientist who has recently died under mysterious circumstances.

Is it true that natural selection left humans at the top of the pyramid of life after all? Or in the process of evolution, was there something elemental that humans lost, something that connected us to the rest of life on earth? Who and what else is out there?

In order to stay alive, Manon must untangle the mystery of her origins, and perhaps the origins of humanity as well.

ALICE BRIÈRE-HAQUET was a cherry picker and a high school teacher

before she turned to writing books. The cherries have blossomed, the students have grown up, and about a hundred of her books are now scattered throughout people’s homes, even throughout the world thanks to numerous translations. She saw some of the world herself before returning to Normandy, France, with her cello and her family.

EMMA RAMADAN translates books of all genres from French. She is

the recipient of the PEN Translation Prize, the Albertine Prize, an NEA Fellowship, and a Fulbright for her work. Her recent translations include Abdellah Taïa’s A Country for Dying, Kamel Daoud’s Zabor, or the Psalms, and Anne Garréta’s In Concrete. $18.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-182-1

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OSCAR FROM ELSEWHERE

by Jaclyn Moriarty The exciting follow-up to The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst

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uring a sleepover, a letter comes to five children begging for the urgent assistance of Esther Mettlestone-Staranise; she must arrive before 10am

on Monday to save an entire town of elves trapped under layers of silver. And a regular-size boy who, soon after seeing the children, dies.

Oscar is that boy who skipped school in our world on Monday to skate, and found himself in the city of the elves at just the wrong moment: He fled as fast as he could, but not fast enough because the silver wave struck him and he fell down dead.

And that’s just the beginning! At breakneck pace the cousins and friends (and a six year old stowaway elf named Grufford, who’s a troublemaker) try to stop the clock and rewind the tragedy. Can they do it?

The pleasure is all in the adventure, as only Jaclyn Moriarty can tell it.

Hers is a unique blend of humor, suspense, and magic, unfolding through the instantly recognizable rivalries, affections and foibles of her characters.

JACLYN MORIARTY is the award-winning author of uniquely creative

and readable books for adults and young readers including The Year of Secret Assignments, the Colors of Madeleine trilogy, The Extremely Inconvenient Adventures of Bronte Mettlestone, and The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst. One of the talented and popular Moriarty sisters (including Liane and Nicola), Jaclyn lives in Sydney, Australia. She is very fond of chocolate, blueberries, and sleep. $18.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-202-6

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MAN MADE MONSTERS

by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Jeff Edwards A masterful, heartfelt, haunting story collection ripe for crossover appeal

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aking her YA debut, Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers takes her place as one of the most striking voices of the horror renaissance of the last

decade.

Horror fans will get their thrills in this collection—from werewolves to vampires to zombies—all the time-worn horror baddies are there. But so are predators of a distinctly American variety—the horrors of empire, of intimate partner violence, of dispossession. And so too the monsters of Rogers’ imagination, that draw upon long-told Cherokee stories—of Deer Woman, fantastical sea creatures, and more.

Following one extended Cherokee family across the centuries, from the tribe’s homelands in Georgia in the 1830s to World War I, the Vietnam War, our own present, and well into the future, each story delivers a slice of a particular time period that will leave readers longing for more.

Alongside each story, Cherokee artist and language technologist Jeff Edwards delivers haunting illustrations that incorporate Cherokee syllabary.

ANDREA L. ROGERS is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. She grew up

in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 2020, she published Mary and the Trail of Tears.

Her work has also appeared in You Too? 25 Voices Share Their #METoo stories, Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids, and in the anthology Allies.

JEFF EDWARDS , of Vian, OK, is an award-winning Cherokee graphic

artist. He is a language activist and has worked on numerous projects that have projected the Cherokee language into the global spotlight.

His artwork is almost exclusively Cherokee themed and he prefers using the Cherokee Syllabary opposed to English to promote the Cherokee language. $19.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-179-1

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MY GOOD MAN

by Eric Gansworth A literary tour de force sure to turn the coming of age genre on its head from Printz Honor author, Eric Gansworth

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rian, a 20-something reporter on the Niagara Cascade’s City Desk, is navigating life as the only Indigenous writer in the newsroom, being

lumped into reporting on stories that homogenize his community, the nearby Tuscarora reservation. But when a car accident under mysterious circumstances lands Tim, the brother of Brian’s mother’s late boyfriend, in the hospital, Brian must pick up the threads of a life that he’s abandoned.

The narrative takes us through Brian’s childhood and slice of life stories on the reservation, in Gansworth’s signature blend of crystal sharp, heartfelt literary realist prose. But perhaps more importantly, it takes us through Brian’s attempt to balance himself between Haudenosaunee and American life, between the version of his story that would prize the individual over all else and the version of himself that depends on the entire community’s survival.

ERIC GANSWORTH , Sˑha-weñ na-saeˀ, is an enrolled Onondaga writer

and visual artist, raised at the Tuscarora Nation. His award-winning books include If I Ever Get Out of Here, Give Me Some Truth, Extra Indians, and Apple (Skin to the Core). He is a Professor and Lowery Writer in Residence at Canisius College.

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WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY

by Sacha Lamb In publishing-speak, here’s what we at the LQ office sometimes describe as the Queer lovechild of Sholem Aleichem and Philip Roth:

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riel the angel and Little Ash (short for Ashmedai) are the only two supernatural creatures in their shtetl (which is so tiny, it doesn’t have

a name other than Shtetl). The angel and the demon have been studying together for centuries, but pogroms and the search for a new life have drawn all the young people from their village to America. When one of those young emigrants goes missing, Uriel and Little Ash set off to find her.

Along the way the angel and demon encounter humans in need of their help, including Rose Cohen, whose best friend (and the love of her life) has abandoned her to marry a man, and Malke Shulman, whose father died mysteriously on his way to America.

But there are obstacles ahead of them as difficult as what they’ve left behind. Medical exams (and demons) at Ellis Island. Corrupt officials, cruel mob bosses, murderers, poverty. The streets are far from paved with gold.

With cinematic sweep and tender observation, Sacha Lamb presents a totally original drama about individual purpose, the fluid nature of identity, and the power of love to change and endure.

SACHA LAMB is a 2018 Lambda Literary Fellow in young adult fiction,

and a graduate in Library and Information Science and History from Simmons University. Sacha lives in New England. When The Angels Left the Old Country is their debut novel.

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APPLE (SKIN TO THE CORE) 9781646142033 • $14.99 Winner, American Indian Youth Literature Award Winner, Printz Award Honor National Book Award Longlist TIME Best of the Year NPR Best of the Year ★ Booklist ★ The Bulletin ★ ShelfAwareness ★ SLJ $14.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-203-3

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THE STOLEN PRINCE OF CLOUDBURST 9781646142071 • $12.99 A Junior Library Guild Selection ★ “Delightfully quirky.”

—SLJ (starred) ★ “Whimsical.”

—Booklist (starred) “Splendidly entertaining.”

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LUPE WONG WON’T DANCE 9781646141609 • $12.99 Winner, Pura Belpré Honor Winner, Sid Fleischman Award Winner, PNBA Award A Booklist Editor’s Choice “Higuera has knocked it out of the park.”

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THE BOYS IN THE BACK ROW 9781646141593 • $12.99 ★ “An engrossing, enthralling read.”

—Booklist (starred) ★ “A touching, honest depiction of male friendship.”

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LQ’S AWARD-WINNING BACKLIST NOW IN SPANISH.

LA ÚLTIMA CUENTISTA 9781646143023 • $9.99 Winner, John Newbery Medal Winner, Pura Belpré Medal ★ Kirkus ★ PW ★ SLJ

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BUENOS ESPÍRITUS 9781646143009 • $12.99 ★ “Authentic and immersive.”

—Kirkus (starred) ★ “Deeply personal and relatable.”

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LA TÍMIDA WILLOW 9781646143016 • $16.99 BookPage Best of the Year “Evokes a richly mysterious night; a night in which dreams could come true.”

—NYT ★ “A dreamlike adventure.”

—Booklist (starred)

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CUENTOS SAGRADOS DE AMÉRICA 9781646140336 • $16.99 Honor, Batchelder Award ALSC Notable Book ★ Booklist ★ Kirkus ★ PW ★ Horn Book ★ SLJ ★ SLC

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SHY WILLOW 9781646140350 • $17.99 “Evokes a richly mysterious night; a night in which dreams could come true.”

—NYT ★ “A dreamlike adventure.”

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OSNAT AND HER DOVE 9781646140374 • $17.99 Winner, Canadian Jewish Literary Award Finalist, National Jewish Book Award ★ “A vibrant life story.”

—SLJ (starred) ★ “Dynamic and respectful.”

—ShelfAwareness (starred)

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LITTLE FOX 9781646140077 • $18.99 Kirkus Best of the Year USBBY Outstanding International Book ★ “A beautiful, fully realized dreamscape.”

—Kirkus (starred)

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THE WANDERER 9781646140176 • $21.99 Winner, Society of Illustrators Dilys Evans Founder’s Award New York Times Best of the Year ★ “A triumph.”

—Kirkus (starred) ★ “Absolutely sui generis.”

—Booklist (starred)

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THE SHAPE OF HOME 9781646140985 • $17.99 “A joyful, wildly imaginative book” —NYT “A lovely mix of realistic and fantastical.”

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$17.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-098-5

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RED AND GREEN AND BLUE AND WHITE 9781646140879 • $17.99 Sydney Taylor Award Notable AJL Best of the Year “We come together in strength. It’s a message the world can use, throughout the year.”

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EVERYTHING SAD IS UNTRUE (A TRUE STORY) 9781646140008 • $17.99 Winner, Printz Medal Winner, Christopher Award Winner, Middle East Book Award “A modern masterpiece.”

—NYT ★ Kirkus ★ PW ★ The Bulletin ★ SLJ ★ Booklist ★ Foreword ★ BookPage $17.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-000-8

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THE LAST CUENTISTA 9781646140893 • $17.99 Winner, Newbery Award Winner, Pura Belpré Award TIME Best of the Year “Truly a beautiful cuento.”

—NYT ★ Kirkus ★ PW ★ ShelfAwareness ★ SLJ

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MIDDLETOWN 9781646140428 • $18.99 Finalist, New England Book Award Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best ABC Group Best Books for Young Readers “Original, funny, rueful, and most of all, real.”

—Emma Donoghue ★ “This journey is a rewarding one.”

—PW (starred) $18.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-042-8

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DAWN RAID 9781646140411 • $17.99 Kirkus Best of the Year Junior Library Guild Gold Standard ALSC Notable Book ★ Kirkus ★ SLJ

$17.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-041-1

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NEVERFORGOTTEN 9781646140947 • $17.99 ABA Kids’ IndieNext & IndiesIntroduce New York Times Best of the Year ABC Group Best Books for Young Readers Junior Library Guild Gold Standard ★ Foreword ★ Kirkus ★ PW

$17.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-094-7

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MIGHTY INSIDE 9781646140916 • $17.99 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Notable Social Studies Reading List “I didn’t want it to end.”

—Christopher Paul Curtis ★ PW ★ SLJ

$17.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-091-6

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EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT INDIANS BUT WERE AFRAID TO ASK (YOUNG READERS EDITION) 9781646140459 • $18.99 Kirkus Best of the Year ABC Group Best Books for Young Readers Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Cybils Awards Finalist “Perfect for browsing or a deep dive.”

—San Francisco Chronicle ★ Kirkus ★ SLJ

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FREEDOM! THE STORY OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY 9781646140930 • $19.99 ★ “This is a passionate, honest, and intimate look into an important time in civil rights history.”

— Booklist (starred) ★ “Impeccable writing and stellar design.”

—SLJ (starred)

$19.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-093-0

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OKSI HC: 9781646141135 • $24.99 PBK: 9781646141128 • $18.99 GLLI Translated YA Book Prize Booklist Editors’ Choice The Bulletin Blue Ribbons Comics Journal Best of the Year “It’s a fairytale nightmare of the highest quality.”

—Comics Beat ★ PW ★ BCCB ★ Booklist ★ SLC HARDCOVER EDITION $24.99

ISBN 978-1-64614-113-5

PAPERBACK EDITION $18.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-112-8

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A SNAKE FALLS TO EARTH 9781646140923 • $18.99 Honor, Newbery Award National Book Award Longlist “A spell-binding tale.”

—Texas Monthly ★ Booklis ★ PW ★ Kirkus (starred review)

$18.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-092-3

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ELATSOE 9781646140053 • $18.99 Winner, Locus Award Finalist, Lodestar Award Finalist, Nebula Award Honor, American Indian Youth Literature Award National Indie Bestseller TIME Best 100 Fantasy Books of All Time ★ Booklist ★ BookPage ★ Kirkus ★ PW ★ Shelf-Awareness $18.99 ISBN 978-1-64614-005-3

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IRONHEAD, OR, ONCE A YOUNG LADY 9781646140480 • 18.99 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard ★ BCCB ★ Horn Book ★ PW

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