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Serafina and the Twisted Staff

Robert Beatty - Disney-Hyperion
Format: Print book

Serafina's defeat of the Man in the Black Cloak has brought her out of the shadows and into the daylight realm of her home, Biltmore Estate. Every night she visits her mother in the forest, eager to learn the ways of the cat amount. But Serafina finds herself caught between her two worlds:...
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The Burning Tide

Jonathan Auxier - Scholastic Inc.
Format: Print book

The jaw-dropping conclusion to the "New York Times" bestselling series is here, written by acclaimed author Jonathan Auxier. Confidential until September 2016!
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The Wrong Side of Magic

Janette Rallison - Feiwel & Friends
Format: Print book

"Whimsical, exciting, funny, adventurous--all the things I loved about books growing up."--James Dashner, New York Times-bestselling author of the Maze Runner seriesHudson Brown stopped believing in magic long ago. That is, until the day he is whisked away to the magical...
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When Mischief Came to Town

Katrina Nannestad - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

In the tradition of ANNE OF GREEN GABLES and PIPPI LONGSTOCKING comes a heart-warming novel about love, family, grief, joy and the power of laughter and imagination. When Inge Maria arrives on the tiny island of Bornholm in Denmark to live with her grandmother, she's not sure what to expect....
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Going Wild

Lisa Mcmann - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Spider-Man meets Animorphs in this thrilling middle grade series from Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the Unwanteds series. Katherine Applegate - Newbery Medal winning author of The One and Only Ivan, Wishtree, and Endling - calls this book "gripping, action-packed,...
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Marvin and the Moths

Matthew Holm - Scholastic (Us)
Format: Print book

Middle school is off to a rocky start for Marvin Watson. Doomed to misfit status, his only friends are a girl with major orthodontics, the smelliest boy in school, and the trio of sarcastic man-sized moths that live in his attic. No one said middle school would be easy! Also, no one said...
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The Storyteller: The Riverman Trilogy, Book III

Aaron Starmer - Farrar Straus Giroux, 2016.
Format: Print book

Keri Cleary is worried about her brother, Alistair. Everyone is worried about Alistair. As the one witness to a shooting, he has been shocked into silence. But everyone needs to know three things: Who shot Kyle Dwyer? Where is Charlie Dwyer? What does this all have to do with the disappearance...
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A Crown of Dragons

Chris D'Lacey - Scholastic Press
Format: Print book

Although Michael Malone has completed two missions for the secretive UNICORNE agency, he is still far from finding his missing father. But when he is asked to investigate a scale of a dragon -- the very same artifact his father researched before he disappeared -- Michael realizes he's...
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A Long Pitch Home

Natalie Dias Lorenzi - Charlesbridge
Format: Paperback

A sensitive and endearing middle grade novel about a young Pakistani immigrant adjusting to his new life in contemporary America Ten-year-old Bilal liked his life back home in Pakistan. He was a star on his cricket team. But when his father suddenly sends the family to live with their...
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The Gathering Storm

H. K. Varian - Simon Spotlight
Format: Hardcover

When four middle schoolers discover that they can transform into mythological animals, they become part of a powerful, hidden world - the world of Changers - in this wild new urban fantasy series.Mack, Fiona, Darren, and Gabriella aren't exactly friends at their middle school - in fact,...
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Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren

"A rollicking story of Pippi, who lives without any grownups in a little house at the edge of the village. The matter-of-fact ways in which her absurd adventures are related is one of the chief charms of this story." - The Horn Book
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Charlotte's Web

E. B. White
Format: Book

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This hardcover edition includes a foreword by two-time Newbery winning author Kate DiCamillo. Some Pig. Humble. Radiant. These...
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl - Knopf Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

This full-color 40th anniversary edition of Roald Dahls most popular novel features vibrant spot art by Quentin Blake on candy-colored pages enhanced by candy-filled borders. A scrumptious read-aloud edition of a classic!Young Charlie Bucket cant believe his luck when he finds the very...
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Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

Based on the real-life adventures of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie is the third book in the award-winning Little House series, which has captivated generations of readers. This edition features the classic black-and-white artwork from Garth Williams.Laura Ingalls and her family...
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

C S Lewis - HarperTrophy
Format: Paperback

A mass-market paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition features cover art by Cliff Nielsen and interior black-and-white illustrations by the series' original illustrator, Pauline Baynes. Four...
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The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

Kate DiCamillo - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

The beloved author of BECAUSE OF WINN-DIXIE enlightens us with a tale of adventure, despair, love, and soup.Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness...
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll - Puffin; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

When Alice follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole, she finds herself in an enchanted world, filled with creatures like the Mad Hatter, the disappearing Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts. Alice quickly finds out that nothing is as it seems in the wild world of Wonderland…
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Anne of Green Gables

L M Montgomery - Dalmation Press
Format: Print book

A new edition of L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables in honor of the hundredth-year anniversary of the enduring classic. In addition to publishing Before Green Gables, we are issuing a special collectible edition of Anne of Green Gables, which will be a facsimile of the 1908 version...
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The Bad Beginning

Lemony Snicket - HarperTrophy
Format: Book

It's a good thing that Violet Baudelaire has a real knack for inventing things. When misery comes to call, the right invention at the right time can mean everything. It's also fortunate that her brother, Klaus, has read lots of books and knows many important things, like how to tell...
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Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson - Crowell
Format: Print book

This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling author Katherine Paterson is a modern classic of friendship and loss.Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest runner in the fifth grade. And he almost is, until the new girl in school, Leslie Burke, outpaces him....
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Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis - Delacorte Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Book

It's 1936, in Flint, Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud's got a few things going for him:1. He has his own suitcase filled with his own important, secret things.2. He's the author of Bud Caldwell's Rules and Things...
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The Hobbit

J R R Tolkien
Format: Book

This deluxe hardcover edition of J. R. R. Tolkien's classic prelude to his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy contains a short introduction by Christopher Tolkien, a reset text incorporating the most up-to-date corrections, and all of Tolkien s own drawings and full-color illus
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