by Barb Langridge | Apr 27, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
When Dimple Met Rishi meets Loveboat, Taipei in this hilarious YA rom-com about a Chinese-Filipina girl in Manila whose father sets her up on a marathon of arranged dates in hopes of convincing her to stay close to home for college. Chloe knows what it takes to be the...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 27, 2023 | Picture Book
JACOB—star of Jacob’s Room to Choose and Jacob’s New Dress, one of the most banned books of the decade according to the American Library Association—is back in his third book, and ready to put on a school play! Jacob’s School Play Starring He, She, and...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 26, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A poignant story of life in India during the pandemic that mixes loss, hope, and even a mystery solved by imaginative, lively, almost-nine-year-old Swara. When the pandemic hits and India goes into lockdown, high-spirited Swara keeps up her daily chats with her...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 26, 2023 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
In this coming-of-age graphic novel with a fantastical twist, Nayra Mansour, a Muslim American girl, is helped on her journey to selfhood by a djinn. Nothing is going right for Nayra Mansour. There’s the constant pressure from her strict family, ruthless...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 26, 2023 | Picture Book
From New York Times bestselling author Brad Montague comes a top-secret, behind-the-scenes peek at the official agency that keeps the world’s creativity flowing. Every day, special figment agent Sparky delivers all the mail the FBI receives to the proper...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 26, 2023 | Picture Book
MEOC Picture Book Award Winner 2024 Middle East Outreach Council It’s market day for Samira and her grandma! The bazaar is crowded, but this sweet pair knows how to stick together in this silly picture book set in Iran. Mama Shamsi is off to the market, and...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 26, 2023 | Action / Adventure
Plunge into stormy waters with Zeus the hamster and his gaggle of gods as they meet a shape-shifting soothsayer and uncover the mysteries of the deep in the spellbinding fifth book in this hilarious romp through Greek mythology. After an earthquake rocks the Aegean...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 26, 2023 | Action / Adventure
Araña is a Spider-Girl lost in time. . . . Miguel is a Spider-Man who’s lost his way. . . . Together, they’re our only hope. Araña. It means spider—and it also means Anya Corazon. She was a normal Brooklyn teenager with normal Brooklyn problems—until a few months ago,...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 26, 2023 | Picture Book
A brilliant, inclusive ode to self-expression, girl power, and the many things readers can create. Have you ever dreamed of building something? Maybe something little—like a birdhouse? Or something big—like a skyscraper? If you can envision it, you can build it! A...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 24, 2023 | Mystery
The Princess Diaries meets Nancy Drew in this middle grade novel about a New York foster kid who discovers she’s actually a long-lost princess—and must solve the mystery behind a threat to the crown. Twelve-year-old Gen Sun has bounced around New York’s foster care...
