Book three of the Rocket Says series will be released on July 18th. In Rocket Says Speak Up!, activism is on display as Rocket leads a protest to save the community’s library. Young readers should love this installment of the fun STEM picture book series. Check out all of July’s new releases for more fun and exciting picture, middle-grade, and young adult titles.
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Picture Books
It’ll Be Irie: Staying True to Yourself
Donn Swaby | Alejandra Barajas | Cardinal Rule Press | July 1, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Like Lava in My Veins
Derrick Barnes | Shawn Martinbrough | Adriano Lucas | Nancy Paulsen Books | July 4, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Rocket Says Speak Up!
Nathan Bryon | Dapo Adeola | Random House BYR | July 18, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Meet the Technovators! (Super Sema)
Terrance Crawford | Penguin Young Readers Licenses | July 18, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Little Boo’s Halloween Party
Lala Watkins | Cartwheel Books | July 18, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Fresh Juice
Robert Liu-Trujillo | Lee & Low Books | July 25, 2023 | PB | Amazon | Bookshop
Chapter/Middle-Grade
Dream Team (Love Puppies #3)
JaNay Brown-Wood | Scholastic | July 4, 2023 | Chp Bk | Amazon | Bookshop
Clouds over California
Karyn Parsons | Little, Brown BYR | July 11, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Once in a Blue Moon
Sharon G. Flake | Knopf BYR | July 11, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
The Spin (Bk. 2)
Marcus Stroman | Aladdin | July 11, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Flora la Fresca & the Art of Friendship
Veronica Chambers | Sujean Rim | Dial Books | July 18, 2023| MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Abeni’s Song
P. Djèlí Clark | Starscape | July 25, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
Young Adult (YA)
Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid’s Guide to the First Amendment
Allison Matulli | Clelia Castro-Malaspina | Running Press Kids | July 25, 2023 | MG | Amazon | Bookshop
My Week with Him
Joya Goffney | HarperTeen | July 11, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
A Song of Salvation
Alechia Dow | Inkyard Press | July 11, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Splintered Magic (A Mirror Novel, Bk. 4)
L.L. McKinney | Disney Hyperion | July 18, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
The King Is Dead
Benjamin Dean | Little, Brown BYR | July 18, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
Their Vicious Games
Joelle Wellington | Simon & Schuster BYR | July 25, 2023 | YA | Amazon | Bookshop
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