Ellen Oustide the Lines by A.J. Sass - 6/6/25

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume - 5/30/25

Uprooted by Ruth Chan - 5/23/25

Finally Seen by Kelly Yang - 5/16/25

Lei and the Fire Goddess by Malia Maukanea - 5/9/25

Frankly in Love by David Yoon - 5/2/25

Tagging Freedom by Rhonda Roumani - 4/25/25

Wings in the Wild by Margarita Engle - 4/18/25

Ain't Burned All the Bright by Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin - 4/11/25

No First Chapter Friday for 3/28 or 4/4 due to Spring Break and the end of Quarter 3 Grading Day.

A Greater Goal by Elizabeth Rusch - 3/21/25

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer  by Traci Sorell - 3/14/25

White Rose by Kip Wilson - 3/7/25

No new First Chapter Friday for 2/28/25 - See you in March!

Fire in the Streets by Kekla Magoon - 2/21/25

The Underground Abductor by Nathan Hale - 2/14/25

Freewater by Amina Luqman-Dawson - 2/7/25

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - 1/31/25

The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han - 1/24/25

Miles Morales by Jason Reynolds - 1/17/25

The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld - 1/10/25

Wildwood by Colin Meloy - 12/20/24

The Wild Robot by Peter Brown - 12/13/24

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper - 12/6/24

The Misewa Saga #2: The Great Bear by David A. Robertson - 11/22/24

The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline - 11/15/24

Rez Ball by Byron Graves - 11/8/24

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley - 10/25/24

Scary Stories to Tell Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker - 10/18/24

Mexikid by Pedro Martin - 10/4/24

A Seed in the Sun by Aida Salazar - 9/27/24

Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros - 9/20/24

One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus - 9/13/24 (recommended for 8th grade and above)

Lo & Behold by Wendy Mass - 9/6/24

Tales of a Seventh Grade Lizard Boy by Jonathan Hill - 8/30/24

The Real Riley Mayes by Rachel Elliott- 6/14/24

This is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, and Us 

edited by Katherine Locke and Nicole Melleby - 6/7/24

I Love You So Mochi by Sarah Kuhn - 5/31/24

Measuring Up by Lily LaMotte - 5/24/24

Gaijin: American Prisoner of War  by Matt Faulkner - 5/17/24

When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller - 5/10/24

Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang - 5/3/24

Cast Away: Poems of Our Time by Naomi Shihab Nye - 4/26/24

Aniana del Mar Jumps In  by Jasminne Mendez  - 4/19/24

Dear Mothman by Robin Gow  - 4/12/24

Land of the Cranes  by Aida Salazar  - 4/5/24

Choosing Brave by Angela Joy  - 3/22/24

Proud by Ibtihaj Muhammad  - 3/15/24

Notable Native People by Adrienne Keene  - 3/8/24

From the Desk of Zoey Washington by Janae Marks  - 3/1/24

The Crossover (Graphic Novel Adaptation) by Kwame Alexander  - 2/23/24

Blackout by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon  - 2/16/24

Dear Martin by Nic Stone - 2/9/24

El Deafo by Cece Bell - 2/2/24

Climate Warriors: Fourteen Scientists and Fourteen Ways We Can Save Our Planet  by Laura Gehl - 1/26/24

Starchild: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler  by Ibi Zoboi - 1/12/24

Colin Kaepernick: Change the Game by Colin Kaepernick and Eve Ewing - 1/5/24

Blame It On the Mistletoe by Beth Garrod - 12/15/23

Redbone: The True Story of a Native American Rock Band by Christian Staebler and Sonia Paoloni - 12/8/23

Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Monique Gray Smith - 12/1/23

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz  - 10/27/23

Field of Screams by Wendy Parris - 10/20/23

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas  - 10/13/23

The Storm Runner by J.C. Cervantes - 10/6/23

Charlie Hernandez & The League of Shadows by Ryan Calejo - 9/29/23

Tumble by Celia C. Pérez  - 9/22/23

Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs - 9/15/23

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein - 9/8/23

Invisible by Christina Diaz Gonzalez - 9/1/23

King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callendar - 6/9/23

Heartstopper (Volume 1) by Alice Oseman - 6/2/23

Kaiulani: The People's Princess, Hawaii, 1889 by Ellen Emerson White - 5/26/23

Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly - 5/19/23

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han - 5/12/23

Dawn Raid by Pauline Vaeluaga Smith - 5/5/23

Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca - 4/28/23

Booked by Kwame Alexander - 4/21/23

Other Words for Home by Jasmin Warga - 4/14/23

Starfish by Lisa Fipps - 4/7/23

Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance by Simone Biles - 3/24/23

Madame C.J. Walker Builds a Business by Rebel Girls - 3/17/23

My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero - 3/10/23

Betty Before X by Ilyasah Shabazz with Renee Watson - 3/3/23

This Side of Home by Renee Watson - 2/24/23

Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson - 2/17/23

Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky by Kwame Mbalia - 2/10/23

Blended by Sharon M. Draper - 2/3/23

The Last Cuentista by Donna Barba Higuera - 1/27/23

Fear Street: All Night Party by R.L. Stine - 1/20/23

Class Act by Jerry Craft - 1/13/23

Darkroom by K.R. Alexander - 12/16/22

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Diper Overlode by Jeff Kinney - 12/9/22

The Barren Grounds read by David A. Robertson - 11/18/22

How I Became a Ghost by Tim Tingle - 11/11/22

A Snake Falls to Earth  by Darcie Little Badger - 11/4/22

Ghost Squad  by Claribel A. Ortega - 10/28/22

The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown - 10/21/22

Lotería by Karla Arenas Valenti - 10/14/22

Sal & Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez - 10/7/22

The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez by Adrianna Cuevas - 9/30/22

The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Peter Sís - 9/23/22

Drama by Raina Telgemeier - 9/16/22

Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston - 9/9/22

The Misewa Saga #2: The Great Bear by David A. Robertson - 11/22/24