Mariama J. Lockington Books in Order

Eleven-year-old Makeda, a Black girl adopted into a white family, moves from Maryland to New Mexico and leaves her closest friend behind. Through music and letters, she navigates loneliness, family tensions and questions about identity and belonging.

Andi arrives at music camp grieving her mother, while Zora struggles with expectations that leave little room for her love of dance. As the camp’s only two Black girls, they find friendship and first love while imagining different futures.

After witnessing police brutality, Black teenager Sadie finds her anxiety intensifying and struggles to leave home. With support from therapy, family, friends and online activism, she works toward connection and a way to make her voice heard.

Two high school seniors with very different feelings about Christmas agree to pose as girlfriends for sponsored holiday posts. As their arrangement earns money and attention, Lyric and Juniper discover feelings that complicate the boundary between performance and genuine connection.