We’ve put together a roundup of titles to celebrate National Poetry Month, including the award winning novel A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez by María Dolores Águila and new 2026 titles such as Eureka and Shook! Explore our poetry titles, and discover more about each book below by clicking the book jacket!
Shook
By Julian Randall; illustrated by Nathan Walker
Ages 8-10
“A masterful middle-grade novel.” —Newbery Honoree Jasmine Warga
“Readers, make permanent room on your shelves—and in your hearts— for this witty and poignant novel.” —National Book Award winner Elizabeth Acevedo
“Stunning. This book is powerful.” —Newbery Medalist Tae Keller
Shake’s dream of making the varsity basketball team is in peril when he gets injured. Can he rebound and make his way back onto the court—and back to feeling like himself? For fans of Kwame Alexander and Jason Reynolds.
Malik Page—though unless you’re his mama, call him “Shake”—dreams of making the Marshall Grove varsity basketball squad as an eighth grader. Then he’ll be on his way to joining the ranks of Chicago legends like his pops and late Uncle Kenny. But when Shake fractures his ankle in a championship game, he’s sidelined for the first time since his first dribble.
As his world is turned upside down, Shake feels like there’s ginger ale bubbling in his chest and sweat slicking on his palms. With a best friend who’s getting more distant by the day, a growing silence between him and his dad, and varsity tryouts fast approaching, Shake will have to cross up every obstacle to find a way back onto the court—and back to being himself. Thankfully in Marshall Grove, the sky is always full of hope.
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