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  • Whatever After #4: Dream On

    Abby, her brother Jonah, and her best friend, Robin, get sucked into the magic mirror and end up in the story of Sleeping Beauty, but when Robin pricks her finger …

  • City of Light, City of Dark

    Avi’s groundbreaking graphic novel gets a stunning new cover to celebrate its twentieth anniversary! Two kids fight to save their city from eternal winter in this gripping fantasy by Newbery …

  • Infinity Ring Book 6: Behind Enemy Lines

    Fix the past. Save the future. World War II is raging across Europe, and the Axis and Allied powers are in a stalemate. Dak, Sera, and Riq can tip the …

  • Underdogs

    Before The Book Thief, Markus Zusak wrote a trilogy of novels about the Wolfe brothers: The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, and Getting the Girl. Cameron and Ruben Wolfe are champions …

  • Secrets of the Apple Tree, A Shine-a-Light Book

    Who lives around the apple tree? Shine a light behind the page and see …   Explore a tree up close and you will find a small world filled with …

  • Philip Reid Saves the Statue of Freedom

    Philip Reid was an enslaved African American who volunteered to work with the delicate plaster mold needed to create Freedom, the statue that stands atop the capital building in Washington, …

  • To Dare Mighty Things: The Life of Theodore Roosevelt

    President Theodore Roosevelt is known as “the man with a plan,” the “rough rider.” His figure stands tall in American history; his legacy stretching him to larger-than-life proportions.   But …

  • These Broken Stars

    It’s a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux …

  • Rutherford B., Who Was He?

    Forty-three men with forty-three passions, but with one thing in common: a presidential place in America’s history.   With her gift for unforgettable rhythm and innovative rhyme, Marilyn Singer brings …

  • Red Knit Cap Girl to the Rescue

    I hope it’s not too far away,’ says Red Knit Cap Girl. ‘Follow the light of the Moon,’ calls Owl. In this heartwarming follow-up to Naoko Stoop’s debut Red Knit …

  • Roomies

    The countdown to college has begun.   When Elizabeth receives her freshman-year roommate assignment at the beginning of summer, she shoots off an email to coordinate the basics: TV, microwave, …

  • Independent Study

    In book two of The Testing series, the government has wiped Cia’s memory of the grueling and deadly initiation into higher learning. Ignorance is bliss, but are Cia’s so-called friends …

  • Once Upon a Memory

    Does a book remember it once was a word? When a feather drifts through a child’s window, a magical journey begins. As the boy follows the feather, he is swept …

  • Tallulah’s Nutcracker

    Just in time for Christmas, Tallulah is about to get her fondest wish–a starring role in a real production of The Nutcracker.

  • The Family Christmas Treasury with CD and downloadable audio

    For an amazing value, it features eight complete picture books by authors like Tomie DePaola and Bernard Waber, plus eight illustrated Christmas carols by H. A. Rey, with the accompanying …

  • E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm with a Little Help from a Hen

    The Little Red Hen gives Old MacDonald some pointers on composting—and a legendary farm is born—in this rhyming, rollicking read-aloud.   Once upon a time, Old MacDonald didn’t have a …

  • Weasels

    Find out how the weasels’ dastardly plans for world domination are foiled in this hilarious, off-the-wall debut picture book.   Weasels. What do you think they do all day? Plot …

  • The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean

    From master storyteller David Almond comes a gripping, exquisitely written novel about a hidden-away child who emerges into a broken world.   Billy Dean is a secret child. He has …

  • The Princess in the Opal Mask

    When a secret connection is exposed between teenage sisters who were separated from birth—one raised as a princess and the other an orphan—they are forced to switch lives. Orphaned as …

  • What We Lost in the Dark

    Allie and Rob continue their investigation into their friend Juliet’s disappearance and the dangerous man at the heart of their small town who may be responsible, while navigating their deadly …


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