Books Submitted by Nick Swekosky
May 15
Thirteen-year-old Echo Desjardins feels untethered in a new Manitoba town—her mother away, her Métis heritage half-hidden—until Mr. ...
Under the star-sprinkled skies that stretch from New Mexico to Mexico, Dieguito’s heart hums with the promise of bedtime kisses across ...
Under the blazing Sahel sun in Kassar, Mali, four-year-old Baba Wagué arrives at Grandma Sabou’s courtyard like a tender shoot in dese...
In her tender debut, Cecilia Ruiz invites readers into Nina’s world—where every embrace with her abuela glows like a warm sunbeam and...
In the sunlit lanes of Chennai’s vibrant street market, a young girl weaves through stalls bursting with turmeric-gold mangoes, ruby-re...
Under Gaza’s cratered skyline and Ramallah’s tense checkpoints, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges delivers an unflinch...
In a sun-dappled backyard, siblings Callum and Emmy spring into action after a bewildered sparrow crashes into their glass window—learn...
In Classroom Six down the quiet hallway, Henry—who thrives on order, gentle routines, and the soft hum of predictability—scans every ...
In the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, Nan Wu steps off the cracked sidewalks of Beijing into Boston’s brisk air, leav...
In a vibrant Michoacán meadow dotted with milkweed and marigolds, young LucĂa watches golden monarchs wheel southward like living praye...
In a cozy living room where evening light pools like warm tea, a young boy sketches his perfect father in every familiar corner—kneelin...
In a bright classroom bursting with crayon rainbows and whispered giggles, a teacher asks her students what makes their families specialďż˝...
Under South Asia’s sunlit skies and spice-scented bazaars, the dupatta ripples like a superhero cape—its swoosh and swash echoing cen...
At Huey House—a vibrant city shelter alive with clattering pots and laughter like campfire sparks—sixth grader June stares at cold li...
From the stifling holds of 16th-century slave ships—where blinded Africans were thrown overboard as deadly ballast—to bustling Ellis ...
In the hush before dawn on a silver Minneapolis pond, young Bao and his father slip through mist to cast lines not for sport, but for sup...
In coastal Jamestown’s tobacco-laced morning air and on Angel Island’s fog-shrouded docks, A Different Mirror invites readers to stan...
From Jamestown’s tobacco fields to Angel Island’s guard towers, A Different Mirror for Young People carries readers through America��...
Under towering pines in British Columbia’s Nicola Valley, Yayah—a First Nations grandmother—guides her wide-eyed grandchildren alon...
In a sun-dappled city park where laughter ripples through the grass, Aidan—an Autistic boy who doesn’t use spoken words—taps a tabl...
May 14
{In Wilmington, North Carolina, on November 10, 1898, a white supremacist mob launched a coup d’état that violently overthrew the city...
On dusty backroads in Marks, Mississippi—where cotton fields once groaned under Jim Crow’s iron heel—local heroes like Joe Bateman ...
Under Charleston’s spring skies on May 1, 1865, young Eli tugs at Papa’s sleeve while Mama gathers tender mayflowers, each bloom a fr...
In dusty Dayton, Tennessee, on a sweltering summer day in 1925, high-school science teacher John Scopes dared to spark a national conflag...
In a sunlit suburban garden where the squeal of tires and Grandpa’s hammerbeat tap like restless drummers, a granddaughter and her Gran...
