The Stars and the Blackness Between Them
by Junauda Petrus
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 750L (~4th grade) · 320 pages · 2020
Why we'd hand it over
A rare middle-grade novel about queer Black girls that treats friendship and identity with unpatronizing depth—lyrical enough that parents will reread passages, grounded enough that kids will ask to write their own letters.