Tess Dombegh sails south as a spy, hunting for evidence of politically-motivated crimes, while also hunting for the last World Serpent that could save her friend, Pathka.
In The Serpent’s Wake
United States
Materials from United States of America
Abuelita And I Make Flan
Anita helps her grandmother make flan for her grandfather’s birthday.
When We Make It
Sarai uses verse to navigate the strain of family traumas and the systemic pressures of toxic masculinity and housing insecurity in a rapidly gentrifying Brooklyn, questioning the society around her, her Boricua identity, and the life she lives.
Nobody’s Pilgrims
Three runaway teenagers are chased in a road trip from the Texan frontera to New England, by a drug cartel planning to unleash chaos unto the country. Seventeen year old Turi escapes from his abusive family by reading. He hopes to actually escape by saving up from his work at a chicken farm near Ysleta, Texas. He believes the beautiful setting of his favorite book, Connecticut, will be the perfect home for him. So Turi sets off on the road with Arnulfo-an undocumented teenager he met at the farm, and Molly-a lonely girl looking to build a better life. The boys start their trip by hitching a ride with an elderly man, but they leave him behind and steal his truck when they begin to suspect he’s in the middle of an illicit operation, and hiding a dangerous secret. Unfortunately for the three runaways, the secret is hidden in the truck and results in a drug cartel chasing them down, the release of a virus, and the total breakdown of society around them.
Saving Earth: Climate Change And The Fight For Our Future
A timely and important illustrated nonfiction guide for middle grade readers about the history of our fight against climate change, and how young people today can rise to action.
In Search Of Safety: Voices Of Refugees
Five refugees recount their courageous journeys to America and the unimaginable struggles that led them to flee their homelands in a powerful work from the author of Beyond Magenta and We Are Here to Stay.
Echoes Of Grace
On the Texas-Mexico border, 18-year-old Grace’s relationship with her older sister Mercy is fractured when Mercy’s 2-year-old son dies in an accident, bringing to the surface old family traumas and literal ghosts as the family struggles to heal.
This book is featured in Season 1, Episode 6 of the WOW Reads podcast.
Beasts Of Prey
Sixteen-year-old indentured beastkeeper Koffi and seventeen-year-old warrior candidate Ekon forge an unusual alliance and venture into the Greater Jungle to hunt down a monster that has been menacing their city for a century. Includes author’s note.
Kalamata’s Kitchen
A charming picture book champions teamwork, harmony, and creativity, and reminds us that sometimes the answers we’re looking for can be found in unexpected places.
Diamond Park
When four Mexican American teenagers from Houston travel to Diamond Park to buy a 1959 Chevy Impala from Magaña’s godfather, something goes very wrong, and one of them, Susi, ends up arrested for murder; convinced that the real killer is a drug trafficker called Anaconda, Flaco and Magaña head to Mexico hunting for him to clear Susi’s name but in the process of kidnapping Anaconda Flaco discovers how little he understands about what really happened in Diamond Park.