by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Fantasy
Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents the second book in the New York Times best-selling Tristan Strong trilogy by Kwame Mbalia. Tristan Strong, just back from a victorious but exhausting adventure in Alke, the land of African American folk heroes and African gods,...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Fantasy
The magical story of a hex that goes haywire, and the power of friendship to set things right! In the town of Howler’s Hollow, conjuring magic is strictly off-limits. Only nothing makes Delpha McGill’s skin crawl more than rules. So when she finds her...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Fantasy
The Girl Who Drank the Moon meets Pax in this fantastical tale of a wolf who forms an unlikely alliance with Baba Yaga to save the forest from a wicked tsar. Since she was a pup, Zima has been taught to fear humans–especially witches–but when her family is...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Sports
This heartfelt middle grade debut about grief, creativity, and the healing power of friendship shows that not all heroes wear capes and is perfect for fans of John David Anderson and Ali Benjamin. Whether they’re on the baseball field or in Nate’s basement devouring...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Historical Fiction
A family divided, a country going to war, and a girl desperate to feel at home converge in this stunning novel in verse. Selected for Summer/Fall 2020 Indies Introduce List It’s early September 2001, and twelve-year-old Abbey is the new kid at school. Again. I...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Picture Book
Learn all about Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors, in this lush picture book from bestselling mother/son duo Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal. Spring is here, and it’s almost time for Holi, the Indian Festival of Colors. Siblings Mintoo and Chintoo are busy...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Graphic Non-Fiction
In History Comics: The Great Chicago Fire, writer Kate Hannigan and illustrator Alex Graudins tell the true story of how a city rose up from one of the worst catastrophes in American history, and how this disaster forever changed how homes, buildings, and communities...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From award-winning, bestselling author Ibi Zoboi and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five comes a powerful YA novel in verse about a boy who is wrongfully incarcerated. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds, Walter Dean Myers, and Elizabeth Acevedo....
by Barb Langridge | Jul 10, 2020 | Fiction
Metaphor alert! An ode to a certain pig kicks off one wild school day in Kate DiCamillo’s latest stop on Deckawoo Drive. Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem...
