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Novels in Verse
Sports – The Crossover – Kwame AlexanderTurtle Under Ice – Juleah Del RosarioEvery Body Looking – Candice IlohThe Black Flamingo – Dean AttaWhen You Ask Me Where I’m Going – Jasmin Kaur
Realistic Fiction
Danny Constantino’s First and Maybe Last Date – Paul AcamporaClap When You Land – Elizabeth AcevedoHow It All Blew Up – Arvin AhmadiObie Is Man Enough – Schuyler BailarChasing Lucky – Jenn Bennett
Realistic Fiction for Middle Grade Readers
The Canyon’s Edge – Dusti BowlingAll of Me – Chris BaronMarcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish – Pablo CartayaEfrén Divided : a novel – Ernesto CisnerosThe Only Black Girls in Town – Brandy Colbert