by Barb Langridge | Jun 18, 2022 | Fiction
Readers on the cusp of adolescence will find much to love in this middle grade novel from the author of the beloved MR. TERUPT series that follows three kids who come to realize that letting go of childhood means boldly taking risks to face the future while learning...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 18, 2022 | Fiction
Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl who―armed with her trusty, snazzy wheelchair―refuses to let her brittle bone disease stand in the way of adventure. Twelve-year-old homeschooled Olive is tired of being...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 18, 2022 | Fantasy
The start of a thrilling, highly illustrated series about a boy who finds a portal to a legendary world in his local barbershop . . . and learns he’s the hero they’ve been waiting for. For younger fans of Black Panther and Last Gate of the Emperor! Jarell has never...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 17, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Seventeen-year-old Bliss Walker has been stuck in a home that doesn’t feel like hers for six years. Ever since Mama dropped her off and never came back. Then, the summer before her senior year of high school, two things happen: Mama returns out of the blue, and Bliss...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 17, 2022 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Rising star Shauna J. Grant makes her Graphix Chapters debut with this humorous and wholesome series. Get drawn into reading with Graphix Chapters! Graphix Chapters are ideal books for beginning and newly independent readers aged 6-8. With approachable page counts,...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 17, 2022 | Graphic Non-Fiction
A groundbreaking memoir about being a trans teen, in the vein of FUN HOME and FLAMER… and at the same time entirely its own. Lewis has a few things to say to his younger teen self. He knows she hates her body. He knows she’s confused about who to snog. He...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 17, 2022 | Historical Fiction
An epic story of love and betrayal set against the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square protests. In Heiress Apparently, Gemma Huang’s big acting break led her to Beijing, where she uncovered an incredible family secret. This second novel in the Daughters of the Dynasty...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 17, 2022 | Mystery
From the author of How We Fall Apart comes a tense and thrilling YA about what it means to not feel safe in the places we call home. Anna Xu moves out of her parent’s home and into the dorms across town as she starts freshman year at the local, prestigious...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 17, 2022 | Fantasy
Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this funny, subversive young adult fantasy about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it…and to stay alive. Arek hadn’t thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy...
by Barb Langridge | Jun 17, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The Devil Wears Prada meets Far from the Tree in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelly Yang’s powerful love story about two teens searching for their place in the world. Serene dreams of making couture dresses even more stunning than her mom’s, but for now she’s...
