by Barb Langridge | Jul 31, 2023 | Paranormal
Welcome to a great read aloud! You are about to meet a character, Alice Cannoli-Potchnik, who will make you believe fear cannot contain you and that helping others to settle their loose ends no matter how painful is worth every minute and every challenge....
by Barb Langridge | Jul 31, 2023 | Fantasy
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends comes the second book in the captivating Foul Lady Fortune duology following an immortal assassin in 1930s Shanghai as she races to save her country and her love. Winter is...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Picture Book
A young girl notices, and celebrates, her way of looking at and experiencing the world. “I think. I think a lot. I think I think a lot. More than most other kids.” A young girl notices and wonders about the ways she and her classmates approach doing good work, caring...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From the Stonewall Honor–winning author of Like a Love Story comes a sweeping story of three generations of boys in the same Iranian family. Perfect for fans of Last Night at the Telegraph Club and Darius the Great Is Not Okay. 2019. Moud is an out gay teen living in...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
From Treasure in the Lake’s Jason Pamment comes a story of friendship and self-discovery, in a gorgeously illustrated world perfect for fans of Hilda and Over the Garden Wall. Fitting in can be hard, especially when you’re as small as Ember, a tiny boy living alone in...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Picture Book
Phoenix loves to play with dolls and marvel at pretty fabrics. Most of all, he loves to dance―ballet, Pow Wow dancing, or just swirling and twirling around his house. Sometimes Phoenix gets picked on and he struggles with feeling different, but his mom and brother are...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Graphic Non-Fiction
A poignant young adult graphic memoir about a Korean-American girl who uses fandom and art-making to overcome racist bullying. Perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and Almost American Girl! Sarah has always struggled to fit in. Born in South Korea and adopted at...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A poignant and lyrical young adult novel-in-verse about a Black teen coming of age in an anxiety-inducing world, from the author of For Black Girls Like Me and In the Key of Us. I’m safe here. That’s how Sadie feels, on a perfect summer day, wrapped in her...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
With echoes of Marieke Nijkamp and Jason Reynolds, acclaimed author Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s stunning YA homage to Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men tells the tragic story of a Korean American teen who fights to protect herself and her neurodivergent older brother from a...
by Barb Langridge | Jul 30, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A heart-rending novel-in-verse about a girl beginning to learn it is possible to go on even after a great loss. Eleven-year-old April Jackson loves playing the drums, almost as much as she loves her best friend, Zee, a violin prodigy. They both dream of becoming...
