by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Short Stories
High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez. It is a book centered on one extended family – the Beléns – across multiple generations. It is set in the fictional small town of...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
After being dumped so his boyfriend can pursue more “serious” guys, a teen boy decides to prove he can be serious, too, by running for senior class president in this joyful romp from the author of The Sky Blues. High school junior Blaine Bowers has it all—the perfect...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Pranking mastermind Doe and her motley band of Weston girls are determined to win the century-long war against Winfield Academy before the clock ticks down on their senior year. But when their headmistress announces that The Weston School will merge with its rival the...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Three cousins. Four days. One car. This smart and fearless road-trip novel is perfect for fans of David Levithan, Benjamin Alire Saenz, or Meg Medina. THE ROUTE. Seventeen hundred miles from Portland, Oregon, to Albuquerque, New Mexico. THE BEAST. Grandma Lupe’s...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Meet Really Bird, a small bird who lives in a large city park with his friends Cat, Pup, Mouse, and Rabbit. In each story, Really Bird finds himself really wanting something – to be bigger, to have his fair share, or to be the leader – to be really silly, funny,...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Fantasy
Christina Soontornvat (Candlewick, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-5362-0495-7). This Thai-inspired fantasy centers 12-year-old Sai who assists the royal navy’s Master Mapmaker in expanding the fictional Kingdom of Mangkon. The middle grade book earned a starred review from PW....
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Mystery
Dry meets Hatchet in this thrilling tale of survival following a teen girl who must lead her friends across the country to the safety of her estranged father’s survivalist compound after a mass power failure leaves the country in chaos. When seventeen-year-old Zara...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Picture Book
Here’s the hilarious story of Donut, a scruffy unicorn who can’t fly– but who keeps on trying! From the author of One Big Pair of Underwear and the illustrator of Sweety. When Donut, a fluffy, scruffy unicorn with a colorful horn spots a bird in the...
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Picture Book
Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade’s first self-authored picture book is a gorgeous celebration of the land she knows well and the powerful wisdom of elders. On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth....
by Barb Langridge | Apr 9, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Anybody out there know what it’s like to be teased for being different? It’s so easy to find a difference if you really want to, isn’t it? Puff yourself up and reassure yourself – hey I’m better than that person over there with all...
