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Thirteen-year-old Kai Montgomery thought the biggest challenge he'd face would be his next martial arts tournament on the colony planet Kalifornia. That was until a cryptic alien crashed near his home, thrusting him into a fight far beyond his wildest daydreams. Armed with only his quick wit and a...
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Author(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
February 14, 2024
On the pirate island of Bosch, almost eleven-year-old twins Kik and Mac are facing a storm of changes. With a father from Edo and a Bosch mother, the brothers navigate the challenges of identity, friendship, and family in their own unique ways. Mac, daring and mischievous, finds...
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Planet Earth is turned into a juice box! When an enormous red and white striped drinking straw appears in the Atlantic Ocean and sucks up his dad’s naval battleship, twelve-year-old Jim Moss is left with no choice but to face his fear of water and search for...
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Two children forged by fire, of Arcania but raised apart. Which one is the true prophesied savior of the worlds? Plagued by nightmares after his encounter with the evil Emperor Blackthorn and tormented by the revelations about his mother’s death, Ty has become obsessed with his...
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When life feels too big to understand, where do you search for answers? When August Beck is out looking for his missing brother River, the last thing he expects to find is a monolith standing in the cornfield! August is certain the...
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When Cameron returned to Camp Pontchartrain, he expected to have a peaceful summer without terrifying monsters from another world trying to destroy everything he loves . . . he was wrong, dead wrong. Shadow-wraiths from Agartha have crossed over to Earth and are executing an evil scheme,...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Daisy Wynter
Age Range
8+
Release Date
April 02, 2024
A joyous reversal of the traditional Humpty Dumpty tale of caution! Humphrey is an egg. An egg with very overprotective parents. "Remember Humphrey; never run, never jump and never ever EVER sit on a wall. You remember what happened to your uncle…". ...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Marianne Ferrer
- Ann Marie Boulanger (Translator)
Age Range
10+
Release Date
November 14, 2023
Told in diary format, 14-year-old Franny journals about the year when she is sent away from the only home she’s known to live with family members she didn’t know she had all while her father goes to Japan on a research trip. Franny is a feisty 14-year-old...
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Author(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
May 23, 2023
Eleven-year-old Raini Fraser wants her grandfather back. Now that he's in a nursing home suffering from Alzheimer's, Raini is forced to live with her irritable, Scottish great-aunt who's intent on connecting her with her estranged father. Raini refuses, and her new life of strict rules...
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Five-foot-eight and only in the seventh grade, Sofia Luana is used to being bullied in her Colorado school. After her parents suddenly decide to move to California, Sofia's only hope is her best friend, Cara Felicity, who says her family's moving to California, too. On their plane...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Adrienne Barman
Age Range
10+
Release Date
October 03, 2023
It’s time to walk on the wild side and talk with the animals. This book will teach you not just how to chat chicken but also gossip with gorillas, mumble with meerkats, and warble with whales. You’ll be ready for any adventure into the animal kingdom. ...
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Mikaela Kadono is bummed when her parents move the family to a creepy, old, fixer-upper house, leaving behind her friends, school and familiar neighborhood. But things quickly look up when she meets her new neighbor, George, who invites her to join a cool club called Drone Legends. Little does...
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When thirteen-year-old Katie McCabe’ s dad gets sick and is hospitalized, she’ s sent to live with her uncle in a strange town. But within days of arriving, her dad unexpectedly dies. Struggling with her new reality, Katie is lost. She doesn't fit in at her new...
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It's 1881 in Destiny, Colorado. Fourteen-year-old Henry Upton’s parents have died, and he’s trying to keep his three younger brothers together on the farm. Henry writes a story about The Kid, the fastest draw in the West, to keep people away from their parts. But his stories will soon...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Barry Moser
Genre(s)
Age Range
10+
Release Date
September 05, 2023
The thirtieth-anniversary edition of a beloved children’s book. The Mushroom Man has arrived at its thirtieth anniversary despite breaking every rule of picture-book storytelling. It is not a story about children: The only kids make a cameo appearance to taunt the mushroom man in the street....
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