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Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family ... but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. "Lonely Leena" is close with her young single mother. Still, she's always secretly dreamed of more (and, when she was a kids, asked Santa for it). A huge family to cheer her on at...
My Perfect Family
By: Khadijah VanBrakle
Release: July 2025
Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family ... but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. "Lonely Leena" is close with her young single mother. Still, she's always secretly dreamed of more (and, when she was a kids, asked Santa for it). A huge family to cheer her on at...
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get a...
The AI Incident
By: J.E. Thomas
Release: July 2025
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get a...
A powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. ailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—“truth” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous colle...
SING THE TRUTH: The Kweli Journal Short Story Collection
By: Edited by Laura Pegram
Release: May 2025
A powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. ailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—“truth” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous colle...
Aisha isn’t known to hold her tongue, but that’s until she finds out her boyfriend and her best friend are having an affair on New Year’s Eve. This sends her packing. She leaves Denver and moves to Dallas to have the time and space to process the betrayal. Spending time alone also spotlights other issues she has been trying to conceal: her broken relationship with her mother, her growing apart fr...
52 Weeks a Party of One
By: Bianca Pensy Aba
Release: April 2025
Aisha isn’t known to hold her tongue, but that’s until she finds out her boyfriend and her best friend are having an affair on New Year’s Eve. This sends her packing. She leaves Denver and moves to Dallas to have the time and space to process the betrayal. Spending time alone also spotlights other issues she has been trying to conceal: her broken relationship with her mother, her growing apart fr...
Lights. Camera. Love? Rochelle “the Shell” Coleman is laser focused on only three things: becoming valedictorian, getting into Wharton, and, of course, taking down her annoyingly charismatic nemesis and only academic competition, Amira Rodriguez. However, despite her stellar grades, Rochelle’s college application is missing that extra special something: a job. When Rochelle gets an opportunity t...
If We Were a Movie
By: Zakiya N. Jamal
Release: April 2025
Lights. Camera. Love? Rochelle “the Shell” Coleman is laser focused on only three things: becoming valedictorian, getting into Wharton, and, of course, taking down her annoyingly charismatic nemesis and only academic competition, Amira Rodriguez. However, despite her stellar grades, Rochelle’s college application is missing that extra special something: a job. When Rochelle gets an opportunity t...
Elysia Danielle Bryant wants to make a change in her community and, by extension, her island. This starts with reclaiming the seat her grandfather once held as the parliamentary representative for St. Paul's Rural East. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done, but when given the chance to move up from her position as Junior Minister of Education, she grabs it. And now, away from the ever watch...
Off the Record
By: Kimolisa Mings
Release: April 2025
Elysia Danielle Bryant wants to make a change in her community and, by extension, her island. This starts with reclaiming the seat her grandfather once held as the parliamentary representative for St. Paul's Rural East. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done, but when given the chance to move up from her position as Junior Minister of Education, she grabs it. And now, away from the ever watch...
Black college student Sydney Ciara navigates academics, love, and the online space, in this coming-of-age told through her blog posts, messages, and more! Sydney Ciara Warren is excited as she starts her first year of college, but also nervous. Despite her interests in writing and fashion, she has no idea what path will ultimately be right for her. As she tries to figure out her place on campus a...
Love in 280 Characters or Less
By: Ravynn K. Stringfield
Release: April 2025
Black college student Sydney Ciara navigates academics, love, and the online space, in this coming-of-age told through her blog posts, messages, and more! Sydney Ciara Warren is excited as she starts her first year of college, but also nervous. Despite her interests in writing and fashion, she has no idea what path will ultimately be right for her. As she tries to figure out her place on campus a...
To get to her, you have to get through him. Dr. Kennedy Green has always been focused on her work, pushing the boundaries of biophysics to create groundbreaking technology that could change the world. But as word of her recent breakthrough leaks, dangerous figures emerge, eager to claim her knowledge for their own. Immobilized by a freak accident, Kennedy has no choice but to accept the protectio...
Troy
By: Rita A. Gordon
Release: April 2025
To get to her, you have to get through him. Dr. Kennedy Green has always been focused on her work, pushing the boundaries of biophysics to create groundbreaking technology that could change the world. But as word of her recent breakthrough leaks, dangerous figures emerge, eager to claim her knowledge for their own. Immobilized by a freak accident, Kennedy has no choice but to accept the protectio...
When their father passes away, the Kane sisters expected to inherit his millions, their childhood home, and the unimaginable grief of now having lost both their parents. What they didn’t expect to inherit was their father’s national hockey team, the Brooklyn Brawlers. The news is as shocking to Ramona and Juliana as it is to the rest of the world. Even more shocking when they decide to honor their...
The Billion Dollar Dynasty
By: Dominique Davis
Release: February 2025
When their father passes away, the Kane sisters expected to inherit his millions, their childhood home, and the unimaginable grief of now having lost both their parents. What they didn’t expect to inherit was their father’s national hockey team, the Brooklyn Brawlers. The news is as shocking to Ramona and Juliana as it is to the rest of the world. Even more shocking when they decide to honor their...
What if a mysterious pair of glasses helped you to see life—and love—clearly? Sports reporter Tanika “Nikki” Ryan is at the top of her game until she isn’t. Squinting at the teleprompter and flubbing lines, she loses her coveted Thursday Night football spot to a younger, less qualified woman—and that’s only the start of her troubles. After her impaired sight leads to an accident nearly costing he...
Losing Sight
By: Tati Richardson
Release: February 2025
What if a mysterious pair of glasses helped you to see life—and love—clearly? Sports reporter Tanika “Nikki” Ryan is at the top of her game until she isn’t. Squinting at the teleprompter and flubbing lines, she loses her coveted Thursday Night football spot to a younger, less qualified woman—and that’s only the start of her troubles. After her impaired sight leads to an accident nearly costing he...
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Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family ... but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. "Lonely Leena" is close with her young single mother. Still, she's always secretly dreamed of more (and, when she was a kids, asked Santa for it). A huge family to cheer her on at...
My Perfect Family
By: Khadijah VanBrakle
Release: July 2025
Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family ... but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes with tangled histories she may not be able to heal. "Lonely Leena" is close with her young single mother. Still, she's always secretly dreamed of more (and, when she was a kids, asked Santa for it). A huge family to cheer her on at...
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get a...
The AI Incident
By: J.E. Thomas
Release: July 2025
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado's unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because he's a foster kid who's been in nine homes? Or maybe because he burps when he gets nervous…which is often? Malcolm has a plan to finally get a...
A powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. ailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—“truth” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous colle...
SING THE TRUTH: The Kweli Journal Short Story Collection
By: Edited by Laura Pegram
Release: May 2025
A powerful must-read collection of bold BIPOC voices. All proceeds support The Kweli Journal’s mission to nurture emerging writers of color and foster a vibrant literary community. ailed as “The Paris Review of BIPOC literature,” The Kweli Journal has been a launching pad for many of today’s most celebrated writers. Kweli—“truth” in Swahili—marks its fifteenth anniversary with this luminous colle...
Aisha isn’t known to hold her tongue, but that’s until she finds out her boyfriend and her best friend are having an affair on New Year’s Eve. This sends her packing. She leaves Denver and moves to Dallas to have the time and space to process the betrayal. Spending time alone also spotlights other issues she has been trying to conceal: her broken relationship with her mother, her growing apart fr...
52 Weeks a Party of One
By: Bianca Pensy Aba
Release: April 2025
Aisha isn’t known to hold her tongue, but that’s until she finds out her boyfriend and her best friend are having an affair on New Year’s Eve. This sends her packing. She leaves Denver and moves to Dallas to have the time and space to process the betrayal. Spending time alone also spotlights other issues she has been trying to conceal: her broken relationship with her mother, her growing apart fr...
Lights. Camera. Love? Rochelle “the Shell” Coleman is laser focused on only three things: becoming valedictorian, getting into Wharton, and, of course, taking down her annoyingly charismatic nemesis and only academic competition, Amira Rodriguez. However, despite her stellar grades, Rochelle’s college application is missing that extra special something: a job. When Rochelle gets an opportunity t...
If We Were a Movie
By: Zakiya N. Jamal
Release: April 2025
Lights. Camera. Love? Rochelle “the Shell” Coleman is laser focused on only three things: becoming valedictorian, getting into Wharton, and, of course, taking down her annoyingly charismatic nemesis and only academic competition, Amira Rodriguez. However, despite her stellar grades, Rochelle’s college application is missing that extra special something: a job. When Rochelle gets an opportunity t...
Elysia Danielle Bryant wants to make a change in her community and, by extension, her island. This starts with reclaiming the seat her grandfather once held as the parliamentary representative for St. Paul's Rural East. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done, but when given the chance to move up from her position as Junior Minister of Education, she grabs it. And now, away from the ever watch...
Off the Record
By: Kimolisa Mings
Release: April 2025
Elysia Danielle Bryant wants to make a change in her community and, by extension, her island. This starts with reclaiming the seat her grandfather once held as the parliamentary representative for St. Paul's Rural East. Unfortunately, that's easier said than done, but when given the chance to move up from her position as Junior Minister of Education, she grabs it. And now, away from the ever watch...
Black college student Sydney Ciara navigates academics, love, and the online space, in this coming-of-age told through her blog posts, messages, and more! Sydney Ciara Warren is excited as she starts her first year of college, but also nervous. Despite her interests in writing and fashion, she has no idea what path will ultimately be right for her. As she tries to figure out her place on campus a...
Love in 280 Characters or Less
By: Ravynn K. Stringfield
Release: April 2025
Black college student Sydney Ciara navigates academics, love, and the online space, in this coming-of-age told through her blog posts, messages, and more! Sydney Ciara Warren is excited as she starts her first year of college, but also nervous. Despite her interests in writing and fashion, she has no idea what path will ultimately be right for her. As she tries to figure out her place on campus a...
To get to her, you have to get through him. Dr. Kennedy Green has always been focused on her work, pushing the boundaries of biophysics to create groundbreaking technology that could change the world. But as word of her recent breakthrough leaks, dangerous figures emerge, eager to claim her knowledge for their own. Immobilized by a freak accident, Kennedy has no choice but to accept the protectio...
Troy
By: Rita A. Gordon
Release: April 2025
To get to her, you have to get through him. Dr. Kennedy Green has always been focused on her work, pushing the boundaries of biophysics to create groundbreaking technology that could change the world. But as word of her recent breakthrough leaks, dangerous figures emerge, eager to claim her knowledge for their own. Immobilized by a freak accident, Kennedy has no choice but to accept the protectio...
When their father passes away, the Kane sisters expected to inherit his millions, their childhood home, and the unimaginable grief of now having lost both their parents. What they didn’t expect to inherit was their father’s national hockey team, the Brooklyn Brawlers. The news is as shocking to Ramona and Juliana as it is to the rest of the world. Even more shocking when they decide to honor their...
The Billion Dollar Dynasty
By: Dominique Davis
Release: February 2025
When their father passes away, the Kane sisters expected to inherit his millions, their childhood home, and the unimaginable grief of now having lost both their parents. What they didn’t expect to inherit was their father’s national hockey team, the Brooklyn Brawlers. The news is as shocking to Ramona and Juliana as it is to the rest of the world. Even more shocking when they decide to honor their...
What if a mysterious pair of glasses helped you to see life—and love—clearly? Sports reporter Tanika “Nikki” Ryan is at the top of her game until she isn’t. Squinting at the teleprompter and flubbing lines, she loses her coveted Thursday Night football spot to a younger, less qualified woman—and that’s only the start of her troubles. After her impaired sight leads to an accident nearly costing he...
Losing Sight
By: Tati Richardson
Release: February 2025
What if a mysterious pair of glasses helped you to see life—and love—clearly? Sports reporter Tanika “Nikki” Ryan is at the top of her game until she isn’t. Squinting at the teleprompter and flubbing lines, she loses her coveted Thursday Night football spot to a younger, less qualified woman—and that’s only the start of her troubles. After her impaired sight leads to an accident nearly costing he...