by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Mystery
Mysteries seem to follow Jessie wherever she goes. Jessie Alden thinks her days of solving mysteries are over. With her new role at the student newspaper, as well as classes, friends, and boys, there’s a lot to keep up with. And Jessie always likes to be...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Picture Book
Van is way past scared. What can make him feel better? Abbi and Van are having a sleepover at Grammy and Pop’s. Should be fun! But there’s a storm, with loud thunder and bursts of lightning. The lights go out. Van is way past scared. What can make him feel...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Fiction
A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called “Seller of Dreams”. The man is a...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Meet an unlikely climate change hero: the wet, slimy stuff known as seaweed. Imagine forests where you can float weightlessly among schools of fish. Huge green pastures where sea turtles graze. Forests that capture carbon from seawater and breathe out oxygen. The...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Picture Book
The first picture book by bestselling novelist Emma Straub, author of This Time Tomorrow, this is a joyous, inventive, adorably illustrated read-aloud that will inspire kids to see ordinary objects in a whole new way. Some people think hats are fancy things you can...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Picture Book
From the author of the award-winning picture book This Small Blue Dot comes a new tale of a family that doesn’t look like all the others, carrying an enduring message of the transformative power of love, and the shape a life can take. It goes without saying that all...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Non-Fiction
Mr. Lincoln Sits for His Portrait is a unique middle-grade depiction of America’s sixteenth president, through the story of one famous photograph, written by award-winning author Leonard S. Marcus. On February 9, 1864, Abraham Lincoln made the mile-long walk from the...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Fantasy
One of Us is Lying meets A Deadly Education in this fantasy thriller that follows six teenage wizards as they fight to make it home alive after a malfunctioning spell leaves them stranded in the wilderness. Ren Monroe has spent four years proving she’s one of the best...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Fiction
It’s been one year since Manny was cast out of his family and driven into the wilderness of the American Southwest. Since then, Manny lives by self-taught rules that keep him moving―and keep him alive. Now, he’s taking a chance on a traveling situation with the Varela...
by Barb Langridge | Jan 8, 2023 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Friendship, masculinity, sex—Anthony Stevenson has a lot of questions. Is it different for boys who like boys? A poignant and frank story filled with meta-humor by renowned author Patrick Ness. Anthony “Ant” Stevenson isn’t sure when he stopped being a virgin. Or even...
