
The Line Tender
2019, 384 pages
Present Massachusetts
Protagonist Gender: female

Return to Sender
2009, 352 pages
Pura Belpré
Present (2006) Vermont
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Far from Fair
2016, 240 pages
Present Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

The Question of Miracles
2015, 256 pages
Present Oregon
Protagonist Gender: female

The Water Bears
2020, 272 pages
Present Washington
Protagonist Gender: male

Beginners Welcome
2020, 352 pages
fiction Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Where the Watermelons Grow
2018, 272 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

The Ship We Built
, Grigni, Noah
2020, 288 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Michigan
Protagonist Gender: nonbinary

Willa of the Wood
2018, 385 pages
Past (1900) Smoky Mountains
Protagonist Gender: female

Willa of Dark Hollow
2021, 384 pages
fiction Past (1900) Smoky Mountains
Protagonist Gender: female

14 Hollow Road
2017, 288 pages
Present Massachusetts
Protagonist Gender: female

The Distance to Home
2016, 240 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Where We Used to Roam
2021, 352 pages
Present Wyoming
Protagonist Gender: female

The Mighty Heart of Sunny St. James
2020, 416 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present South Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Hazel Bly and the Deep Blue Sea
2021, 352 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

Zora and Me: The Summoner
2020, 256 pages
fiction Past (1900) Alabama
Protagonist Gender: female

Zora and Me
2011, 170 pages
Past (1900) Alabama
Protagonist Gender: female

The Benefits of Being an Octopus
2018, 312 pages
Present Vermont
Protagonist Gender: female

The Flight of the Puffin
2021, 240 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Vermont, Washington
Protagonist Gender: female, male, nonbinary

Pixie Pushes On
2020, 227 pages
Fiction, Historical Past (1940s) Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: female

Eva of the Farm
2012, 256 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

Hurricane Child
2019, 240 pages
Whippoorwill
Fiction, Realistic 1990s U.S. Virgin Islands
Protagonist Gender: female

King and the Dragonflies
2020, 272 pages
Coretta Scott King Honor, Whippoorwill Award
Fiction, Realistic Present Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: male

North Shore (American Horse Tales Series, #3)
2021, 160 pages
Present Hawaii
Protagonist Gender: female

Bear and the Oxbow Island Gang
2020, 197 pages
Present Maine
Protagonist Gender: male

All That I Can Fix
2018, 320 pages
Present Indiana
Protagonist Gender: male

Talking to the Moon
2018, 332 pages
fiction Present Nova Scotia
Protagonist Gender: female

No Vacancy
2020, 220 pages
Present New York
Protagonist Gender: female

The Only Black Girls in Town
2020, 358 pages
Present California
Protagonist Gender: female

A Home for Goddesses and Dogs
2020, 400 pages
Present Connecticut
Protagonist Gender: female

Crunch
2010, 336 pages
Present New England
Protagonist Gender: male

The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle
2018, 352 pages
Fiction, Historical Present Connecticut
Protagonist Gender: male

Waiting for Normal
2008, 320 pages
Present New York
Protagonist Gender: female

Mary’s Song (Dream Horse Adventures Series, Book 1)
2016, 122 pages
Past (1952) Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

Selah’s Sweet Dream (Dream Horse Adventures Series, Book 2)
2015, 200 pages
Present Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

Selah’s Painted Dream (Dream Horse Adventures Series, Book 3)
2018, 204 pages
Present Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

Selah’s Stolen Dream (Dream Horse Adventures Series, Book 4)
2019, 266 pages
Present Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

The Boy on the Porch
2013, 176 pages
Protagonist Gender: male

Chasing Redbird
1997, 272 pages
Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: female

Moo
2016, 288 pages
Present Maine
Protagonist Gender: female, male

One Time
2020, 272 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Ruby Holler
2002, 310 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Saving Winslow
2018, 176 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: male

Walk Two Moons
1994, 288 pages
Newbery Medal
Present Ohio, Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: female

Sweet Home Alaska
2019, 304 pages
Past (1934) Alaska
Protagonist Gender: female

Ten Mile
2022, 241 pages
Fiction, Historical Past (1880) Colorado
Protagonist Gender: female

Hardscrabble
2018, 264 pages
fiction Past (1910) Colorado
Protagonist Gender: female

Someplace to Call Home
2020, 240 pages
Whippoorwill Award
Past (1930s) California
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Slider’s Son
2017, 344 pages
Past (1930s) North Dakota
Protagonist Gender: male

I Can Make This Promise
2019, 288 pages
American Indian Library Association Youth Literature Award
Fiction, Realistic Present Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

The Sea in Winter
2022, 272 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

Because of Winn-Dixie
2000, 208 pages
Newbery Honor
Fiction, Historical Present Florida
Protagonist Gender: female

Louisiana’s Way Home
2018, 240 pages
Whippoorwill
Past (1970s) Georgia
Protagonist Gender: female

When the Crickets Stopped Singing
2018, 288 pages
Past (1939) California
Protagonist Gender: female

Ashes to Asheville
2017, 256 pages
Present West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Body Of Water
2011, 336 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Free Verse
2016, 341 pages
Present West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Livvie Owen Lived Here
2010, 240 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Anybody Shining
2014, 256 pages
Fiction, Historical Past (1920s) North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Chicken Boy
2005, 224 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: male

Dovey Coe
2000, 208 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Where I’d Like to Be
2003, 240 pages
Present Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Stella by Starlight
2015, 320 pages
Past (1930s) North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Vicious Is My Middle Name
2022, 228 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Hour of the Bees
2016, 368 pages
fiction Present New Mexico
Protagonist Gender: female

Thimble Summer
1939, 144 pages
Newbery Medal
Past Wisconsin
Protagonist Gender: female

Spider Boy
1997, 192 pages
Present New York
Protagonist Gender: male

Dead End in Norvelt
2010, 352 pages
Newbery Medal
Past (1960s) Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: male

From Norvelt to Nowhere
2013, 288 pages
Past (1960s) Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: male

The Honest Truth
2015, 240 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Washington
Protagonist Gender: male

The Midnight Children
2022, 352 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise
2019, 352 pages
Fiction, Historical Present Florida, Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

Some Kind of Courage
2016, 240 pages
Past (1890) Washington
Protagonist Gender: male

All the Way Home
2001, 169 pages
fiction Past (1941) New York
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Pictures of Hollis Woods
2002, 176 pages
Newbery Honor
fiction Present New York
Protagonist Gender: female

The Last Chance for Logan County
2021, 288 pages
fiction Present Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

The Last Last-Day of Summer
2019, 304 pages
Present Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

The Last Mirror onthe Left
2020, 272 pages
fiction Present Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Reckless, Glorious, Girl
2021, 309 pages
fiction Present Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: female

Daughter of Suqua
1997, 154 pages
Fiction, Historical Past (1905) Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

What I Came to Tell You
2013, 304 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The End of the Wild
2017, 288 pages
fiction Present Michigan
Protagonist Gender: female

Cloud of Witnesses
2018, 163 pages
Past (1970s) Ohio
Protagonist Gender: male

The Ballad of Jessie Pearl
2012, 140 pages
Past (1920s) North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Our Only May Amelia
, 2001 pages
Newbery Honor
Fiction, Historical Past (1899) Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

Blooming at the Texas Sunrise Motel
2017, 348 pages
Present Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

Dear Hank Williams
2015, 240 pages
Past (1948) Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Lost Boy’s Gift
2019, 240 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: male

My Louisiana Sky
1998, 224 pages
Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female

The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas
2021, 320 pages
fiction Past (2001) Texas
Protagonist Gender: female, male

When Zachary Beaver Came to Town
1999, 256 pages
Past (1971) Texas
Protagonist Gender: male

One Year In Coal Harbor
2012, 224 pages
Present Canada
Protagonist Gender: female

Everything on a Waffle
2001, 176 pages
Newbery Honor
fiction Present Canada
Protagonist Gender: female

Drive
2018, 360 pages
Past (1952) North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Eli the Good
2009, 304 pages
Fiction, Historical Past (1976) Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: male

Same Sun Here
2013, 304 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Kentucky & New York City
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Whispers
2019, 272 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present South Carolina
Protagonist Gender: male

Shouting at the Rain
2019, 288 pages
Present Massachusetts
Protagonist Gender: female

The Case of the Burgled Bundle: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery, Book 3
2021, 208 pages
fiction Present Canada
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Case of the Missing Auntie: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery, Book 2
2020, 192 pages
fiction Present Canada
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Case of Windy Lake: A Mighty Muskrats Mystery, Book 1
2020, 160 pages
Present Canada
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Lucky Ones
2022, 320 pages
Fiction, Historical Past (1967) Mississippi
Protagonist Gender: male

Crashing in Love
2021, 272 pages
Present Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

The Dollar Kids
2018, 416 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: male

The Doughnut Fix
2018, 245 pages
Present New York
Protagonist Gender: male

The Doughnut King
2018, 336 pages
Present New York
Protagonist Gender: male

The Parker Inheritance
2018, 368 pages
Coretta Scott King Honor
fiction Present South Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Farmer
2015, 240 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Are You Ready to Hatch an Unusual Chilcken?
2018, 336 pages
fiction Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Kira-Kira
2004, 272 pages
Newbery Medal
Past (1980s) Georgia
Protagonist Gender: female

The Thing About Luck
2014, 304 pages
Asian/Pacific American Awards for Literature
fiction Past (1940s) Kansas, Nebraska
Protagonist Gender: female

Land of the Forgotten Girls
2016, 320 pages
Present Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Those Kids From Fawn Creek
2022, 336 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Great Upending
2020, 272 pages
Present Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Wild Blues
2018, 352 pages
fiction Present New York
Protagonist Gender: female

Hideout
2017, 333 pages
Fiction, Historical Present Mississippi
Protagonist Gender: male

Terror at Bottle Creek
2017, 240 pages
Fiction, Historical Present Alabama
Protagonist Gender: male

Me and Marvin Gardens
2019, 272 pages
Fiction, Historical Present Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: male

Saving Wonder
2016, 272 pages
Fiction, Historical Present Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: male

Stepping Stones
2020, 224 pages
fiction Present
Protagonist Gender: female

See You at Harry’s
2012, 320 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Still a Work in Progress
2016, 320 pages
Present New England
Protagonist Gender: male

Where the Heart Is
2019, 304 pages
Whippoorwill
Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Meant to Be
2022, 224 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Northeast
Protagonist Gender: female

Savvy
2008, 384 pages
Newbery Honor
Present Kansas, Nebraska
Protagonist Gender: female

Scumble
2010, 432 pages
Present Kansas, Nebraska
Protagonist Gender: male

Switch
2015, 384 pages
Present Kansas, Nebraska
Protagonist Gender: female

Under the Bottle Bridge
2017, 352 pages
Present New York
Protagonist Gender: female

Waiting for Augusta
2016, 352 pages
Past (1972) Alabama
Protagonist Gender: male

Whistle in the Dark
2013, 192 pages
Past (1920s) Missouri
Protagonist Gender: male

Touch Blue
2012, 192 pages
Present Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

Half a Chance
2014, 224 pages
Present New Hampshire
Protagonist Gender: female

Too Bright to See
2022, 224 pages
Newbery Honor
Fiction, Realistic Present Vermont
Protagonist Gender: nonbinary

Catch Rider
2013, 288 pages
Present West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Gentle’s Holler
2005, 256 pages
Past (1960s) North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Jessie’s Mountain
2008, 320 pages
Past (1940s) North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Louisiana’s Song
2007, 288 pages
Past (1960s) North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

The Season of Styx Malone
2018, 304 pages
CSK Honor
Present Indiana
Protagonist Gender: male

The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair
2018, 336 pages
Present Iowa
Protagonist Gender: female

Turn the Cup Around
1997, 160 pages
Present Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse
2015, 176 pages
American Indian Library Association
Present South Dakota
Protagonist Gender: male

Caterpillar Summer
2019, 295 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

These Unlucky Stars
2021, 288 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

The Seventh Wish
2016, 256 pages
Present New York
Protagonist Gender: female

Holler of the Fireflies
2022, 368 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Heaven is Paved with Oreos
2013, 208 pages
Present Wisconsin
Protagonist Gender: female

Dear Sweet Pea
2019, 273 pages
Present Texas
Protagonist Gender: female

A Shiloh Christmas
2015, 257 pages
Present West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Saving Shiloh
1997, 115 pages
Present West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Shiloh
1991, 144 pages
Newbery Medal
Present West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Shiloh Season
1996, 140 pages
West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

The Orphan Band of Springdale
2018, 464 pages
Whippoorwill
Past (1941) Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

Fame and Glory in Freedom, Georgia
2003, 112 pages
Present Georgia
Protagonist Gender: female

Greetings from Nowhere
2008, 198 pages
Present Smoky Mountains
Protagonist Gender: female

How to Steal a Dog
2008, 192 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Wish
2016, 256 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Wonderland
2018, 288 pages
fiction Present Alabama
Protagonist Gender: female

The Lonely Heart of Maybelle Lane
2020, 288 pages
Present Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Between Two Skies
2017, 273 pages
Present Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Jasmineand Maddie
2014, 192 pages
Present Connecticut
Protagonist Gender: female

Prairie Lotus
2020, 272 pages
Past (1880) Dakota Territory
Protagonist Gender: female

Bridge to Terabithia
1977, 144 pages
Newbery Medal
Present (1970s) Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

The Higher Power of Lucky
2006, 160 pages
Newbery Medal
Present U.S. Southwest
Protagonist Gender: female

Lucky Breaks
2009, 208 pages
Present U.S. Southwest
Protagonist Gender: female

Lucky for Good
2011, 224 pages
Present U.S. Southwest
Protagonist Gender: female

Alida’s Song (#3 Of 3)
2001, 96 pages
Past (1950s) Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: male

The Cookcamp
1991, 115 pages
Past (1940s) Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: male

The Quilt (#2 Of 3)
2004, 96 pages
Past (1940s) Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: male

The Best Man
2016, 256 pages
Present Illinois
Protagonist Gender: male

Boy Bites Bug
2018, 272 pages
Present Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: male

Steering Toward Normal
2014, 336 pages
Present Minnesota
Protagonist Gender: male

Moonshiner’S Son
1993, 208 pages
Past (1930s) Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Fishing in Fire
2023, 208 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Idaho
Protagonist Gender: female

As Brave as You
2015, 432 pages
Coretta Scott King Honor
Present Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Bayou Magic
2015, 272 pages
Present Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Jude Saves the World
2023, 272 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present
Protagonist Gender: nonbinary

The Elephant’s Girl
2020, 336 pages
Present Nebraska
Protagonist Gender: female

Tips for Magicians
2021, 368 pages
fiction Present Utah
Protagonist Gender: male

The Coffin Quilt: The Feud Between the Hatfields and the Mccoys
2001, 240 pages
Past Kentucky, West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

The Boy Who Saved Baseball
2005, 224 pages
Present California
Protagonist Gender: male

Air
2022, 272 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present California
Protagonist Gender: female

Canary in the Coal Mine
2013, 192 pages
Past (1930s) West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Missing May
1992, 128 pages
Newbery Medal
Present West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Rosetown
2018, 160 pages
Past (1972) Indiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Rosetown Summer
2021, 96 pages
Past (1972) Indiana
Protagonist Gender: female

Horse Girl
2021, 240 pages
Present Nebraska
Protagonist Gender: female

Zora and Me: The Cursed Ground
2018, 272 pages
Whippoorwill
Past (1900) Alabama
Protagonist Gender: female

Counting By 7s
2013, 416 pages
Present California
Protagonist Gender: female

The Elephant in the Room
2021, 256 pages
Present Oregon
Protagonist Gender: female

The Truce
2020, 208 pages
Past (1942) Appalachia
Protagonist Gender: female

Bone’s Gift: Ghosts of Ordinary Objects
2018, 256 pages
Whippoorwill
Past (1942) Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Lingering Echoes: Ghosts of Ordinary Objects
2020, 192 pages
Past (1942) Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Ebb & Flow
2018, 232 pages
Present Canada
Protagonist Gender: male

Coop Knows the Scoop
2020, 304 pages
Present Georgia
Protagonist Gender: male

Small Town Pride
2022, 272 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Ohio
Protagonist Gender: male

August Isle
2019, 384 pages
Present Florida
Protagonist Gender: female

The Ethan I Was Before
2017, 384 pages
Present Georgia
Protagonist Gender: male

How to Disappear Completely
2020, 400 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

The Mending Summer
2021, 368 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Georgia Rules
2017, 272 pages
Present Vermont
Protagonist Gender: female

Lizzie Flying Solo
2019, 324 pages
Present Connecticut
Protagonist Gender: female

Swing Sideways
2016, 304 pages
fiction Present New York
Protagonist Gender: female

The Summer of Bad Ideas
2017, 304 pages
Present Florida
Protagonist Gender: female

Roll with it
2019, 272 pages
Present Oklahoma
Protagonist Gender: female

The Wish andthe Peacock
2020, 336 pages
Present Idaho
Protagonist Gender: female

A Kind of Paradise
2019, 300 pages
ILA book awards honor
Present Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: female

I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980
2016, 112 pages
Fiction, Historical Past (1980) Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

The House That Whispers
2022, 336 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: nonbinary

The Best Liars in Riverview
2022, 352 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: nonbinary

The Ghosts of Tupelo Landing
2014, 368 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Law of Finders Keepers
2019, 368 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female, male

The Odds of Getting Even
2015, 368 pages
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Three Times Lucky
2012, 336 pages
Newbery Honor
Present North Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female, male

Last in a Long Line of Rebels
2015, 304 pages
Present Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: female

Hope inthe Holler
2018, 240 pages
Present Kentucky
Protagonist Gender: female

The Beautiful Something Else
2023, 288 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Tennessee
Protagonist Gender: nonbinary

Moon Over Manifest
2010, 384 pages
Newbery Medal
Past (1930s) Kansas
Protagonist Gender: female

A Blind Guide to Stinkville
2015, 280 pages
ILA book awards honor
Present South Carolina
Protagonist Gender: female

Bringing Me Back
2018, 256 pages
Present West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: male

Caleb and Kit
2017, 273 pages
fiction Present
Protagonist Gender: female, male

An Inmate’s Daughter
2006, 179 pages
Fiction, Realistic Present Washington
Protagonist Gender: female

Why Can’t I Be You?
2018, 208 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Belle Prater’s Boy
1996, 224 pages
Newbery Honor
Past (1954) Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Little Audrey
2008, 145 pages
Past (1948) Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

The Search for Belle Prater
2005, 169 pages
Past (1955) Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

The Treasure of Way Down Deep
2013, 198 pages
Past (1944) West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Way Down Deep
2007, 224 pages
Past West Virginia
Protagonist Gender: female

Prairie Thief
2012, 224 pages
fiction Past (1880s) Colorado
Protagonist Gender: female

The Nerviest Girl in the World
2020, 208 pages
Past (1900 or so) California
Protagonist Gender: female

Gone Crazy in Alabama
2015, 320 pages
Coretta Scott King Award
Past (1970) Alabama
Protagonist Gender: female

Beyond the Bright Sea
2017, 320 pages
Past Massachusetts
Protagonist Gender: female

Echo Mountain
2020, 368 pages
Past (1930s) Maine
Protagonist Gender: female

Wolf Hollow
2016, 320 pages
Newbery Honor
Past Pennsylvania
Protagonist Gender: female

Alice’s Farm
2021, 368 pages
Present
Protagonist Gender: female

Owl’s Outstanding Donuts
2019, 232 pages
Present California
Protagonist Gender: female

Forever this Summer
2021, 336 pages
Present Louisiana
Protagonist Gender: female