Work for all my different committees is slowly getting caught up and I will soon, SOON be able to start reading and reviewing for my blog again. I have ARCs of Burn Down, Rise Up, Unequal A Story of America, and Kings of B’More that I cannot wait to dig into. There are so many others released this month I want to read, if only time allows! So many projects, so, so many good books and so very little time!

MAY

3 May
Amazona by Canizales. Graphic Universe.
Ballad & Dagger (an Outlaw Saints novel) by Daniel José Older. Disney/Riordan. Ages 12 and up.
BeYOUtiful: Radiate Confidence, Celebrate Difference and Express Yourself by Shelina Janmohamed. Wellbeck Children’s. ages 8-12
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado. Sourcebook Fire. Ages 14 and up
Confessions of an Alleged Good Girl by Joya Goffney. HarperTeen. ages 12 and up
Freddie vs. the Family Curse by Tracy Badua. Clarion Books.
The Ghosts of Rose Hill by R. M. Romero. PeachTree Teen. ages 12 and up
The Hacienda by isabel Cańas. Berkeley. Ages 12 and up
Hollow Fires by Samira Ahmed. Little, Brown. Ages 12 and up
How to Be the Best Third Wheel by Loridee de Villa. Wattpad. Ages 12 and up
Inheritance by Elizabeth Acevedo and illustrated by Andrea Pippins. Quill Tree Books. Ages 12 and up
The Marvellers (Marvellerverse #1) by Dhonielle Clayton, illus, by Khadijah Khatib. Henry Holt and Co. Ages 9-12.
Miss Quinces by Kat Fajardo. Graphic
The Noh Family by Grace K. Shim. Kokila. ages 12 and up
Power of Flight #1: A pick-Your-Path Adventure (Super You! #1) by Hena Khan and Andrea Menotti, illustrated by Yancey Labat. Penguin Workshop. Ages 8-12
The Secret Diary of Mona Hasan by Salma Hussain. Tundra Books. Ages 10-14
Shine On, Luz, Véliz! by Rebecca Becárcel. Chronicle Books. Ages 8-12
The Waiting Place: When Home Is Lost and a New One Not Yet Found by Dina Nayeri, illus. by Anna Bosch Miralpeix. Candlewick. ages 12-up
Unequal: A Story of America by Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau.
An Unreliable Magic (A Hundred Names for Magic) by Rin Chupeco. Sourcebook. Ages 14 and up.

 10 May
Beauty and the Besharam by Lillie Vale. Viking. Ages 12 and up
Breathe and Count Back from Ten by Natalie Sylvester. Clarion Books.
Bright (Shine) by Jessica Jung. Simon and Schuster. Ages 12 and up
Café con Lychee by Emery Lee. Quill Tree Books.
A Show for Two by Tashie Bhulyan. Inkyard Press. ages 13 and up
The Summer of Bitter & Sweet by Jen Ferguson. Heartdrum. Ages 12 and up
Wildseed Witch (Book 1) by Marti Dumas. Amulet Books ages 10-14
Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor by Jay Zhao.  Margaret K. McElderry Books. ages 8-12

17 May
Cookies and Milk by Shawn Amos. Little, Brown. Ages 8-12
How to Live Without You by Sarah Everett. Clarion Books.
Join the Club, Maggie Diaz by Nina Moreno. Scholastic. Ages 8-12
Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School by Sonora Reyes. Balzer+Bray
Once Upon a K-Pop Prom by Kat Cho. Disney-Hyperion. Ages 12 and up
Rising Troublemaker: A Fear-Fighter Manual for Teens by Luvvie Ajayi Jones. Ages 14 and up

18 May
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean. Flatiron Books. ages 12 and up

24 May
Break This House by Candice Iloh. Penguin Young Readers. ages 9-12
Cookies and Milk by Shawn Amos. Little, Brown. Ages 8-12
Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster by Andrea Mosqueda. Feiwel & FriendsMae Makes a Way: The True Story of Mae Reeves, Hat & History Maker by Olugbemisola Rhudya-Perkovich. Ages 7-10

31 May
All Signs Point to Yes ed. by G. Haron Davis, Cam Montgomery and Adrianne White. Inkyard
Deep in Providence by Riss M. Nelson. Henry Holt. ages 12 and up
Finding Jupiter by Kellis Rowe. Crown Books. Ages 12 and up
Flip the Script by Lyla Lee. Katherine Tegen Books.
Friends Fur-Ever (Must Love Pets #1) by Saadia Faruqi. Scholastice. ages 8-12
Kings of B’More by R. Eric Thomas. Kokila. ages 12 and up
A Kunwinjku Counting Book by Gabriel Maralngurra and Felicity Wright. Enchanted Lion Books. ages 6-10
Islands Apart: Becoming Dominican American by Jasminne Mendez. Pinata Books. ages 12 and up
Love Radio by Ebony Ladelle. Simon and Schuster. ages 12 and up
The Merciless Ones (The Gilded Onese #2) by Namina Forna. Ages 12 and up
The One Who Loves You the Most by medina. Levine Querido. Ages 8-14.
Private Label by Kelly Yang. Katherine Tegen Books. ages 14 and up
Rethink the Internet: How to Make the Digital World a Lot Less Sucky by Trisha Prabhu. Philomel Books. Ages 8-12
Singing with Elephants by Margarita Engle. Viking. ages 8-12Theo Tan and the Fox Spirit by Jesse Q. Sutanto. Feiwel and Friends. ages 8-12
Together We Burn by Isabel Ibañez. Wednesday Books. ages 13 and up
Zakiya’s Enduring Wounds (Roosevelt High School Series) by Gloria Valásquez. Arté Publico. Ages 12 and up