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10+
Release Date
August 14, 2025
Thirteen-year-old Alex May thinks he’s just an average kid who loves burgers and sports – until he discovers he’s a Vela, a mystical being with control over elemental forces. Now, he’s on the run from the sinister Man with No Face. To survive, Alex teams up with...
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Age Range
9+
Release Date
September 02, 2025
Jackson Segal is a city kid at a country camp, sent there to give his struggling parents "alone time." With divorce looming, Jackson meets a girl of his own and discovers something he is very good at: horseback riding. The last week of the summer finds Jackson trying to...
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Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Leigh Kapantais
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Age Range
8+
Release Date
September 01, 2025
RiffRaft, an ordinary pet store guinea pig, gives up the good life of his cage when he realizes he has to share it with his new brother, Fluffernutter. He decides to make his way to this legendary patio after the cat, Felicia, entices him to leave. He learns that...
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Age Range
8+
Release Date
September 09, 2025
When Martin’s great-aunt brings him an unusual pair of shoes, Martin is determined to find the strange marketplace where she bought them—the Black Market, a constantly relocating swap meet where the world’s strangest and most dangerous items are exchanged by some very suspicious (and disguised) characters. Though his aunt...
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Goffren (Goff in modern times) is the “ghost of Slaathwick,” an orphaned teenage Verlokken boy with a complex and treacherous relationship with the magical realm. It causes him to end up in the thick of the worst of it, and he drags anyone foolish enough to be friends with...
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Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Maithili Joshi
Age Range
8+
Release Date
October 07, 2025
National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins crafts a contemporary chapter-book mystery about a Nepali girl who sets out to solve the disappearance of her Bengali friend's missing jewelry. Set within a tea plantation in Darjeeling, 7-10-year-old readers are transported across the world to a politically and culturally rich setting,...
669 0
Author(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
December 01, 2023
He thought he was done with the world of magic for good, but the world of magic wasn’t done with him. Finally feeling like he had a home while attending the boarding school of his dreams, Goff and his friends are dragged into a diabolic plot to create a...
546 0
Author(s)
Age Range
9+
Release Date
October 07, 2025
Nala loves fashion – especially kawaii fashion, inspired by Japanese streetwear. And Nala is about to have the best summer ever, as she attends a special fashion camp in the city. Fashion camp is challenging, and there are other kids attending who are really talented. Nala wants...
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Mysterious dreams, quirky friends, and monsters at school. When this timid boy visits another world, can he accept his destined path? Fionn Hurley feels different. Worried his nightmares might be real, the confused twelve-year-old suffers visions where he battles terrifying beasts and wakes up covered in fast-healing...
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A Guardian Booksellers "Favourite Children's Book" Chosen by Science Museum Group for the Gadgeteers STEM Summer Reading Challenge Selected for the Schools Love Reading program With real puzzles and a hidden object game for you to solve. ...
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Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Berto Santiago
Age Range
9+
Release Date
October 28, 2025
An exciting launch to a new graphic novel franchise that combines action, adventure, multi-cultural dream mythology, and of course humor. For readers, this is what dreams are made of! Dream Warriors are magical beings who battle "nap to night" to keep sleeping people safe from bad dreams....
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Author(s)
Age Range
9+
Release Date
July 22, 2025
In the tradition of Judy Blume, a contemporary coming-of-age middle-grade comedy for teens and tweens with the honest truth about the angst and uncertainty of pursuing your first real-life crush. In this laugh-out-loud, feel-good sequel to Worldwide Crush, superfan Millie grows out of her celebrity crush and...
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Author(s)
Age Range
10+
Release Date
July 30, 2025
"[A]n extraordinary novel, brimming with electrifying twists and turns while maintaining all the lovable tropes and engaging elements of the genre. With both exciting action and thought-provoking politics, there is something for all readers hidden within this tale...[A] perfectly paced page turner." —Publishers Weekly, BookLife Prize Semifinalist ...
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What happens in the group chat stays in the group chat… until it doesn’t. Virginia Vaughn just wants to fit in with her super-popular friend group. That means she doesn’t let them know how much she loves the library, she never speaks a word about her massive...
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A misfit racer. An astral tournament. And Earth’s fate on the line. When Aleja Garcia reclaims her grandfather’s cursed medallion, she doesn’t just awaken the buried magic of her hometown—she crashes into the Race Eternal: a supernatural tournament where spirits from across time battle for dominion...
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