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Your Next Book is a video series where Mr. Mulvey suggests and reviews new books to read. You can see the reviews on
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Huda F Cares? by Huda Fahmy
(uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
For those who enjoy: road trips, Walt Disney World, strong female protagonists, themes of cultural identity and acceptance
Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson
(uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
For those who enjoy: poetry in general, celebrations of Black culture, celebrations of women
Our Beautiful Darkness by Ondjaki
(uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
For those who enjoy: poetic writing, graphic novels/picture books, romance
An American Plague by Jim Murphy
(uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
For those who enjoy: actually learning from the past, history
Calvin by Martine Leavitt
(uploaded Mar 12, 2025)
For those who enjoy: Calvin and Hobbes, perilous journeys, potentially unreliable narrators, neighborhood love stories, nuanced looks at schizophrenia
When You Trap a Tiger by Tae Keller
(uploaded Feb 13, 2025)
For those who enjoy: Korean folktales, storytelling, family (and sister) bonding, coming of age stories, magical realism
When You Look Like Us by Pamela N. Harris
(uploaded
Feb 13, 2025)
For those who enjoy: mysteries, true crime stories, urban dramas, relationships (both familial and romantic)
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
(uploaded
Feb 13, 2025)
For those who enjoy: legal dramas and true crime. LGBTQIA+ stories, the Bay Area
The Great Stink by Colleen Paeff
(uploaded Dec 20, 2024)
For those who enjoy: history, pollution, sisease control, scientific breakthroughs, poop jokes!
Polar Bear Café by Aloha Higa
(uploaded Dec 20, 2024)
For those who enjoy: puns (in Japanese), animals acting like people, quirky slice of life stories, absurd humor
Huda F Are You? by Huda Fahmy
(uploaded Dec 6, 2024)
For those who enjoy: middle school scaries, stories about fitting in, Muslim identity stories, amusing by desperate attempts to fit in
Here I Am, I Am Me by Cara Bean
(uploaded Dec 6, 2024)
For those who enjoy: anything at all, just read this book, it’s important; nonfiction comics; improving their mental health
Rez Dogs by Joseph Bruchac
(uploaded Nov 14, 2024)
For those who enjoy: poetry, storytelling traditions, actually talking about the pandemic
Queer Ducks by Eliot Screfer
(uploaded Nov 14, 2024)
For those who enjoy: animals and the natural world, LGBTQIA+ topics, surprising facts, humorous writing, comics
Fallout by Steve Sheinkin
(uploaded Nov 14, 2024)
For those who enjoy: world history, spy stories, politics
My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen
(uploaded Oct 22, 2024)
For those who enjoy: cooking, adaptations of classics, romance, Jewish identity stories, British accents (if you choose the audiobook)
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
(uploaded Oct 22, 2024)
For those who enjoy: Native American identity stories, mysteries, sports (hockey), drug busts, and crime stories
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
(uploaded Oct 18, 2024)
For those who enjoy: horror stories, mysteries, summer camp, bees?, gender fluid protagonists, supernatural elements
Lupe Wong Won't Dance by Donna Barba Higuera
(uploaded Oct 18, 2024)
For those who enjoy: baseball, humor, family bonding, fighting the system, not dancing
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