Real-Life & Nonfiction
In which book are 12 young soccer players and their coach trapped inside the Tham Luang cave system after heavy rainfall floods the entrance?
All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team by Christina Soontornvat
In which book does a young girl named Petra escape a doomed Earth on a starship, only to wake up as the sole human who remembers Earth's stories?
The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera
In which book does a Syrian girl named Jude leave her home country to move with her mother to Cincinnati, navigating a new culture and language?
Other Words for Home by Jasmine Warga
In which book does a middle school bully lose his memory after falling off a roof, giving him a chance to start fresh with the school video club?
Restart by Gordon Korman
In which book does a girl named Fiona discover a ghost story set in a library after moving to a small town in Maine?
Long Lost by Jacqueline West
In which book does a young Anne Frank experience the gradual loss of her freedoms in Amsterdam prior to going into hiding?
When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary by Alice Hoffman
In which book does a middle schooler fall into Midpass, a world of West African gods and African American folklore, after accidentally breaking a hole in the sky?
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
In which book does a six-foot-tall eighth grader travel to Puerto Rico to search for his estranged father?
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
In which book does an autistic girl named Maudie spend a summer in California with her grandfather learning to surf while coping with sensory overload and family changes?
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla
In which book do three kids in Outer Banks, North Carolina, discover a WWII secret agent ring operating on their island?
Island of Spies by Sheila Turnage
In which book is the true story told of Virginia Hall, an American spy who risked her life behind enemy lines in occupied France during World War II?
Agent Most Wanted: The Never-Before-Told Story of the Most Dangerous Spy of World War II by Sonia Purnell
In which book do teenagers compete in a ruthless selection process aboard a spaceship to mine an adaptable material on an alien planet?
Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
In which book does a Native American girl secretly travel between her parents' separate homes on two different tribal lands while coming to terms with her heritage?
Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen
In which book does a Chinese American boy move to a small Virginia town, join a Civil War reenactment group, and learn about the local history?
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
In which book does a girl face difficult choices involving her family, competitive roller skating, and standing up for her community in Florida?
Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston
In which book are characters stationed in a royal palace where they undergo intensive hand-to-hand combat training?
Agent Most Wanted by Sonia Purnell
In which book does a character claim a kind of chaos is in her blood -- she says she was born to survive far crueler conditions?
Nyxia by Scott Reintgen
In which book does a character wonder what his dad did to get kicked out of a farm in the clouds?
Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish by Pablo Cartaya
In which book does a character say, "You mean, Dad taking off and us moving all the way across the country to a town where we know exactly one person? That kind of unsettled?"
The Secret Battle of Evan Pao by Wendy Wan-Long Shang
In which book do two girls play together at age five before one is whisked off to a fancy house in Connecticut?
Blood in the Water by Tiffany D. Jackson
In which book do locals insist they know of holes hidden in the forest that lead into a cave, though no one is sure whether the openings are real or legend?
All Thirteen by Christina Soontornvat
In which book is a character told that moaning and sounds on a ship are just echoes -- memories from a different time, a bad time?
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia
In which book are characters three years apart, and at fourteen and nearly eleven they are opposites in practically every way?
When We Flew Away by Alice Hoffman
In which book does a character admit she can't ride a horse?
Two Tribes by Emily Bowen Cohen
In which book is a note signed, "Love, The Great Unknowns. PS: We are watching you"?
Island of Spies by Sheila Turnage