by Barb Langridge | Apr 28, 2023 | Fantasy
Perfect for fans of Margaret Rogerson and Tamora Pierce, this standalone YA debut is a stunning cottagecore fantasy romance about a girl with powerful and violent magic which she must learn to control—or lose everything she loves. Clara’s magic has always been wild....
by Barb Langridge | Apr 28, 2023 | Mystery
Perfect for fans of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Ripley Jones’s Missing Clarissa is a gripping novel about two friends who start a true crime podcast―with dangerous consequences. In August of 1999, dazzlingly popular cheerleader Clarissa Campbell disappears...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 28, 2023 | Mystery
Royalty, murder and scandal combine in this thrilling new series about an American girl who becomes the British Monarchy’s greatest nightmare. As the King of England’s illegitimate daughter, 17-year-old Evan Bright knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. But when...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 27, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
New York Times bestselling Sayantani DasGupta brings her trademark wit and insight to this bright and funny Sense and Sensibility retelling! Eila Das is used to following her head, rather than her heart. When she meets Rahul at Rosewood, a summer camp where campers...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 27, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The intensity of tween fandom collides with the shifting friendship dynamics of middle school as Iris comes to terms with all the ways friendships can be good and bad. Pop star Lola Bay is everything to Iris and her best friend, Leeza. Her songs speak right to...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 27, 2023 | Action / Adventure
From the Academy Award–winning, Grammy-winning, and New York Times bestselling author Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and the New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby comes this thrill-a-minute novel—the first in a rollicking time-travel adventure series that’s...
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...
