Staff Picks

Graphic Novels


Johnnie Christmas
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J-GN Christm Swim Team)

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school—until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears.  Can Bree defy the odds and guide her team to a state championship, or have the Manatees swum their last lap—for good?


YA Black History Month

  • Nubia: Real One


  • Wander in the Dark


  • Ghost Roast


  • Where Sleeping Girls Lie


  • The Gilded Ones


  • Artie and the Wolf Moon


  • Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling


  • Swim Team


  • Only on the Weekends


  • Miles Morales: Shock Waves


  • Sleep Like Death


  • Fast Pitch


  • The Weight of Blood


  • That Self-Same Metal


  • Charming as a Verb


  • Pet


  • Iyanu: Child of Wonder, Vol. 1


  • Infinity Alchemist


  • Skin of the Sea


  • Legendborn


  • Their Vicious Games


  • Illustrated Black History: Honoring the Iconic and the Unseen


  • Cool. Awkward. Black.


  • Early Departures


  • Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known


  • Wash Day Diaries


  • The Crossover


  • The Davenports


  • Weirdo


  • Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song


  • Maybe an Artist


  • Nothing Burns as Bright as You


  • Blood Debts


  • Brooms


  • Standing Up Against Hate: How Black Women in the Army Helped Change the Course of WWII