Sorry I got behind with this!

You have to notice how short this list has gotten. Please, let me know what books I’ve missed. Even more import: Keep talking about these books!

• Use your online and in person networks to talk about the books you have read, or intend to read.
• Request you local library purchase some of these books. Follow up by proactively writing to let you library board and library director know how much you’ve enjoyed the book and how young people could benefit from reading it.
• Give books as gifts!

I’ve read and am strongly recommending A Blrd in the Air and All the Blues in the Sky. I think over the next couple of days, I’m going to lighten my reading with On Thin Ice. The bulk of my reading this month will be for Women’s History Month. What about you?

February

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All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson. Bloomsbury
Bite of the Kaba Lagoon: A branches Book (Kwame’s Magic Quest #3) by Bernard Mensah; illustrated by Natasha Nayo. Scholastic
The Girl Who Couldn’t Lie by Radhika Sanghani. Carolrhoda Books
Needy Little Things by Channelle Desamours. Wednesday Books Debut
Punished: A Novel by Ann-Helén Laestadius. Scribner
S)kin by Ibi Zoboi. Versify
Space Chasers by Leland Melvin, Joe Caramagna, Alison Acton. First Second

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It’s All or Nothing, Vale by Andrea Beatriz Arango. Random House Books for Young Readers
Mihi Ever After: Home Sweet Home by Tae Keller; illustrated by Geraldine Rodriquez. Henry Holt and Co.
What Fell from the Sky by Adrianna Cuevas. FSG

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The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzalez Rose. Bloomsbury YA
Lucha of the Forgotten Spring by Tehlor Kay Mejia. Make Me A World

25
Make Good Trouble : Discover Movements That Sparked Change by Jamia Wilson; illustrated by Devon Blow and Ashley Lukashevsky. DK Children
Momo Arashima Duels the Queen of Death by Misa Sugiura. Labyrinth Road
On Thin Ice by Jessica Kim. Kokila
Rick Riordan Presents: A Touch of Blood by Sanji Patel. Rick Riordan Presents

March
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Bree Boyd is a Legend by Lean Johnson. Disney Hyperion
The Deadly Fates by Dhonielle Clayton. Henry Holt and Co.
Dear Manny by Nic Stone. Crown Books for Young Readers
Divining the Leaves by Shveta Thakrar. HarperCollins
Dreams to Ashes: The 1871 Los Angeles Chinatown by Livia Blackburn; illustrated by Nicole Xu. Carolrhoda
The Encanto’s Curse by Melissa de la Cruz. GP Putnam’s Sons
Escape for the Clay City (Future Hero #3) by Remi Blackwood. Scholastic Press
Kirby’s Lessons for Falling (In Love) by Laura Gao. HarperAlley
Oathbound by Tracy Deonn. Simon & Schuster
Okchundang Candy by Jung-soon Go. Levine Querido
The Red Car to Hollywood by Jennie Liu. Carolrhoda
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom by Amélie Wen Zhao. Delacorte Press
The Strongest Heart by Saadia Faruqi. Quill Tree
They Bloom At Night by Trang Thanh Tran. Boomsbury YA
The Trouble with Sunshine by Yamile Saied Méndez. Scholastic

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A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breath by Mahogany L. Browne. Crown Books
Futbolista by Jonny Garza Villa. Futbolista
Igniting Fate by Jean Louise. HarperCollins
It’s All or Nothing by Andrea Beatriz Arango. Random House Children’sThe Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class: Ayana Ndoum Takes the Stage by Kekla Magoon and illustrated by Kat Fajardo. Little, Brown Books
Maya in Multicolor by Swatie Teerdhala. Disney Hyperion
She Waits for You Beyond the Dark by Kristen Simmons. Tor Teen
Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna. Roaring Brook Press

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Camila Núñez’s Year of Disasters by Miriam Zoila Pérez. Page Street YA
Climate Is Just the Start by Mikaela Loach. Bright Matter Books
Hangry Hearts by Jennifer Chen. Wednesday Books
His Mortal Demise by Vanessa Le. Roaring Brook Press

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The Girl and the Robot by Oz Rodriquez and Claribel A. Ortega. Disney Hyperion
The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzalez Rose. Bloomsbury
How the Earth Works : Discover How Plate Tectonics Shapes Our Planet  by Dr. Lucia Perez-Diaz. DK Children
We Are Villains by Kacen Callender. Amulet
When We Ride by Rex Ogle. Norton Books