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July 2020 New Releases

This list may not feature all the new titles for July 2020. The titles are listed according to their release date. Sometimes, however, publishers may move a release date up or back. If you know of any that are not listed or the release date has changed, leave us a comment below.



Freedom, We Sing

Amyra León | Molly Mendoza | Flying Eye Books | July 7 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


I Got the School Spirit

Connie Schofield-Morrison | Frank Morrison | Bloomsbury | July 7 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


Catch that Chicken

Atinuke | Anglea Brooksbank | Candlewick | July 7 |PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


Cinderella Is Dead

Kalynn Bayron | Bloomsbury | July 7 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



The Voting Booth 

Brandy Colbert | Disney-Hyperion | July 7 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


Something to Say

Lisa Moore Ramee | Balzer + Bray | July 14 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


A Place Inside of Me

Zetta Elliott | Noa Denmon | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) | July 21 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


The Electric Slide and Kai

Kelly J. Baptist | Darnell Johnson | Lee & Low Books | July 21 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound



The Year of the Witching

Alexis Henderson | Ace | July 21 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


This Is My America

Kim Johnson | Random House BYR | July 28 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


Shirley Chisholm Is a Verb

Veronica Chambers | Rachelle Baker | Dial Books | July 28 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound


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