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If you’ve ever gawked in disbelief at a hunky white man in redface, this one’s for you

Our summer reading preview for kids includes new fiction and nonfiction, books in verse, picture books and novels for middle-graders and young adults.

From the May/June 2023 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Diverse Books: Past, Present, and Future.

By Nina Hamza (Quill Tree Books, $16.99, June 22.) When 12-year-old Ahmed and his family move from Hawaii to his father’s Minnesota hometown, he is immediately on guard, aware that he has to explain the color of his skin and an Indian American heritage he only knows secondhand. He isn’t swayed by his dad’s warm memories of growing up in Farthing and the yearly box of Pearson’s Nut Goodies, maple syrup and autumn leaves sent by a childhood friend. A welcome letter from his sixth-grade English teacher, Mrs. Gaarder, along with a reading list, also put Ahmed on guard. “F...

‘Ahmed Aziz’s Epic Year’