Bibliographic Information: Title: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Developer: Nintendo Director: Aya Kyugoku Programmers: Yoshitaka Takeshita and Hiromichi Miyake Artist: Koji Takahashi Platform: Nintendo Switch Release Date: March 20, 2020 Genre / Format of the item: Fantasy video game Awards or Honors: “Best Family Game” at the 2020 Game Awards, “Game of the Year” at the 2020 Japan…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Cruella Director: Craig Gillespie Screenplay: Dana Fox and Tony McNamara Production Company: Walt Disney Pictures Streaming Service: Disney+ Release date: 2021 Genre: Historical fiction, thriller Format: Film Awards or Honors: 2022 Academy Award for Best Costume design, 2021 People’s Choice Awards for Drama Movie Interest Level: Rated PG-13 Plot Summary: Young Estella has a naughty…

  Bibliographic Information: Title: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Author: V.E. Schwab ISBN: 978-0765387561 Publisher: Tor Books/MacMillan Copyright Date: 2020 Genre: Fantasy/historical fiction Format of the item: Print book  Awards or Honors: Nominated for 2020 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel, YALSA Teens’ Top Ten 2021 (voted by teens) Reading Level/Interest Level: While technically…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Arcane: League of Legends Creators: Christian Linke and Alex Yee  Directors: Pascal Charrue and Arnaud Delord Production Companies: Riot Games and Fortiche Streaming Service: Netflix Copyright Date: 2021 Genre: Sci-fi/fantasy, Steampunk, Action/Adventure Format: 9 episode TV series Awards: Nominated for and won nine top Annie Awards (Excellence in Animation) in 2022. Interest Level: 14+ (Commonsense…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Firekeeper’s Daughter Author: Angeline Boulley ISBN: 9781250766571 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co./MacMillan Copyright Date: 2021 Genre: Thriller Format: Print book Awards: 2022 Printz Award, 2022 Morris Award, 2022 Walter Dean Myers Award (Teen category) Reading Level: 14+ (Stewart, 2021) though I personally feel it’s best for older teens given the fairly graphic content relating…

Bibliographic Information: Title: Riot Baby Author: Tochi Onyebuchi ISBN: 9781250214751 Publisher: Tor Books Copyright Date: 2019  Genre: Sci/fi, speculative fiction, historical fiction Format: Print book Awards: 2020 ALA Alex Award winner, finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards Reading Level/Interest level: 14+ (Jensen, 2020), but the complexity of the language mean it’s best for older…

Bibliographic Info: Title: Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio Author: Derf Backderf ISBN: 9781419734847 Publisher: Abrams Comic Arts Copyright Date: April 2020 Genre / Format: Nonfiction Graphic novel Awards: 2021 Eisner Award Winner, 2021 ALA/YALSA Alex Award Winner for Teen Readers and Adult Books Reading Level: 13+ (Batten, 2020).  Plot Summary:  This graphic novel follows a group…

Bibliographic information: Title: Sour Created by: Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro Release date: May 21, 2021 Label: Geffen Records Format: music album Awards: 2021 People’s Choice Award Album of the Year, nominated for seven Grammys in 2022, winner of three. Interest Level: 13+ due to Parental Advisory for explicit lyrics Artist Background: Olivia Rodrigo is an actor and songwriter.…

Bibliographic Info: Title: Terraria: Journey’s End Developer: Re-Logic Producer: Whitney Spinks Designer: Andrew Spinks, Whitney Spinks Platform: PC, XBox, Switch, Mobile Release Date: May 16, 2020 Genre / Format: Fantasy/Adventure/Sandbox multiplayer video game.  Interest Level: 11+ Plot Summary: The World of Terraria was a peaceful place, designed by gods with perfect fairness in mind. A…

Bibliographic Info:  Title: Just Dance 2020 Developer: Ubisoft Paris/Milan Publisher: Ubisoft Platform: Nintendo Switch, XBox, Playstation 4, Google Stadia, Wii Release Date: November 5, 2019 Format: Multiplayer video game Awards: Nominated for “Best Family/Social Game” at Titanium Awards 2019. Interest Level: 10+ (Salzman, n.d.).  Author Background: I couldn’t find credits for this specific iteration of Just…