by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From the acclaimed author of This Place Is Still Beautiful comes an evocative, achingly romantic road-trip story about grief, diasporic identities, and the deep-buried secrets that haunt us, perfect for fans of Past Lives and The Farewell. Stella Chen’s life ground to...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The Wild Robot meets Restart when Colorado’s unluckiest foster kid battles a rogue AI robot at school. Malcolm Montgomery is the new kid at Shirley Chisholm Charter Middle School. In no time at all, he’s been slapped with the weird kid label. Is it because...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Fiction
In this fresh, funny, and fast-paced story, chaos ensues when a down-on-its-luck middle school comes to believe that fake magic is the real deal! Magic loving, wheelchair user Lil Evers wishes she could start sixth grade at a real wizarding school, instead of the...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Historical Fiction
From New York Times bestselling author Marie Benedict and Courtney Sheinmel comes a historical adventure about a young girl plucked from a London orphanage to begin attending a boarding school with more secrets than she could imagine—perfect for fans of Enola Holmes....
by Barb Langridge | Dec 14, 2025 | Fiction
For fans of Odder and Skunk and Badger comes a heartwarming story of an unlikely friendship between a gull and a badger. Septimus is not good at being a badger. He adores the sunset. He dreams of going to Venice. And he lives alone in a charming cottage by the sea....
