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Published: August 1, 2026
Books of the month:
Books of the month:
Elementary
I Am the Dream Come True
I Am the Dream Come True
A young Black girl reflects on her family’s legacy of blazing new trails, rising to meet opportunities, and choosing to seek new lands of promise.
Middle Grade
Queso, Just in Time
Queso, Just in Time
After making a wish to see his late father again, Queso wakes to find himself back in 1985 with twelve-year-old Pancho, the boy who will grow up to be his dad.
Young Adult
Holloway
Holloway
Neurodivergent Nora travels to Paris in 2021 to spread her mother’s ashes, but while backpacking through France, she is mysteriously transported back in time to 1946 to an asylum in Saint-Alban.
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