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Such charming liars

McManus, Karen M.,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Sixteen-year-old Kat Quinn joins her mother, a jewelry thief, on one last heist before she leaves the industry for good. Their target is Annalise Sutherland, the daughter of a half billionaire, who will be wearing a priceless ruby necklace. When her mother gets sick and Kat is left to complete the job on her own, she runs into the last two people she wants to see: her mother's ex-husband, a con man who preys on wealthy women, and his seventeen-year-old son Liam. When a member of the Sutherland family is killed in front of Kat and Liam, Kat realizes that they might now be the killer's targets and she and Liam must work together to sort out who wants them dead and why.
Date Published:2024

Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Sixteen-year-old Kat Quinn joins her mother, a jewelry thief, on one last heist before she leaves the industry for good. Their target is Annalise Sutherland, the daughter of a half billionaire, who will be wearing a priceless ruby necklace. When her mother gets sick and Kat is left to complete the job on her own, she runs into the last two people she wants to see: her mother's ex-husband, a con man who preys on wealthy women, and his seventeen-year-old son Liam. When a member of the Sutherland family is killed in front of Kat and Liam, Kat realizes that they might now be the killer's targets and she and Liam must work together to sort out who wants them dead and why.

Date Published:2024

Very bad at math

Larson, Hope,


Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Verity "Very" Nelson is student body president, debate club whiz, and first chair clarinetist, and she's pretty much the best at everything except math. Despite her best efforts, math just doesn't make sense to Very, and soon she finds herself enrolled in a remedial math class. She worries that if she doesn't raise her math score, she's going to lose her presidency, but everything changes when Very discovers she has dyscalculia, a learning disability that causes her to mix up numbers. After learning there's nothing wrong with her, Very finds a way to be confident and realizes she doesn't have to be perfect at everything.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Verity "Very" Nelson is student body president, debate club whiz, and first chair clarinetist, and she's pretty much the best at everything except math. Despite her best efforts, math just doesn't make sense to Very, and soon she finds herself enrolled in a remedial math class. She worries that if she doesn't raise her math score, she's going to lose her presidency, but everything changes when Very discovers she has dyscalculia, a learning disability that causes her to mix up numbers. After learning there's nothing wrong with her, Very finds a way to be confident and realizes she doesn't have to be perfect at everything.

Date Published:2025

Louder than hunger

Schu, John, 1981-,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, In 1996, thirteen-year-old Jake Stacey volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people and because it's easier to avoid others his own age. He constantly feels like the weird or odd one out and would do anything not to be that kid, including listening to voice in his head that tells him things will be better if he shrinks himself down to nothing. The truth is Jake has been starving himself since seventh grade, and the adults in his life are starting to notice. Jake is admitted into an inpatient program, where he's treated for anorexia nervosa, depression, and OCD. While he initially rebels against the staff and pushes back, he eventually settles into his treatment, exploring his relationship with food and opening up to the people around him.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, In 1996, thirteen-year-old Jake Stacey volunteers at a nursing home because he likes helping people and because it's easier to avoid others his own age. He constantly feels like the weird or odd one out and would do anything not to be that kid, including listening to voice in his head that tells him things will be better if he shrinks himself down to nothing. The truth is Jake has been starving himself since seventh grade, and the adults in his life are starting to notice. Jake is admitted into an inpatient program, where he's treated for anorexia nervosa, depression, and OCD. While he initially rebels against the staff and pushes back, he eventually settles into his treatment, exploring his relationship with food and opening up to the people around him.

Date Published:2024

J vs. K

Alexander, Kwame,


"Two ten-year-olds must decide whether they should join forces to create an unbeatable duo that is sure to win their school's annual creative storytelling contest"--
Date Published:2025

A friend for Eddy

Kim Ha, Ann,


Booklist, Horn Book Guide Starred, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal, Eddy the goldfish is lonely and wishes he had a friend to play with, so when a little yellow fish appears outside his bowl one day, he's overjoyed. Another fish appears, and the three of them play hide-and-seek, dance together, have a staring contest, and giggle so hard the bowl fills with bubbles. Every day, Eddy looks forward to seeing his new friends and wishes he could be outside with them, so one day, he does the unthinkable and jumps right out of the bowl. He soon realizes he's stuck and can't swim or breathe, and when his friends appear, he discovers they aren't fish at all, they are the eyes of a cat.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, Horn Book Guide Starred, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal, Eddy the goldfish is lonely and wishes he had a friend to play with, so when a little yellow fish appears outside his bowl one day, he's overjoyed. Another fish appears, and the three of them play hide-and-seek, dance together, have a staring contest, and giggle so hard the bowl fills with bubbles. Every day, Eddy looks forward to seeing his new friends and wishes he could be outside with them, so one day, he does the unthinkable and jumps right out of the bowl. He soon realizes he's stuck and can't swim or breathe, and when his friends appear, he discovers they aren't fish at all, they are the eyes of a cat.

Date Published:2024

Hurricane heist

Ponti, James.


Kirkus, July 01, 2025. School library journal, October 03, 2025. A hurricane unearths a decades-old mystery when a bell captain's body is discovered at a historic Miami Beach hotel, leading twelve-year-old Alex and the other members of the Sherlock Society to uncover the truth behind a long-lost million-dollar jewel heist.
Date Published:2025

Tela Charlottae : fabula /

White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985.


"Printed in a limited edition of 100 copies"--Verso t.p. Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer's Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte decides to help him.
Date Published:1985

And then, boom

Fipps, Lisa,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, A novel in verse following Joe, a boy with an off-and-on absent mother left to be raised by his grandmother who struggles to pay the bills. Joe takes refuge in his favorite comic books, where his favorite heroes often face "and then, BOOM!" moments and come out victorious on the other side. Then, the worst "BOOM" of all hits--Joe is left on his own, the electricity gets shut off, and he worries about telling anyone what is really happening to him. Only when he takes in an abandoned dog and her pups does Joe find something to live for again.
Date Published:2024

Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, A novel in verse following Joe, a boy with an off-and-on absent mother left to be raised by his grandmother who struggles to pay the bills. Joe takes refuge in his favorite comic books, where his favorite heroes often face "and then, BOOM!" moments and come out victorious on the other side. Then, the worst "BOOM" of all hits--Joe is left on his own, the electricity gets shut off, and he worries about telling anyone what is really happening to him. Only when he takes in an abandoned dog and her pups does Joe find something to live for again.

Date Published:2024

Dreamslinger

Kim, Graci,


Maps on end papers. Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Fourteen-year-old Aria is a dreamslinger, someone who has a genetic mutation that allows access powerful magic from their dreams. Dreamslingers are suppressed, however, due to the Great Outburst ten years ago that killed Aria's mother. Aria's father teaches her and other dreamslingers to suppress their emotions and therefore control their magic. Everyone is surprised when the secretive Kingdom of Royal Hanguk, the only kingdom who doesn't suppress their dreamslingers, opens up their annual Royal Slinger Trials to other nations. Aria is selected to go in order to spy on the kingdom for her father, but when she arrives, she finds that nothing is what she expected and she begins to question what she's been told about her mother and dreamslingers' danger to the outside world.
Date Published:2025

Maps on end papers. Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Fourteen-year-old Aria is a dreamslinger, someone who has a genetic mutation that allows access powerful magic from their dreams. Dreamslingers are suppressed, however, due to the Great Outburst ten years ago that killed Aria's mother. Aria's father teaches her and other dreamslingers to suppress their emotions and therefore control their magic. Everyone is surprised when the secretive Kingdom of Royal Hanguk, the only kingdom who doesn't suppress their dreamslingers, opens up their annual Royal Slinger Trials to other nations. Aria is selected to go in order to spy on the kingdom for her father, but when she arrives, she finds that nothing is what she expected and she begins to question what she's been told about her mother and dreamslingers' danger to the outside world.

Date Published:2025

Jessi Ramsey, pet-sitter

Martin, Ann M., 1955-


"Graphix." The Mancusis don't have any kids but they sure do have a lot of pets! So when they're desperate for a sitter, who do they call? The Baby-sitters Club! Kristy feels pretty sure that the BSC does not pet-sit. But Jessi has always liked animals, and she talks Kristy into being okay with her taking the job. In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2025

The last dragon on Mars

Reintgen, Scott,


"Special first edition"--Jacket. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, Thirteen-year-old Lunar Jones is one of the many orphans living at the understaffed, underfunded Relocation Clinic in the dying Mars settlement, and he is the defacto leader for the other kids, who were all born on Mars, a planet that never wanted people in the first place. Lunar knows that Martian history always starts with Earth as the first astronauts discovered that space was already occupied by dragons long ago. When humanity learned that Earth's dragon had sacrificed herself to make their home planet habitable, they set their sights on Mars and figured they could do the same thing to Mars' dragon, but as the dragon died, he whispered a curse over Mars. During a salvage run gone wrong, Lunar goes underground in a restricted zone, and he uncovers what might be the only hope left for the dying planet.
Date Published:2024

"Special first edition"--Jacket. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, Thirteen-year-old Lunar Jones is one of the many orphans living at the understaffed, underfunded Relocation Clinic in the dying Mars settlement, and he is the defacto leader for the other kids, who were all born on Mars, a planet that never wanted people in the first place. Lunar knows that Martian history always starts with Earth as the first astronauts discovered that space was already occupied by dragons long ago. When humanity learned that Earth's dragon had sacrificed herself to make their home planet habitable, they set their sights on Mars and figured they could do the same thing to Mars' dragon, but as the dragon died, he whispered a curse over Mars. During a salvage run gone wrong, Lunar goes underground in a restricted zone, and he uncovers what might be the only hope left for the dying planet.

Date Published:2024

The Thrashers : a novel /

Soto, Julie, 1988-,


"Content warning: This work's content includes themes of suicide, bullying, references to rape, alcoholism, and body image issues"--Preliminary page. Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Seventeen-year-old Jodi Dillon, the outsider in an exclusive high school group, is caught between loyalty and self-preservation after the mysterious death of a former friend, as strange events and unsettling truths begin to unravel about the group's dark secrets.
Date Published:2025

"Content warning: This work's content includes themes of suicide, bullying, references to rape, alcoholism, and body image issues"--Preliminary page. Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Seventeen-year-old Jodi Dillon, the outsider in an exclusive high school group, is caught between loyalty and self-preservation after the mysterious death of a former friend, as strange events and unsettling truths begin to unravel about the group's dark secrets.

Date Published:2025

Kareem between

Safadi, Shifa Saltagi,


Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, School Library Journal Starred, First, his best friend moves away, then he fails his football tryout, then he is told to volunteer to show the new Syrian refugee kid around school, and finally his mother gets stuck in Syria after returning to help her family--all told, not a great start for Kareem's seventh grade school year. Things look up when the quarterback tells him he might be able to get him another tryout--the catch is that Kareem must do something he knows, in his heart, isn't right.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, School Library Journal Starred, First, his best friend moves away, then he fails his football tryout, then he is told to volunteer to show the new Syrian refugee kid around school, and finally his mother gets stuck in Syria after returning to help her family--all told, not a great start for Kareem's seventh grade school year. Things look up when the quarterback tells him he might be able to get him another tryout--the catch is that Kareem must do something he knows, in his heart, isn't right.

Date Published:2024

Mallory and the trouble with twins

Martin, Ann M., 1955-


"Graphix." Mallory knows she's a good baby-sitter. She's been looking after her seven younger brothers and sisters for years. So when Kristy offers her a steady job baby-sitting for the Arnold twins, Mal thinks it'll be easy money. Taking care of Marilyn and Carolyn is a baby-sitting nightmare. But Mallory is a responsible member of the Baby-sitters Club and she's not giving up! In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2025

"Graphix." Mallory knows she's a good baby-sitter. She's been looking after her seven younger brothers and sisters for years. So when Kristy offers her a steady job baby-sitting for the Arnold twins, Mal thinks it'll be easy money. Taking care of Marilyn and Carolyn is a baby-sitting nightmare. But Mallory is a responsible member of the Baby-sitters Club and she's not giving up! In graphic novel format.

Date Published:2025

Crazy Horse, 1842-1877

Todd, Anne M.


Includes index. Includes chronology. Includes glossary. This book discusses the life of Crazy Horse, a Sioux warrior who would not give up hope for his people's freedom.
Date Published:2003

No roses for Harry

Zion, Gene.


Front cover stamped in red and black with vignette. Added decorative title page. Title page and frontispiece form double plate. "Harry the dog finds a graceful way to dispose of his new sweater with roses on it." --
Date Published:1958

The yellow bus

Long, Loren,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, A forgotten school bus finds joy and purpose in the most unexpected places.
Date Published:2024

The humble pie

John, Jory.


Kirkus, September 15, 2025. School library journal, December 12, 2025. The Humble Pie likes to give others the spotlight. Aw, shucks! they deserve it! But when he's paired with his best friend, Jake the Cake, for a school project, he soon realizes that staying in the shadows isn't always as sweet as pie.
Date Published:2025

The day the crayons made friends

Daywalt, Drew.


Kirkus, April 01, 2025. Publisher's Weekly, December 05, 2024. School library journal, September 2025. The hilarious Crayons explore Duncan's playroom. Will they want to leave the crayon box after they make new friends?
Date Published:2025

Wild wave

Philbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman),


Horn Book Guide, After an earthquake rocks the hometown of Nick Chase and Jess Hardy, they watch in terror as the water pulls back from the coastline, building into a towering wall of water. Nick and Jess find themselves on the run from the approaching tsunami, but when they make it to higher ground in the woods above the bay, they watch as the sea floods their whole town along the shore. The two must try to find their way to safety, but when they come across a stranded elderly couple, it's up to Nick and Jess to work together and get help so that they can all make it out alive.
Date Published:2024

Horn Book Guide, After an earthquake rocks the hometown of Nick Chase and Jess Hardy, they watch in terror as the water pulls back from the coastline, building into a towering wall of water. Nick and Jess find themselves on the run from the approaching tsunami, but when they make it to higher ground in the woods above the bay, they watch as the sea floods their whole town along the shore. The two must try to find their way to safety, but when they come across a stranded elderly couple, it's up to Nick and Jess to work together and get help so that they can all make it out alive.

Date Published:2024