The Fake-Chicken Kung Fu Fighting Blues is a warm-hearted story about Anthony, a boy who is uprooted from Chinatown in Toronto and moves with his family to the quaint, quiet, and hockey-obsessed …
From the authors of Mustaches for Maddie, we have a new middle grade novel addressing the lives of individuals with a medical concern and their families.
The reader follows a boy who is losing…
Imagine for a moment living in a United States where it is illegal to have a sibling. Not only is it illegal to have a sibling, it's illegal to do pretty much anything that marks you as an indiv…
The Fresh Cut is a 2018 Newbery Honor Book. It is a picture book, with vivid illustrations in bold colors that feel joyful; the visual focus of the illustrations is faces and individuals. The prose …
Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kennedy is the 2018 Newbery Award Winner. With a contemporary setting, its story covers only a couple of days and switches viewpoint amongst the minor and major charac…
She may be able to stop time, but does that mean she can stop her impending demise?
Carolyn O'Doherty's debut novel, Rewind, offers readers a sci-fi, alternate history, mystery mashup that jus…
In Louis Sachar’s capable hands, the natural prose and dialogue in Small Steps results in a fluid and satisfying read. Small Steps’ only connection to the Newberry-winning Holes are the characters Th…
"When you learn how to use the anger inside you to create instead of destroy, you'll realize it's one of the greatest tools you'll ever have."
- Cecilia Galante, Strays Like Us
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In his fourth installment of The Last Kids on Earth series, Max Brallier delivers another exciting tale, packed with heroism and humor. Jack and his friends must once again fight off shambli…
Author, Tracy Holczer, wrote a beautiful, timeless story of those dealing with loved ones serving in war, with children being the primary focus. The main character, Lucy, is a fantastic character who …
Og maybe a frog, but that doesn't mean he isn't "hoppy" to help out when support is needed.
A spin-off of veteran author Betty Birney's, The World According to Humphrey series, …
Dream Country is a gritty, raw tale of a family of Liberian-Americans who are struggling to come to terms with their past, their present, and their future. It follows multiple branches of t…
