by Barb Langridge | Jun 12, 2024 | Fiction
An illuminating novel about the importance of reclaiming the past, based on the author’s family history Summer and her family always spend relaxed summers in Alberta, Canada, on the reservation where her mom’s family lives. But this year is turning out to be an...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 12, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Gigi loves the Japan Day Festival! When Ojiji volunteers at the origami booth, Gigi can’t wait to make a paper crane like Ojiji’s. But folding paper is harder than it looks, and Gigi is disheartened when she sees her paper crane next to Ojiji’s. Will Gigi give up or...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 12, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
An empowering story from #1 New York Times bestseller and Newbery medalist Linda Sue Park starring a young snorkeling enthusiast who draws inspiration for fighting climate change from interacting with her pesty little brother. Snorkeling is the best! Gracie loves...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
A Haunted Girl is a horror story that explores the real-life terror that comes with the struggles of anxiety and depression. The fate of all life on Earth depends on a girl who doesn’t know if she wants to live. Cleo, a 16-year-old adopted Japanese-American whose...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2024 | Fantasy
The pulse-pounding third novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series The Lightlark Saga, by acclaimed author and #BookTok sensation Alex Aster Love kills kingdoms… Back in Grim’s castle on Nightshade, Isla is reeling in the wake of a brutal battle and the...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2024 | Romance
A romantic standalone fantasy set in the world of Raybearer, from New York Times bestselling author Jordan Ifueko The smallest spark can bind two hearts . . . or start a revolution. In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a job—preferably as a...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Dive into the most mysterious waters around the world (if you dare) in Spooky Lakes, an illustrated nonfiction book from TikTok star and educator Geo Rutherford Some of Earth’s strangest—and creepiest—wonders lie deep below the surface. There’s Lake Natron, a...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2024 | Fantasy
Part gothic thriller and part coming-of-age story, a new illustrated middle-grade fantasy from award-winning author Frances Hardinge and acclaimed illustrator Emily Gravett about a strange island filled with ghosts and long-buried secrets. On the misty island of...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2024 | Short Stories
A vibrant, heartwarming collection of 15 middle grade stories and poems that celebrates the joy, strength, and experience of Black girlhood, including stories from Ibi Zoboi, Sharon M. Draper, and Leah Johnson, as well as cover art from Caldecott winner Vashti...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 11, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Two witch’s pets get into some magical mischief in this first book in the Styx and Scones Level 2 Ready-to-Read Graphics series! Styx the cat and Scones the dog live with two friendly witches. When one witch leaves her wand out by mistake, Scones thinks it’s a stick...
