Recent News

• FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez is a Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick for September 2020.
• KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES by Kacen Callender has been long listed for the 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
• FIVE MIDNIGHTS by Ann Davila Cardinal wins an International Latino Book Award 2020 in the category of Best YA Fantasy & Adventure.
• BLAZEWRATH GAMES by Amparo Ortiz receives a starred review from Booklist.
• The news is out! Amazon Studios is adapting Kacen Callender’s FELIX EVER AFTER to TV!
• The following books made NPR’s 100 Favorite Books for Young Readers List: BROWN BABY LULLABY by Tameka Fryer Brown and AG Ford, HELLO LIGHTHOUSE by Sophie Blackall, THE JUMBIES by Tracey Baptiste, and the IVY & BEAN series by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall.
• IF YOU COME TO EARTH by Sophie Blackall receives starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly.
• FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez receives a starred review from Kirkus.
• DISPLACEMENT by Kiku Hughes receives a starred review from Kirkus.
• FREEDOM BIRD, written by Jerdine Nolen and illustrated by James E. Ransome, wins a 2020 Parents’ Choice Award silver medal.
• LAND OF THE CRANES by Aida Salazar receives stars from and Publishers Weekly and  Kirkus.
• IT WASN’T ME by Dana Alison Levy is included on the Massachusetts Book Award’s Must-Read Long List.
• Randi Pink’s GIRLS LIKE US receives a starred review from School Library Journal.
• GZLA has two Amazon books of the month for August 2019: I GOT NEXT by Daria Peoples-Riley and MANHATTAN: MAPPING THE STORY OF AN ISLAND by Jennifer Thermes
• MOONCAKES by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu receives a starred review from School Library Journal.
• MANHATTAN: MAPPING THE STORY OF AN ISLAND by Jennifer Thermes receives starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, and School Library Journal.
• CATERPILLAR SUMMER by Gillian McDunn is featured in The New York Times.
• WHERE ARE YOU FROM?, written by Yamile Saied Méndez and illustrated by Jaime Kim, receives starred reviews from Kirkus and Shelf Awareness.
• FIVE MIDNIGHTS by Ann Dávila Cardinal and THE MOON WITHIN by Aida Salazar are among those mentioned in NBC News for their 10 New Latino Books list.
• I GOT NEXT by Daria Peoples-Riley receives a starred review from Kirkus.
• GRANDMA GATEWOOD HIKES THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL by Jennifer Thermes, IT WASN’T ME by Dana Alison Levy, and TRIALS OF APOLLO 03: THE BURNING MAZE by Rick Riordan are all chosen for the 2019 ILA/CBC Children’s Choices Reading List.
• PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING by Randy Ribay receives starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly.
• THE MOON WITHIN by Aida Salazar receives starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, and BookPage.

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