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Punching the Air by Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

Punching the Air

Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam

400 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
fiction crime poetry young adult challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Boy to Beat the Gods by Ashley Thorpe

The Boy to Beat the Gods

Ashley Thorpe

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
fiction fantasy middle grade young adult
Impossible Creatures by Katherine Rundell

Impossible Creatures

Impossible Creatures #1

Katherine Rundell

325 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous hopeful mysterious fast-paced
They Called Us Enemy - Expanded Edition by Steven Scott, George Takei, Justin Eisinger

They Called Us Enemy - Expanded Edition

Steven Scott, George Takei, Justin Eisinger

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
nonfiction graphic novel history memoir race young adult emotional fast-paced
The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives by Dashka Slater

The 57 Bus: A True Story of Two Teenagers and the Crime That Changed Their Lives

Dashka Slater

320 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
nonfiction lgbtqia+ true crime young adult challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Project Nought by Chelsey Furedi

Project Nought

Chelsey Furedi

336 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Just Jaime by Terri Libenson

Just Jaime

Emmie & Friends #3

Terri Libenson

256 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
fiction graphic novel middle grade adventurous emotional fast-paced
Positively Izzy by Terri Libenson

Positively Izzy

Emmie & Friends #2

Terri Libenson

224 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
fiction middle grade lighthearted fast-paced
In the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido

In the Key of Code

Aimee Lucido

416 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
fiction middle grade poetry emotional fast-paced
Speak Up! by Rebecca Burgess

Speak Up!

Rebecca Burgess

272 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0bookishperseus's review
fiction graphic novel middle grade emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced