From the It’s Not Easy Being series by Marilyn Sadler ; illustrated by Stephanie Laberis ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 13, 2024 Too cute to be spooky indeed but most certainly sweet. A ghost longs to be scary, but none of the creepy personas she tries on fit. Misty, a feline ghost with big green eyes…
by Christina Li ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 12, 2021 Charming, poignant, and thoughtfully woven. An aspiring scientist and a budding artist become friends and help each other with dream projects. Unfolding in mid-1980s Sacramento, California, this story stars 12-year-olds Rosalind and Benjamin as first-person narrators in alternating chapters. Ro’s father, a fellow space buff, was…
by Alice Schertle ; illustrated by Jill McElmurry ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 23, 2014 Little Blue’s fans will enjoy the animal sounds and counting opportunities, but it’s the sparkling lights on the truck’s own… The sturdy Little Blue Truck is back for his third adventure, this time delivering Christmas trees to his band of animal…
Jia’s family owns “the biggest restaurant in Chinatown,” and everyone has been busy preparing for Chinese New Year for weeks. Today, Father’s cooking in the kitchen, Mother’s carrying plates, Aunty’s standing on a ladder putting up decorations, Jia’s grandmother’s lighting the lanterns, and her brother, Hu, is moving chairs. But each time Jia volunteers to…
From the Empyrean series , Vol. 2 by Rebecca Yarros ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 7, 2023 Unrelenting, and not in a good way. A young Navarrian woman faces even greater challenges in her second year at dragon-riding school. Violet Sorrengail did all the normal things one would do as a first-year student at Basgiath War…
by David Baldacci ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 12, 2024 Fast-moving excitement with a satisfying finish. The feds must protect an accused criminal and an orphaned girl. Maybe you’ve met him before as protagonist of The 6:20 Man (2022): Ex-Army Ranger Travis Devine, who’d had the dubious fortune to tangle with “the girl on the train,”…
by Colleen Hoover ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 18, 2022 Through palpable tension balanced with glimmers of hope, Hoover beautifully captures the heartbreak and joy of starting over. Likes 266 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller The sequel to It Ends With Us (2016) shows the aftermath of domestic violence through the eyes of…
Poetic text describes a child’s active grandmother as she “moves to tai chi beats” (“Slow. Firm. Focused”) and walks home in the autumn leaves (“ka-runch, ka-runch, ka-runch”). At home, the two prepare dumplings, dancing in the swirls of steam. As they eat them afterward, Grandma’s love “fills up my tummy.” Delicate illustrations full of movement…
Nuanced and real; impressive and valuable. Illustrator Egbert has drawn on tumultuous childhood memories to craft his first solo graphic novel. Looking back, Corey wonders how much of his childhood was real. His family, who present white, lived in a remote, rural part of California, so his mom was his “teacher…entertainer…and partner in crime.” His…
by Stephanie Johnson & Brandon Stanton illustrated by Henry Sene Yee ‧ RELEASE DATE: July 12, 2022 A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer. Likes 99 Our Verdict GET IT New York Times Bestseller A former New York City dancer reflects on her zesty heyday in the 1970s. Discovered…
