Last week, Tomi Adeyemi’s fantasy novel, Children of Blood and Bone, won the Tonight Show’s Summer Reads contest. According to host, Jimmy Fallon, over 140,000 votes were counted. Adeyemi’s debut novel received about 47% of the votes. Congratulations to her—that’s awesome! If you want to read along and participate in the discussions, follow #TonightShowSummerReads. If you have already read it and are looking to discover other worlds of science fiction, fantasy, and magic, here are twenty middle-grade and young adult books that will keep you reading this summer and beyond. Still need more? Go here and here to find additional titles by traditional and self-published authors. Happy Reading!
Minecraft: The Crash – Tracey Baptiste
The Zero Degree Zombie Zone – Patrik Henry Bass
Hurricane Child – Kheryn Callender
Game World – Christopher John Farley
Shadows of Sherwood – Kekla Magoon
Black Panther: The Young Prince – Ronald L. Smith
The Lost Tribes – Christine Taylor-Butler
Shadow Walker: A Neteru Academy Book – L. A. Banks
The Sisterhood: Book One of The Sisterhood Series – Alison Clarke
The Belles – Dhonielle Clayton
The Prey of Gods – Nicky Drayden
The Unquiet – Mikaela Everett
Dread Nation – Justina Ireland
The Summer Prince – Alaya Dawn Johnson
47 – Walter Mosley
Zahrah the Windseeker – Nnedi Okorafor
Shadowshaper – Daniel José Older
Beasts Made of Night – Tochi Onyebuchi
The Return – Zetta Elliott
Orleans – Sherri L. Smith
Are you a lover of science fiction and fantasy? What are your thoughts on the books listed? Let us know in the comments below.
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Great book list and I will share your blog with my Twitter and Facebook follower. I am happy to see more black authors writing children books.
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