Barakah Beats

by | Nov 12, 2021 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction

For fans of The First Rule of Punk and Save Me a Seat, Barakah Beats is a sweet, powerful, and joyous novel about a Muslim girl who finds her voice on her own terms… by joining her school’s most popular boy band. Twelve-year-old Nimra Sharif has spent her...

Lost Language ( The )

by | Nov 12, 2021 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction

The quest to save the words of a dying language – and to find the words to save what may be a dying friendship – lies at the heart of this exquisite verse novel. Sixth grader Betsy is the one who informs her best friend, Lizard, that thousands of the...

Imaginary

by | Nov 12, 2021 | Fiction

The story of a boy and his imaginary friend—told by the imaginary friend Zach should’ve outgrown his imaginary friend by now. He knows this. He’s 11, long past the days when kids are supposed to go on epic make-believe adventures with their invisible friends. But...

Starla Jean Book 2 Starla Jean Takes the Cake

by | Nov 12, 2021 | Humor

It’s Willa’s first birthday — a day that doesn’t come along…every day. In fact, it only comes once and Starla Jean is going to make the best out of it for her baby sister. How? A party! All she has to do is: -decorate -keep Opal Egg...

Dear Mr. Dickens

by | Nov 12, 2021 | Non-Fiction

Eliza Davis believed in speaking up for what was right. Even if it meant telling Charles Dickens he was wrong. In Eliza Davis’s day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. But some of his books reflected a prejudice that was all too...

Frankenstein Doesn’t Wear Earmuffs

by | Nov 12, 2021 | Picture Book

Nothing ruins the perfect scary costume like a pair of earmuffs! Families will laugh along with this Halloween picture book. A young trick-or-treater has the best Frankenstein costume ever…if he can make it out the front door! Every time he tries to set foot...

Muffled

by | Nov 12, 2021 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction

A young girl learns how to cope with her noise sensitivity and step outside of her comfort zone in this “thoughtful” (Beth Turley, author of If This Were a Story and The Last Tree Town), heartwarming middle grade novel that’s perfect for fans of Tune It Out by Jamie...