This list of July releases offers additional selections for stimulating summer reading. Pre-order now, and while you await July’s arrivals; go here for 16 children’s and YA books for Caribbean Heritage Month. The “stories represent only some of the diverse Black authors and cultures throughout the Caribbean.” Leave your thoughts on the new releases below.
July is BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) Mental Health Awareness Month. In the coming days, look for books that deal with mental health illnesses.
1. Escape from . . . Hurricane Katrina
Judy Allen Dodson | Nigel Chilvers | little bee books | July 6, 2021 | ChpBk | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
2. Josephine Against the Sea
Shakirah Bourne | Scholastic Inc. | July 6, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
3. Forever This Summer (Love Like Sky #2)
Leslie C. Youngblood | Little, Brown BYR | July 6, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
4. Rise to the Sun
Leah Johnson | Scholastic Press | July 6, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
5. My Voice Is a Trumpet
Jimmie Allen | Cathy Ann Johnson | Flamingo Books | July 13, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
6. What Do You Know?
Aracelis Girmay | Ariana Fields | Enchanted Lion Books | July 13, 2021 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
7. Maya and the Robot
Eve L. Ewing | Christine Almeda | Kokila | July 13, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
8. The Taking of Jake Livingston
Ryan Douglass | Putnam | July 13, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
9. The Right Side of Reckless
Whitney D. Grandison | Inkyard Press | July 13, 2021 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
10. Star Wars The High Republic: Out of the Shadows
Justina Ireland | Disney Lucasfilm Press | July 27, 2021 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop | IndieBound
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