To Free the Captives: A Plea for the American Soul by Tracy K. Smith§  Mentioned:  Ordinary Light: A Memoir by Tracy K. Smith

This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets by Kwame Alexander

Kin: Rooted in Hope by Carole Boston Weatherford and illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford§  Mentioned: The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts: The True Story of The Bondwoman’s Narrative by Gregg A. Hecimovich

Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange

Nearer My Freedom:The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano by Himself by Monica Edinger and Lesley Younge

Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston

Big by Vashti Harrison§  Mentioned: Little Leaders: Black Women in History by Vashti Harrison

The Eyes & The Impossible by Dave Eggers

The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters

§  Which we discussed in Reader’s Roundtable Episode 88

We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian

ALA Youth Media Awards Announcement

RUSA Book and Media Awards Announcement (including the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Non-Fiction):