by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2021 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The highly anticipated sequel to the critically acclaimed, multiple award-winning novel Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe is an achingly romantic, tender tale sure to captivate fans of Adam Silvera and Mary H.K. Choi. In Aristotle and Dante...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2021 | Science Fiction
Part coming of age, part call to action, this fast-paced #ownvoices novel about a Deaf teenager is a unique and inspiring exploration of what it means to belong. Set in an ominously prescient near future, The Words in My Hands is the story of Piper: sixteen, smart,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2021 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Exploring the diaspora experience, race, politics, and identity, Listen, Layla is an own voices novel for young readers, bursting with passion, humor, and truth. What’s a queen to do when her summer plans go horribly wrong? A powerful, funny, and timely novel...
by Barb Langridge | 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...
by Barb Langridge | 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...
by Barb Langridge | 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...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 12, 2021 | Fantasy
Are you ready for adventure? The first book in a new action-packed series from bestselling author Raj Haldar follows two best friends as they race to different parts of the world to solve mysteries and uncover lost treasures! It’s a Super Saturday sleepover!...
by Barb Langridge | 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...
by Barb Langridge | 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...
by Barb Langridge | 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...
