Who’s ready for an epic adventure? We can't wait to spend the next few months with these dynamic stories, which have something for every kind of middle grade reader (🧵):

✨THE MOONLIT VINE by Elizabeth Santiago, PhD (May 30) - ** YA that can be read by upper middle grade readers ** — A 14-year-old connects to her Taíno heritage and newfound power to help her family and neighborhood: ow.ly/s4B850OEnrn

✨LEI AND THE FIRE GODDESS by Malia Maunakea (June 6) - A 12-year-old has undo a curse, save her best friend, battle mythical creatures, and dig into her Hawaiian roots: ow.ly/UfaP50OEnrm

✨THE KINGDOM OVER THE SEA by Zohra Nabi (June 6) - A 12-year-old must travel to a mystical land of sorceresses, alchemists, jinn, and flying carpets to discover her heritage and fulfill her destiny: ow.ly/f5zG50OEnrg

✨THE DESTINY OF MINOU MOONSHINE by Gita Ralleigh गीता (July 6) - Set in an alternate historical India, this story centers on an orphan who goes with her two friends and a mechanical elephant on the adventure of a lifetime: ow.ly/HErl50OEnrj

✨THE CHAOS MONSTER by Dr. Sayantani DasGupta (July 18) - 10-year-old twins get whisked away by winged pakkhiraj horses to a magical realm where they uncover a plot involving disappearing bees and nectar: ow.ly/nKMq50OEnrf

✨ABENI’S SONG by Disgruntled Haradrim (July 25) - The beginning of a West African and African Diaspora-inspired fantasy adventure about a reluctant apprentice to magic and the stolen villagers she sets out to save: ow.ly/bWu350OEnrl

✨TESSA MIYATA IS NO HERO by Julie Abe Updates✨ (August 22) - A Japanese American girl accidentally unleashes a malicious samurai god and discovers a hidden, magical part of Tokyo during her stay with her grandparents: ow.ly/pbjX50OEnrk

✨ADIA KELBARA AND THE CIRCLE OF SHAMANS by @IsiHendrix (September 19) - The first book in an Afrofantasy trilogy about a 12-year-old who must ally with a goddess and a warrior to save her kingdom: ow.ly/4YfT50OEnri