Bibliographic Information: Title: Heartstopper Author: Alice Oseman Director: Euros Lyn Starring: Joe Locke, Kit Connor, Yasmin Finney Production Company: See-Saw Films Streaming Service: Netflix Copyright Date: 2022 Genre: Romance, Realistic Fiction Format: TV series (8 episodes) Reading Level/Interest Level: Rated TV-14 Plot Summary: When Charlie Spring walks into his homeroom and gets assigned to sit…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You Author: Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds CD ISBN: 9781549184482 Publisher: Hachette Audio Copyright Date: 2020 Genre: Nonfiction, American history, Racism Format: Audiobook Awards or Honors: Earphones Award winner (audiobook), ALA Odyssey Honor Audiobook, Kirkus Prize finalist (print book), Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards finalist (print book) Reading…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Last Night at the Telegraph Club Author: Malinda Lo ISBN: 978-1-529-36658-7 Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers Copyright Date: 2021 Genre: Historical Fiction, romance Format: Print book Awards or Honors: 2021 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature, Stonewall Book Award, Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, Walter Dean Myers Honor Book, and Printz…

Bibliographic Information: Title: The Poet X Author: Elizabeth Acevedo ISBN: 9780062662811  Publisher: Harper Teen Copyright date: 2018 Genre: Realistic fiction Format: Print book Awards or Honors: 2019 Printz Award Winner, Pura Bulpre Award Winner, Walter Dean Myers Award Winner, Carnegie Medal Reading Level/Interest Level: 14+ Plot Summary: The book begins as notebook musings of Xiomara,…

Bibliographic Information: Title: My Hero Academia / Boku no Hīrō Akademia Author: Yōsuke Kuroda Director: Kenji Nagasaki Producer: Studio Bones Streaming Service: Crunchyroll, Adult Swim, or Funimation Release Date:  2018-present (U.S. release) Genre: Superhero, adventure, action Format: TV show Awards or Honors: The manga version received a Harvey Award for Best Manga in 2019; the…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Black Flamingo Author: Dean Atta Narrator: Dean Atta Publisher: Harper Collins Audio Copyright Date: 2020 Genre: Realistic fiction, poetry Format: Audiobook  Awards or Honors: 2020 Stonewall Award (print book), 2021 YALSA Amazing Audiobook nominee Reading Level/Interest Level: 14+ Plot Summary: Ever since he was little, Michael felt like he didn’t fit in.…

  Bibliographic Information: Title: The Inheritance Games Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes ISBN: 9781549160462 Publisher: Little, Brown Copyright Date: 2020 Genre: Mystery, thriller Format: print book Awards or Honors: Teen Buckeye award winner, Edgar award nominee, one of Kirkus Review’s Best Books of 2020 and YALSA’s Quick Picks for Reluctant Readers Reading Level/Interest Level: 13+ Plot Summary:…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Instructions for Dancing Author: Nicola Yoon ISBN: 9781524718961 Publisher: Delacorte Copyright Date: 2021 Genre: Romance, Magical realism  Format: Print book Reading Level/Interest Level: 13+ Plot Summary: Evie used to love romance novels. Loved anything swoony and romantic, like her parents’ marriage. But when her dad left her mom for someone else, she gave…

Bibliographic Information: Title: All We Can Save Editors: Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Katharine K. Wilkinson ISBN: 9780593237069 Publisher: One World/ Penguin Random House Copyright Date: 2020 Genre: nonfiction, climate change, environmental science, women and feminism Format: print book Awards or Honors: Named one of the best books of the year by Smithsonian magazine Reading Level/Interest Level:…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me Author and illustrator: Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell ISBN: 9781626722590 Publisher: First Second   Copyright Date: 2019  Genre: Romance Format: Graphic novel Awards or Honors: Harvey Award, Ignatz Award, Eisner Award, Printz honor book Reading Level/Interest Level: 14+, though some heavy topics mean it may be best for…