by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Non-Fiction
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year | A Chicago Public Library Best Kids’ Book of the Year From New York Times bestselling author Lindsey Fitzharris, a riveting middle grade nonfiction book about medicine’s most fascinating failures and dead...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
A cool new manga format for Spider-Man, one of the most iconic characters of all time! A reimagined Peter Parker, Miles Morales, and Gwen Stacy travel to feudal Japan to take on the Kingpin in this original manga from Japanese writer/illustrator Shogo Aoki! Travel to...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
A heart-pounding thriller tailor-made for the YA BookTokers! It’s Scream meets Scooby-Doo in this electrifying horror. When the town’s “it-couple,” Brad and Shelley, are found brutally murdered in a secluded manor, a brave group of teen friends...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Picture Book
A partridge in a pear tree? Ten lords a-leaping? Now who would want such gifts? And more importantly—why would they be given? Adam Rex investigates in this hilariously heart-warming tale based on one of the best-loved Christmas carols. Our hero is having a lonesome...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
A story about finding your voice alongside your real self, The Other Side of Imani is a heartfelt, fresh, and powerful middle grade contemporary debut that’s perfect for fans of Front Desk, That Girl Lay Lay, and Just Right Jillian. Ever since she could remember,...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Romance
Reality and fiction collide when a shy aspiring writer uses her larger-than-life anonymous blog to sabotage a budding relationship between the new girl in school and her childhood friend in this irresistible rom-com that takes notes from Jane Austen’s Emma for the...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
In her raw and resonant debut novel, René Peña-Govea seamlessly interweaves prose and poetry to uplift the power of language, the courage to fight injustice, and the complex beauty of finding your people—perfect for fans of Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X and Carolina...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Fantasy
From New York Times bestselling author and renowned creator Joey Graceffa comes a pulse-pounding YA fantasy where witches hunt witches, magic has a price, and sisterhood is the only thing standing between light and darkness. Welcome to the coven. Each month, a Zodiac...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Jenny Han meets Silicon Valley in this drama-packed debut young adult novel about a Chinese American teen who navigates a high-stakes coding competition, sabotage, and first love when she’s invited to a summer hackathon at MIT. Sixteen-year-old Charise “Char” Tang is...
by Barb Langridge | Dec 20, 2025 | Science Fiction
The second book in the acclaimed Torch Trilogy, set in a future dystopia with star-crossed lovers, impossible friendships, and forbidden power. Welcome to a world where songlight is either your greatest power—or your greatest curse. Lark has fled Northaven with her...
