by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2024 | Humor
Gordon Korman meets Scooby-Doo when anxiety-prone middle schoolers try a mindfulness app that has them face their fears all-too-literally in this spooky and humorous middle grade adventure. FACE YOUR FEARS! That’s what the meditation app with the cheesy name...
by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A funny, relatable middle school drama about two Colombian American girls who have always been BFFs—until sixth grade turns everything upside down. Luchy Zapata is starting middle school, and she’s muy excited. She and her two best friends, Cami and Mateo, will...
by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2024 | Humor
A plucky little girl in a pizza-loving family pushes for her meal of choice in this delicious Level 1 Ready-to-Read! Pia’s pop, Pete, is making pizza for Pia. Pizza is easy. Pizza is cheesy. Pia’s family says pizza is perfect. Everyone loves pizza…right?—from...
by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
A mutant potato learns that with great power comes great re-spud-sibility in this second installment of the hilariously silly graphic chapter book series from the bestselling creator of the Narwhal and Jelly books. Rot is ready for another adventure and this time he’s...
by Barb Langridge | May 6, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Two friends who have unhappily found themselves accidentally dating try to drive the other one to call things off in this witty and heartfelt middle school romance. Childhood friends Eve and Andrew are destined to be together—everyone says so, especially their friends...
by Barb Langridge | May 5, 2024 | Non-Fiction
Based on their #1 kids podcast, Wow in the World, hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz take readers on a hilarious, fact-filled, and highly illustrated journey through the human body—covering everything from our toes to our tongues to our brains and our lungs! WHY in the...
by Barb Langridge | May 5, 2024 | Fiction
Young hams, drama queens, and lovers of old-time language, rejoice! Four hundred years after its publication, Shakespeare’s First Folio has found a brand-new crop of enthusiasts. This gorgeous collection comprises all the plays in the original volume—fourteen...
by Barb Langridge | May 5, 2024 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Bounced between foster homes since the age of seven, Jessica knows better than to set down roots. Most of the kids at her new Michigan high school think she’s a witch anyway (because, you know, goth). The only one who gives her the time of day is geeky Oscar, who...
by Barb Langridge | May 4, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
A young squire tackles mysteries, monsters and magic, but the inept knight he serves takes the credit. Every time. Squire is brainy, bookish, and terribly under-appreciated by the brawny, inept knight Sir Kelton, who somehow always gets all the glory. So when the two...
by Barb Langridge | May 4, 2024 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
A nonbinary middle schooler saves a dog from bullies and is offered the chance to become the Dog Knight, protector of a magical pact between humans and dogs, in the first book of this humorous and heartwarming middle-grade graphic novel series from Jeremy Whitely,...
