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January 30, 2026

Winner of the 2023 John Steptoe Award for New Talent, We Deserve Monuments, by Jas Hammonds, tells the story of a teen confronting family history and racism when she gets abruptly moved to her grandma's in rural Georgia.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund



Nonfiction
Liturgies for Resisting Empire
Liturgies for Resisting Empire
by Kat Armas

The Sirens' Call
The Sirens' Call
by Chris Hayes
read by the Author



Children's Nonfiction
Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa
Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa
by Sara Andrea Fajardo
illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal

André
André
written by Carole Boston Weatherford and Rob Sanders
illustrated by Lamont O'Neal