by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From the Desk of Zoe Washington meets Ways to Make Sunshine in this heartfelt middle grade novel about a determined young girl who must rely on her ingenuity and scientific know-how to save her beloved cat. Twelve-year-old Mira’s summer is looking pretty bleak. Her...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 12, 2022 | Picture Book
From the best-selling You’re My Little series comes the brightest and newest title, You’re My Little Sunshine! This colorful board book includes cut-outs and raised elements of cupcakes, sweet peas, pies, and more, paired with rhyming text to express the love between...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2022 | Fantasy
Stranger Things meets Sideways Stories from Wayside School in this quirky supernatural middle grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Alyson Noël about a boy on an unlikely quest to uncover an enchanted book to defeat an unearthly nemesis. When he first...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
From the author of Five Things About Ava Andrews comes a new middle grade stand-alone novel with STEM and activism themes, set against the backdrop of beautiful Zion National Park. With the perfect blend of humor and heart, this poignant story about family, grief, and...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2022 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
This middle-school class clown’s hilarious online videos might get thousands of views . . . but is fame worth the price of friendship? A heartfelt story with multiple perspectives about the challenges of social media. Meet Jack Reynolds. Making people laugh is...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2022 | Fantasy
The trick to all magic is: you can only see it if you know where to look. The magic-infused town of Aldermere is the first place eleven-year-old Fin has ever felt safe—and she’ll do whatever it takes to save her home when she accidentally unleashes a shadow self who...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2022 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Calling all Raina Telgemeier fans! It’s back to school for Katie the Catsitter in this purr-fectly irresistible graphic novel series about friendship, heroes, and cats (lots of cats)! Katie loves skating with the Wheelas and the fact that she’s officially a...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2022 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Drawing on the experiences of his Vietnamese American family and his love of ’80s sci-fi shows, Jonathan Hill crafts a funny, insightful graphic novel about the immigrant experience and the perils of middle school. Threatened with diminishing resources, Booger Lizk’t...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2022 | Picture Book
Everyone’s favorite character from I Need a New Butt!, I Broke My Butt!, and My Butt is So Noisy! is back in a hilarious new story about a silly butt that won’t stop moving! The talented duo of children’s author Dawn McMillan and illustrator Ross...
by Barb Langridge | Feb 11, 2022 | Suspense / Thriller / Horror
Reminiscent of Doll Bones, this deliciously eerie middle grade novel tells the story of a girl who must enter a world of ghosts, witches, and monsters to play a game with deadly consequences and rescue her aunt. Evie Von Rathe lives in Blight Harbor—the seventh-most...
