Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)

We Free the Stars

Sands of Arawiya #2

by Hafsah Faizal – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (January 19, 2021)

The second book in the Sands of Arawiya duology by the masterful Hafsah Faizal?the follow-up to the smash New York Times bestselling novel We Hunt the Flame.

Darkness surged in his veins. Power bled from her...

The Comeback

by E. L. Shen – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (January 18, 2021)

E. L. Shen's The Comeback is a heartfelt, #OwnVoices middle-grade debut about a young girl trying to be a champ?in figure skating and in life.

Twelve-year-old Maxine Chen is just trying to nail that perfect...

Kat Wolfe on Thin Ice

Wolfe and Lamb Mysteries #3

by Lauren St John – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (January 04, 2021)

The Wolfe Pet Sitting Agency returns to unravel another mystery?and this time, it's a slippery slope for our heroes and their newfound husky-dog sidekicks! Kat Wolfe on Thin Ice is the third book in the middle-grade...

Runaway

by Ray Anthony Shepard & Keith Mallett – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (January 04, 2021)

Runaway is a powerful, lyrical OwnVoices picture book about the enslavement of Ona Judge and her self-emancipation from George Washington?s household.

Ona Judge was enslaved by the Washingtons, and served the...

Gone to the Woods

by Gary Paulsen – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (January 11, 2021)

A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving readers a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories.

His name is synonymous with high-stakes wilderness survival stories....

Halfway to Harmony

by Barbara O'Connor – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (January 11, 2021)

A heartfelt middle-grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Barbara O?Connor about a boy whose life is upended after the loss of his older brother?timeless, classic, and whimsical.

Walter Tipple is...

The Awakening of Malcolm X

by Ilyasah Shabazz & Tiffany D. Jackson – Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) (January 04, 2021)

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author,...