by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2022 | Fantasy
Anna, Queen of Arendelle, has been tirelessly preparing for the Polar Night’s Celebration that is held every year to welcome the time when the sun doesn’t rise in the Polar Circle. She has been working so hard, her fiancé Kristoff suggests she take a night off to...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2022 | Mystery
From the author of Ghost Girl comes another standalone spooky middle grade for fans of Nightbooks and Ghost Squad, about a terrifying house and the girl haunted by her experience with cancer, grief, and healing. Are you brave enough to step inside? For as long as...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2022 | Fantasy
Little Women gets a Nevermoor twist in this “captivating…charming” (Kirkus Reviews) novel about a young girl tasked to break a centuries-old curse or risk losing her beloved sisters. Twelve-year-old Marigold Lafleur is the last of a long line of aromages: witches who...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 1, 2022 | Picture Book
From the amazing mind of author and illustrator Bill Cotter comes one of this year’s best Christmas books for children! Larry the lovable monster from Don’t Push the Button! is back for the holidays with another hilarious, interactive adventure in this...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2022 | Picture Book
When Esperanza and her family arrive in the United States from Cuba, they rent a little house, una casita. It may be small, but they soon prove that there’s room enough to share with a whole community. “It was a little house. Una casita . . . It was small. It smelled...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2022 | Fantasy
In this enchanting follow-up to The Gilded Girl, Maeve and Izzy O’Donnell must adjust to a new life together at the Manhattan School for Magic―but when Maeve’s magic goes rogue and their school is in danger, they’ll need to lean on one another to...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2022 | Fantasy
Heartfelt, fast-paced, and utterly absorbing, The Gilded Girl is Alyssa Colman’s sparkling debut novel about determination, spirit, and the magic of friendship. Any child can spark magic, but only the elite are allowed to kindle it. Those denied access to the secrets...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2022 | Humor
A hilarious new middle-grade from Justin A. Reynolds that asks: What happens when five unsupervised kids face the apocalypse under outrageously silly circumstances? Twelve-year-old Eddie Gordon Holloway has concocted his most genius plan ever to avoid chores . . ....
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From mega-bestselling author Megan McCafferty―author of the beloved Jessica Darling series that The Wall Street Journal called “Judy Blume meets Dorothy Parker”―comes a hilarious love letter to the magic and heartache of middle school friendship. Sophie Dailey is NOT...
by Barb Langridge | Oct 31, 2022 | Mystery
In this action-packed mystery from award-winning author Jake Burt, Copper Inskeep holds Windydown Vale’s deepest and darkest secret: he is the ghoul that haunts the Vale, donning a gruesome costume to scare travelers and townsfolk away from the dangers of the...
