by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A ripped-from-the-tabloids, “achingly wrought” (BookPage, starred review) young adult drama by critically acclaimed author Kelly Loy Gilbert about a girl’s famous-for-being-famous family fracturing from within as their dirty laundry gets exposed. The Lo family sticks...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Mystery
Does doing one bad thing make you a bad person? Sixteen-year-old Emily Keller, known by the media as Keller the Killer, is accused of causing the deaths of a family of four, including young children. Emily is one of the youngest females to be accused of a crime so...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Picture Book
Line up for this fascinating exploration of animal behavior from an award-winning author-illustrator! Much like humans, many animals line up for a variety of reasons. Rather than forming lines for the school bus or recess, the animals featured in Susan Stockdale’s...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
After being abandoned by her mother in a most unusual place, a defiant heroine sticks to her plan for staying hidden—even though getting caught could mean saving her life. Twelve-year-old Mouse calls an amusement park home. Nobody notices her, and that’s the way...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Picture Book
A boy struggling to fall asleep peeks beneath his covers to find a world filled with nighttime adventures under a starry, tented sky. Watson is having trouble sleeping. He lies awake at night, doing his best not to think about the lurking, creeping things that might...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Non-Fiction
An outstanding STEM picture book documenting the transformation of an aircraft carrier that was gutted and turned into the world’s largest artificial reef. What happens when something designed to be unsinkable gets bombed to the bottom of the ocean floor? With careful...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Picture Book
Expert quilter Kim Taylor shares a unique and powerful story of the celebration of the first Juneteenth, from the perspective of a young girl. On June 19, 1865, in Galveston, General Gordon Granger of the Union Army delivered the message that African Americans in...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Seventeen-year-old Christine keeps a journal of an eventful year in her life in mid-90s, while juggling troubled friendships and looking for love. It’s January 1, 1996, and high school junior Christine wants more than anything to be that cool girl everyone notices,...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Mystery
An indomitable heroine who believes she is destined to find her kidnapped neighbor leads this warm, big-hearted story with irresistible characters and a captivating mystery. Almost-eleven-year-old Josephine is NOT pleased to be moving into the Happy World trailer park...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 20, 2023 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
When a science project goes awry, two student activists travel through time to learn how to protect our Earth from plastic pollution in modern times. Studious environmentalist Charlie is stuck with a science fair partner who seems like her complete opposite: Charlie...
