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All The Blues In The Sky

Watson, Renee.


Kirkus starred, January 01, 2025. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, January 2025. Publisher's Weekly, November 04, 2024. School library journal starred, February 01, 2025. Horn book starred, March 2025. Booklist starred, December 01, 2025. When thirteen-year-old Sage's best friend dies, Sage struggles with grief and feels that she is at fault, but when she joins a grief group, she slowly learns to heal.
Date Published:2025

Kirkus starred, January 01, 2025. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, January 2025. Publisher's Weekly, November 04, 2024. School library journal starred, February 01, 2025. Horn book starred, March 2025. Booklist starred, December 01, 2025. When thirteen-year-old Sage's best friend dies, Sage struggles with grief and feels that she is at fault, but when she joins a grief group, she slowly learns to heal.

Date Published:2025

Gearhead Goal Maker

Maddox, Jake, 1974-


Francis is spending the week at an esports camp, with the hopes of becoming even better at Red Card Racers, his best and favorite game. But it doesn't take long for Francis to realize that the camp competition is tough. Frustrated by his game performance, Francis struggles to make progress and even has to deal with a bad-mouthing competitor. Will Francis find a way move past his early losses to take advantage of all that camp has to offer?
Date Published:2024

Francis is spending the week at an esports camp, with the hopes of becoming even better at Red Card Racers, his best and favorite game. But it doesn't take long for Francis to realize that the camp competition is tough. Frustrated by his game performance, Francis struggles to make progress and even has to deal with a bad-mouthing competitor. Will Francis find a way move past his early losses to take advantage of all that camp has to offer?

Date Published:2024

Overground Railroad : the Green book and the roots of black travel in America /

Taylor, Candacy A.,


"The young adult adaptation." Maps on endpapers. Introduction : are we there yet? -- The business of the Green Book -- Driving while black -- The fight -- A license to leave -- All aboard -- Vacation -- Music venues -- The roots of Route 66 -- Women and the Green Book -- A change is gonna come -- Integration and the double-edged sword of progress -- Epilogue : America after the Green Book. Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Library Journal, Offers a history of the "Green Book," documenting stories of black travel in the United States during the Jim Crow era, the racism Black travelers endured, and the Black struggle for freedom and mobility in a racist society.
Date Published:2022

"The young adult adaptation." Maps on endpapers. Introduction : are we there yet? -- The business of the Green Book -- Driving while black -- The fight -- A license to leave -- All aboard -- Vacation -- Music venues -- The roots of Route 66 -- Women and the Green Book -- A change is gonna come -- Integration and the double-edged sword of progress -- Epilogue : America after the Green Book. Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Library Journal, Offers a history of the "Green Book," documenting stories of black travel in the United States during the Jim Crow era, the racism Black travelers endured, and the Black struggle for freedom and mobility in a racist society.

Date Published:2022

Builder Battle

Maddox, Jake, 1974-


Samuel is a longtime fan of the classic world-building game Buildtopia , playing it years after his friends have forgotten about it. So he's excited to learn that a big game update has reignited interest in the video game. Now with new in-game challenges, Buildtopia is getting an eSports competition. Will Samuel turn his love of the game into an opportunity to compete and connect with new friends?
Date Published:2023

Samuel is a longtime fan of the classic world-building game Buildtopia , playing it years after his friends have forgotten about it. So he's excited to learn that a big game update has reignited interest in the video game. Now with new in-game challenges, Buildtopia is getting an eSports competition. Will Samuel turn his love of the game into an opportunity to compete and connect with new friends?

Date Published:2023

Hide And Shriek

Stine, R.L.


Do you believe in ghosts? Don't say no until you take a walk down Fear Street. Past the woods, where no birds sing. Past the lake, where something lurks beneath the water. Past the cemetery, where everyone is dying to meet you. New kid in town Randy discovers there's much more at stake than she thought in the town's annual after-dark game of hide-and-seek.
Date Published:2025

Stay Away From The Tree House

Stine, R. L.


No one ever goes into the Fear Street woods at night. Not if they want to come out again. But Dylan and Steve just found a cool tree house there--one that's supposed to be haunted. Are the creepy stories true? Dylan and Steve are going to find out. They're spending the night in the tree house in the woods. Just the two of them. And one ghost.
Date Published:2026

Eye Of The Fortuneteller

Stine, R. L.


Who's afraid of the ghosts of Fear Street? Not Kelsey Moore. She's lived on Fear Street all her life, and she's not afraid of anything. Until she meets Madame Valda--a strange old woman who says she can see into the future. She tells Kelsey that only fools are fearless. Kelsey just laughs. But Kelsey isn't laughing when she climbs into bed--and finds it full of disgusting sand crabs. Or when she goes for a swim--and finds the ocean swarming with giant jellyfish!
Date Published:2026

Who's afraid of the ghosts of Fear Street? Not Kelsey Moore. She's lived on Fear Street all her life, and she's not afraid of anything. Until she meets Madame Valda--a strange old woman who says she can see into the future. She tells Kelsey that only fools are fearless. Kelsey just laughs. But Kelsey isn't laughing when she climbs into bed--and finds it full of disgusting sand crabs. Or when she goes for a swim--and finds the ocean swarming with giant jellyfish!

Date Published:2026

Man Made Monsters

Rogers, Andrea.


Following one extended Cherokee family across the centuries, from the tribe's homelands in Georgia in the 1830s to World War I, the Vietnam War, our own present, and well into the future, each story delivers a slice of a particular time period that will leave readers longing for more.
Date Published:2022

Octopus Moon

Pyron, Bobbie.


Kirkus, December 15, 2024. Publisher's Weekly, November 25, 2024. School library journal starred, March 2025. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, March 2025. Booklist, January 01, 2025. Recently diagnosed with depression, fifth-grader Pearl struggles with self-care and self-love amidst a sea of changes.
Date Published:2025

Dog Man : a tale of two kitties.

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


"Graphix." Kirkus, June 15, 2017. School library journal, August 2017. Horn book guide, Wilson Children's core collection. Dog Man is back, and he's about to be bested by the world's most conniving cat crook! In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2017

Hikaru In The Light! 3

Matsuda, Mai.


"Hikaru in the light! was originally published in Japan by Futabasha Publishers, Ltd., Tokyo, in 2021 under the title HIKARU in the LIGHT!." Reads from right to left. Kirkus, February 15, 2026. The competition heats up, as best friends go after the once-in-a-lifetime chance to become pop stars. In graphic novel manga format.
Date Published:2026

Hikaru In The Light! 2

Matsuda, Mai.


"Hikaru in the light! was originally published in Japan by Futabasha Publishers, Ltd., Tokyo, in 2021 under the title HIKARU in the LIGHT!." Reads from right to left. Kirkus, October 15, 2025. Publisher's Weekly, December 16, 2024. Hikaru and her best friend, Ran, have made it past auditions... and now the real tests begin: dance tests, vocal tests, nerve-racking rankings, and devastating eliminations, all to see who has the star potential to make it through to the next round. Hikaru will need to dig deep to let her voice shine. In graphic novel manga format.
Date Published:2025

"Hikaru in the light! was originally published in Japan by Futabasha Publishers, Ltd., Tokyo, in 2021 under the title HIKARU in the LIGHT!." Reads from right to left. Kirkus, October 15, 2025. Publisher's Weekly, December 16, 2024. Hikaru and her best friend, Ran, have made it past auditions... and now the real tests begin: dance tests, vocal tests, nerve-racking rankings, and devastating eliminations, all to see who has the star potential to make it through to the next round. Hikaru will need to dig deep to let her voice shine. In graphic novel manga format.

Date Published:2025

Hikaru In The Light! 1

Matsuda, Mai.


"Hikaru in the light! was originally published in Japan by Futabasha Publishers, Ltd., Tokyo, in 2021 under the title HIKARU in the LIGHT!." Reads from right to left. School library journal, March 2025. Kirkus, October 15, 2025. Booklist starred, January 01, 2026. Middle-school student Hikaru Ogino is known as the songbird of her family's bathhouse in Tokyo. Her beautiful singing echoes from room to room as she cleans up after school, but she dreams of holding a microphone, not a mop! When her best friend, Ran invites her to try out for a pop star survival camp together, it's the chance of a lifetime to put her talents to the test. Can Hikaru outshine the competition and make her stage debut, or will she fall flat? In graphic novel manga format.
Date Published:2025

"Hikaru in the light! was originally published in Japan by Futabasha Publishers, Ltd., Tokyo, in 2021 under the title HIKARU in the LIGHT!." Reads from right to left. School library journal, March 2025. Kirkus, October 15, 2025. Booklist starred, January 01, 2026. Middle-school student Hikaru Ogino is known as the songbird of her family's bathhouse in Tokyo. Her beautiful singing echoes from room to room as she cleans up after school, but she dreams of holding a microphone, not a mop! When her best friend, Ran invites her to try out for a pop star survival camp together, it's the chance of a lifetime to put her talents to the test. Can Hikaru outshine the competition and make her stage debut, or will she fall flat? In graphic novel manga format.

Date Published:2025

Last Gamer Standing

Maddox, Jake, 1974-


No one is more surprised by Thema Turner's new interest in a video game than the bookworm herself. The battle game Shrinking Island Showdown reminds Thema of one of her favorite book trilogies, and the novels' plots inspire how she plays the game. Her first tries are rough, and she struggles to last long in 100-player rounds, but she's determined to get better. With her younger twin brothers' help, she improves enough to compete in an esports SIS competition. Does Thema have what it takes to advance to the regional round?
Date Published:2023

No one is more surprised by Thema Turner's new interest in a video game than the bookworm herself. The battle game Shrinking Island Showdown reminds Thema of one of her favorite book trilogies, and the novels' plots inspire how she plays the game. Her first tries are rough, and she struggles to last long in 100-player rounds, but she's determined to get better. With her younger twin brothers' help, she improves enough to compete in an esports SIS competition. Does Thema have what it takes to advance to the regional round?

Date Published:2023

The Fifth Dungeon

Maddox, Jake, 1974-


After Ivette is gifted an old game console, she becomes interested in speedrunning an old game called The Shattered Blade. So interested, in fact, that she enters an amateur speedrunning contest. As Ivette travels to the competition, news breaks that online gamer Quick Silver has broken the speedrun record once again. Can Ivette discover the glitches and techniques to put her in competition with the best?
Date Published:2023

After Ivette is gifted an old game console, she becomes interested in speedrunning an old game called The Shattered Blade. So interested, in fact, that she enters an amateur speedrunning contest. As Ivette travels to the competition, news breaks that online gamer Quick Silver has broken the speedrun record once again. Can Ivette discover the glitches and techniques to put her in competition with the best?

Date Published:2023

Tethered To Other Stars

Leahy, Elisa Stone.


Booklist, October 01, 2023. Kirkus starred, September 01, 2023. Publisher's Weekly starred, November 22, 2023. Follows tween girl navigating the devastating impact of ICE's looming presence on her family and community.
Date Published:2023

Quagmire Tiarello Couldn't Be Better

Larsen, Mylisa.


Kirkus starred, July 15, 2024. Horn book starred, November 2024. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starred, October 2024. Publisher's Weekly starred, July 11, 2024. School library journal, February 2025. Booklist starred, September 01, 2024. Quagmire Tiarello prides himself on not needing anything from anybody. Sure, his mom is skipping work again and showing signs of going into one of her full-out spins, but it's nothing he can't handle. Then his mom disappears, and Quag must find shelter with an uncle he didn't know he had. Should he come clean about his mother's mental health challenges? Or can he use his carefully honed skills to bluff long enough to find his mom and get home?
Date Published:2024

Kirkus starred, July 15, 2024. Horn book starred, November 2024. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starred, October 2024. Publisher's Weekly starred, July 11, 2024. School library journal, February 2025. Booklist starred, September 01, 2024. Quagmire Tiarello prides himself on not needing anything from anybody. Sure, his mom is skipping work again and showing signs of going into one of her full-out spins, but it's nothing he can't handle. Then his mom disappears, and Quag must find shelter with an uncle he didn't know he had. Should he come clean about his mother's mental health challenges? Or can he use his carefully honed skills to bluff long enough to find his mom and get home?

Date Published:2024

Hypergifted

Korman, Gordon.


Sequel to: Supergifted. Booklist, December 01, 2025. Kirkus, December 15, 2025. School library journal starred, December 12, 2025. School has never been a problem for twelve-year-old super-genius Noah Youkilis--at least not until he gets an admission letter to the prestigious Wilderton University. The last thing Noah wants is to go straight from eighth grade into college. Will his life ever just be normal?!
Date Published:2026

Sequel to: Supergifted. Booklist, December 01, 2025. Kirkus, December 15, 2025. School library journal starred, December 12, 2025. School has never been a problem for twelve-year-old super-genius Noah Youkilis--at least not until he gets an admission letter to the prestigious Wilderton University. The last thing Noah wants is to go straight from eighth grade into college. Will his life ever just be normal?!

Date Published:2026

All The Ways To Go

Janowitz, Jessie,


ALA Booklist. Kirkus Reviews. From the author of The Doughnut Fix comes another funny, heartfelt book about overcoming the fear of letting down the people you love and the amazing things that can come from a summer of nothing going your way. Milo Bloom, chess prodigy, has a secret: he doesn't want to play chess anymore. So he blows a major tournament on purpose instead of telling anyone. If no one knows he wants to quit, then no one can be disappointed. The problem is, winning that tournament was a ticket to chess camp, and the loss means his summer plans are shot. Enter Roxie, a girl he's never met, who shows up at his door to tell him he and his mom will be spending the summer at her housewhat? Surprise! Before Milo knows what's hit him, he's living at Roxie's house, where creepy cats rule, meat products are banned, and Roxie, who doesn't seem to understand the concept of personal space, won't give him a second alone. But when Milo and Roxie stumble across two people playing a fascinating game they've never seen before, they become determined to learn the ancient game of Go. Between late-night library adventures and creating a Go club at their camp, Milo and Roxie form an unexpected friendship, but none of that matters if Milo can't face his fears and tell his mom how he really feels.
Date Published:2024

ALA Booklist. Kirkus Reviews. From the author of The Doughnut Fix comes another funny, heartfelt book about overcoming the fear of letting down the people you love and the amazing things that can come from a summer of nothing going your way. Milo Bloom, chess prodigy, has a secret: he doesn't want to play chess anymore. So he blows a major tournament on purpose instead of telling anyone. If no one knows he wants to quit, then no one can be disappointed. The problem is, winning that tournament was a ticket to chess camp, and the loss means his summer plans are shot. Enter Roxie, a girl he's never met, who shows up at his door to tell him he and his mom will be spending the summer at her housewhat? Surprise! Before Milo knows what's hit him, he's living at Roxie's house, where creepy cats rule, meat products are banned, and Roxie, who doesn't seem to understand the concept of personal space, won't give him a second alone. But when Milo and Roxie stumble across two people playing a fascinating game they've never seen before, they become determined to learn the ancient game of Go. Between late-night library adventures and creating a Go club at their camp, Milo and Roxie form an unexpected friendship, but none of that matters if Milo can't face his fears and tell his mom how he really feels.

Date Published:2024

The Undead Fox Of Deadwood Forest

Hartman, Aubrey,


Junior Library Guild. "An undead fox serving as the Usher of souls has his life upended when a mysterious badger soul appears"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025