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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Bob Shumaker
Genre(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
August 20, 2023
Noah Gibson comes from a family that has magic in their blood. He is also an overly imaginative seventh grader whose magician father has mysteriously disappeared. The only clue Noah has to his father’s sudden departure is a magical reading chair in the attic. Noah believes the chair has...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Sofia Komarenko
Genre(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
October 23, 2023
The humorous and heartfelt tale of a pet earthling finding home. Zira finally gets her own pet earthling, Rolo! Life as a pet is easy, but over the years, Rolo grows bored and starts wondering where earthlings came from before they were pets. While running from...
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Lost in a wild West Virginia forest, Phoebe Gray's world is upended when she finds an irritable goblin named Gnish-Gnash. She’s stumbled into Lerch Hollow, a place of magic and mystery where trolls lurk in shadows and mermaids sway with the tide. The young adventurer...
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In the quaint German town of Fels, Halloween takes a dark turn for eleven-year-old Jo. When her annoying older brother, Hektor, goes missing, Jo suspects he's playing a prank. But then both her father and grandma forget Hektor's name, and his stuff mysteriously disappears from his room. ...
461 0
Author(s)
Genre(s)
Age Range
10+
Release Date
October 03, 2023
Aria lives on a well-ordered planet whose people have eradicated illness and even death. Earth is their ‘shadow planet’ which they populated with humans centuries ago so they could study them and learn from their experiences. Now the experiment is coming to an end and...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Rachel Ward
Genre(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
June 20, 2023
It’s New Year and a new term is beginning at Clearwater High. The young shape-shifter Carag is excited to go on his first study expeditions into the human world with his friends. But his former mentor, Andrew Milling, is out for revenge and suddenly Carag feels like he's being...
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Author(s)
Age Range
10+
Release Date
July 23, 2023
Things have gone from weird to blatantly absurd in Rome and Julian’s quest to preserve the boundary between the Earth realm and The Void. With Darkbrand numbers growing at a terrifying rate, the escape of Beliarahm, the fiercest Nocturn yet, and the struggle to make ANY headway with the...
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Author(s)
Genre(s)
Age Range
10+
Release Date
September 05, 2023
Twelve-year-old Simi's life is set. First: graduate from the Bollywood Academy, school to future stars. Second: become a super-famous actor, just like her showbiz parents. There's only one problem: Simi would rather make music than act, and music is a profession dominated by men. Can Simi navigate the gender...
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Gerbils are the smartest of all rodents, but they feel disrespected. They’ve never starred in children’s books, so you never hear about gerbils rescuing princesses, like Despereaux, or driving cars, like Stuart Little. And there’s no Mickey Gerbil. One group of proud, free gerbils finds a way they might...
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Author(s)
Genre(s)
Age Range
8+
Release Date
November 29, 2022
Summer of L.U.C.K. is about three kids finding their way to self-acceptance with the help of a ghost who haunts a magic carnival. Stuttering Darby is never perfect enough for her mother. Justin's been silent since his dad died. Naz is struggling to learn English. But after they meet...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Lorenzo Mattotti
Genre(s)
Age Range
7+
Release Date
August 01, 2023
Bestselling author Neil Gaiman and fine artist Lorenzo Mattotti join forces to create Hansel and Gretel, a stunning book that's at once as familiar as a dream and as evocative as a nightmare. Mattotti's sweeping ink illustrations capture the terror and longing found in the classic Brothers Grimm fairy...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Anna Tromop
Age Range
8+
Release Date
August 08, 2023
When Willow witnesses her animal-loving father, Silas, get kidnapped by a group of foxes and a huge wolf-like creature, she pursues them into the woods. There she meets wolves who tell her they know her father. Together they boldly enter the enormous tower the foxes have built deep in...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Peter Francis
Genre(s)
Age Range
7+
Release Date
October 24, 2023
The Infinity Rainbow Club is volunteering at the local natural history museum where Violet's parents work. Violet loves setting up the new augmented reality exhibit, but she worries that something will go wrong. Her OCD has her repeatedly checking for errors. Can Violet find a way to trust her...
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Author(s)
Co-Authors / Illustrators
- Peter Francis
Age Range
7+
Release Date
September 26, 2023
When the Infinity Rainbow Club at school competes in a brick builder challenge, Nick can't wait to participate! Until he learns he must have a partner--the new girl. Nick wants to work alone. But to win, he'll have to figure out how to be part of a team. ...
506 0
Everyone keeps secrets. And all kids keep secrets from their parents. But what if your secret were so big, so terrible, and so impossible, no one would believe you anyway? Rieden Reece hides such a secret. To an outside observer, Ri may seem somewhat average. A troubled kid from...
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