By Devin Jacobsen
Sagging Meniscus Press
208 pages
$19.95
“Devin Jacobsen is a writer to watch out for.”
—Zadie Smith
Briefly Noted
Kingdom of the Wicked
By Kerri Maniscalco
jimmy patterson
448 pages
$18.99
“There are plenty of suspects and red herrings as well as tense escalations….A scenic, twisty mystery.”
–Kirkus Reviews
Assault by Fire
By H. Ripley Rawlings IV
Pinnacle
368 pages
$8.99
“Action drives this one…A high powered thriller that should connect with fans…as terrifying as it is unputdownable.”
—The Real Book Spy
Fighting Words
By Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Listening Library
272 pages
$17.99
“It will go down as one of the best books, one of the most important books, ever written for kids.”
—Colby Sharp of Nerdy Book Club
The Places We Sleep
By Caroline DuBois
Holiday House
272 pages
$16.99
“DuBois uses free verse for Abbey’s first-person narration, skillfully conveying her protagonist’s pained and halting thoughts, occasionally integrating a lone, subtly meaningful rhyme.”
—Kirkus Reviews
The Big Day
By Terry Lee Caruthers and Robert Casilla
Star Bright Books
40 pages
$16.99
All morning Big Mama tells young Tansy, “It’s a big day!” But what’s so special about this day? Tansy soon learns the importance: the right to vote! This heartfelt story celebrates Agnes Sadler, the first Black woman to legally vote in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1919.
~from the publisher
