The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers

 Newbery Award Winner ~ 2023

Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park’s elders, three ancient Bison. His friends—a seagull, a raccoon, a squirrel, and a pelican—work with him as the Assistant Eyes, observing the humans and other animals who share the park and making sure the Equilibrium is in balance.

Free water by Amina Luqman-Dawson

 

Coretta Scott King Award ~ Newbery Award Winner ~ 2022

Under the cover of night, twelve-year-old Homer flees Southerland Plantation with his little sister Ada, unwillingly leaving their beloved mother behind. Much as he adores her and fears for her life, Homer knows there’s no turning back, not with the overseer on their trail. Through tangled vines, secret doorways, and over a sky bridge, the two find a secret community called Freewater, deep in the swamp.

The First State of Being by Erin Entrada Kelly

 

National Book Award finalist ~ Newbery Medal Winner - 2024

When a strange kid shows up in the courtyard at Fox Run Apartments, Michael isn't sure what to make of him. He's dressed oddly and he's acting weird, like he's being followed. Michael isn't one for getting involved, but what if something is wrong and Michael is the only one who can make it right?

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown

Can a robot survive in the wilderness?

When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is. Her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's animals! READ THE BOOK BEFORE YOU SEE THE MOVIE!!!

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera

There lived a girl name Petra Peña who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita. But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children – among them Petra and her family – have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race.

Newbery Medal Winner 2021

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller

Newbery Medal winner 2020 When Lily and her family move in with her sick grandmother, a magical tiger straight out of her halmoni's Korean folktales arrives! The tiger tries to make a deal with Lily. With the help of her sister and her new friend, Lily must find her voice...and the courage to face the tiger. Deals with tigers are never what they seem.

We Dream of Space

 We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly

Cash, who loves basketball but has a newly broken arm, is in danger of failing 7th grade for the second time! Fitch, who spends every afternoon playing at the arcade, wrestles with an explosive temper that he doesn't understand. Bir, Fitch's twelve-year-old twin, who wants to be NASA's first female shuttle commander but feels like she is invisible. They live in the same house, but are in their own orbits, dreaming of hope, dreaming of belonging, dreaming of friendship, dreaming of family, dreaming of space.