March Picks for Secondary Education

By Tina Parmar | February 24 2026 | Secondary Education

Our March Picks for Secondary Education spotlight compelling fiction and thought-provoking nonfiction chosen to engage today’s middle and high school students. Perfect for classroom discussions and independent reading. Each book is thoughtfully selected to create real-world connections while helping each student gain more confidence as a reader.

Here is the complete list for the March Picks!

Also, please do not miss our new title collections! They are a great source to find new material for your classes.

Themes

New & Upcoming Biographies

International Women’s Day

Dystopian

Upcoming Thrillers

Authors

Jane Austen

Prodigal Tiger
Prodigal Tiger
Samantha Chong
9798217238545
An action-packed YA contemporary fantasy debut that brings vibrant Malaysian folklore to life.
$13.50 US
Mar 17, 2026
Paperback
352 Pages
G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
US, Canada, Open Mkt
Export Edition
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Every Borrowed Beat
Every Borrowed Beat
Erin Stewart
9780593710692
For fans of FIVE FEET APART, this emotional and romantic YA offers an unflinching look at not only the realities of heart failure, but at memory, grief, guilt, and what it means to live—in spite of another, because of another, for another. For yourself.
$12.99 US
Mar 10, 2026
Paperback
352 Pages
Delacorte Press
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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I Am the Swarm
I Am the Swarm
Hayley Chewins
9780593623886
A propulsive YA novel in verse that blends the contemporary magic of Jandy Nelson with the simmering feminist rage of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Shout
$12.99 US
Mar 24, 2026
Paperback
336 Pages
Viking Books for Young Readers
World
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Deep Cuts
Deep Cuts
Holly Brickley
9780593799109
It was the love story of a decade, or it should have been--the indie sleaze, coming-of-age National Bestseller and Today Show "Spring Pick" is now in paperback.
$18.00 US
Mar 03, 2026
Paperback
288 Pages
Crown
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
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Upward Bound
Upward Bound
Woody Brown
9780593979976
A wondrous, deeply affecting portrait of the interlocking lives at an adult day care center in Southern California, depicting an often overlooked community with extraordinary wit and grace—by a major new literary voice hailed as a “groundbreaking debut novelist” (Publishers Weekly) “Implosive and wonderfully inspirational.”—Paul Beatty"Great characters, great pace, great story—reading Upward Bound is a complicated joy."—Roddy Doyle,"It will change the way you look at the world."—Angie Kim"Woody Brown accomplishes the seemingly impossible."—Mona Simpson
$28.00 US
Mar 31, 2026
Hardcover
208 Pages
Hogarth
US, Canada, Open Mkt
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