This list may not feature all the new titles for June 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. Thanks for visiting our blog!
PB/Picture Book | ChBk/Chapter Book | MG/Middle-Grade | YA/Young Adult
You Matter
Christian Robinson | Atheneum BYR | PB | June 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
Thunder Run (Dactyl Hill Squad #3)
Daniel José Older | Scholastic Press | MG | June 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
The Hero of Numbani (Overwatch #1)
Nicky Drayden | Scholastic Inc. | YA | June 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
You Should See Me in a Crown
Leah Johnson | Scholastic Press | YA | June 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin
Roseanne A. Brown | Balzer + Bray | YA | June 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
A Song Below Water: A Novel
Bethany C. Morrow | Tor Teen | YA | June 2 | Amazon | IndieBound
She Was the First!: The Trailblazing Life of Shirley Chisholm
Katheryn Russell-Brown | Eric Velasquez | Lee & Low Books | YA | June 9 | Amazon | IndieBound
All the Things We Never Knew
Liara Tamani | Greenwillow Books | YA | June 9 | Amazon | IndieBound
AntiRacist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi | Ashley Lukashevsky | Board Book | June 16 | Amazon | IndieBound
Nana Akua Goes to School
Patricia Elam Walker | April Harrison | Schwartz & Wade | PB | June 16 | Amazon | IndieBound
Saving Ruby King: A Novel
Catherine Adel | West Park Row | YA | June 16 | Amazon | IndieBound
The New Jim Crow: Young Readers’ Edition: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander | The New Press | YA | June 30, 2020 | Amazon
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