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John David Anderson · HarperCollins Publishers and Blackstone Audio
Pages: 1
Format: Audiobook

[Children's Fiction (Ages 8-12) ]John David Anderson, author of Ms. Bixby's Last Day, returns with a funny, honest, and original story about bullying, broken friendships, and failures of communication.In middle school, words aren't just words. They can be weapons. They can be gifts. The right...
 
 
Quest for the Golden Arrow

Carrie Jones · Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

"A wild and fresh take on fantasy . . . I freaking loved it!" --Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of The Unwanted series, on Time StoppersReturn to the magical town of Aurora in this exhilarating second book in the Time Stoppers series--perfect for fans of Percy Jackson...
 
 
Invisible Emmie

TERRI LIBENSON · Balzer + Bray
Pages: 185
Format: Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Jennifer L. Holm, Invisible Emmie is a humorous and surprising debut graphic novel by Terri Libenson, creator of the internationally syndicated, Reuben Award-winning comic strip The Pajama Diaries. This is the story of two totally different girls...
 
 
Ashes to Asheville

Sarah Dooley · G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover

Two sisters take off on a wild road trip in this poignant tale for fans of Counting by 7s and Fish in a TreeAfter Mama Lacy's death, Fella was forced to move in with her grandmother, Mrs. Madison. The move brought Fella all sorts of comforts she wasn't used to at home, but it also meant...
 
 
Beyond the Bright Sea

LAUREN WOLD · Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages: 283
Format: Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Newbery Honor-winner Wolf Hollow, the moving story of an orphan, determined to know her own history, who discovers the true meaning of family. "The sight of a campfire on a distant island... proves the catalyst for a series of discoveries and events--some...
 
 
A Fiery Friendship

Lisa Fiedler · Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pages: 418
Format: Hardcover

Lions, and tigers, and bears, not quite! Travel down the red brick road with the world's most iconic Good Witch, Glinda, as she embarks on a brave adventure in Oz in this start to a brand-new series from Gabriel Gale and Lisa Fiedler.On her Declaration Day, a day meant for celebration and happiness,...
 
 
Restart

GORDON KORMAN · Scholastic Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Chase's memory just went out the window. Chase doesn't remember falling off the roof. He doesn't remember hitting his head. He doesn't, in fact, remember anything. He wakes up in a hospital room and suddenly has to learn his whole life all over again . . . starting with his own name. He knows...
 
 
Return to the Secret Garden

Holly Webb · Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

As she turned it the door creaked a little and opened inwards...The only friend Emmie Hatton has ever had at the Craven Home for Orphaned Children is Lucy, the little black kitten that visits her on the fire escape every day. But when the children of Craven Home are evacuated out of London...
 
 
Owl Ball

Hoss Masterson · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 49
Format: Library Binding

Ollie Overwing is one of the best pitchers to ever flap into an Owls baseball jersey. Raised and taught to wing baseballs by his mother, Ollie's array of pitches is as pretty as his plumage. But when an umpire makes a stand, can Ollie follow the rules, or will he just continue to play good...
 
 
Kiss of the Snake

C B Jones · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 67
Format: Library Binding

When people's pets start dying off, some blame it on the pet snake of Nellie Tibbits, the Northern new girl in this Southern town. Having recently joined up with the Bog Hollow Boys, Nellie must deal with poisonous attitudes to prove that she and her snake are not only innocent, but friendly.
 
 
Dance Fever

Julie Bowe · Stone Arch Books
Pages: 148
Format: Library Binding

When bossy Annelise insists on making the school fund-raiser a stuffy formal dance, the rest of the committee worries that the boys won't go and the fund-raiser will be a flop. Victoria Torres suggests they trade tiaras for cowboy hats and make the dance a Wild West theme. Annelise finally...
 
 
Orphan Island

LAUREL SNYDER · Walden Pond Press
Pages: 269
Format: Hardcover

"A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true." - Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank the MoonFor readers who loved Sara Pennypacker's Pax and Lois Lowry's The Giver comes a deep, compelling, heartbreaking, and completely one-of-a-kind novel about...
 
 
June Sparrow and the Million-Dollar Penny

REBECCA CHACE · Balzer Bray
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A charming, classic middle grade debut perfect for fans of Three Times Lucky and Because of Winn-Dixie with the most lovable pig since Wilbur in Charlotte's Web. June Sparrow and her best friend - a miniature pig named Indigo Bunting - have always been just fine on their own. June is a wealthy...
 
 
Edge of Extinction #2: Code Name Flood

LAURA MARTIN · HARPERCOLLINS
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Perfect for fans of Jurassic Park and Jurassic World! Code Name Flood is the electrifying sequel to The Ark Plan, which School Library Journal praised by saying: "Nonstop action, marauding dinosaurs, and kids on the run: What's not to like?" Last week, twelve-year-old Sky found...
 
 
Princess Juniper of Torr

Ammi-Joan Paquette · Philomel Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Adventure abounds in this finale featuring Princess Juniper, who - with the help of friends, secret spy cats, and even a dragon - is the only one who just might be able to save her father, the palace, and their whole country!Princess Juniper might have conquered her challenges up in the Hourglass...
 
 
Jake the Fake Keeps it Real

Craig Robinson · Crown Books for Young Readers
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

For fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Big Nate comes a new side-splitting series from comedian and film star Craig Robinson, #1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Mansbach, and NAACP History Maker recipient and cartoonist Keith Knight. Jake can barely play an instrument, not even a kazoo....
 
 
Let's Pretend We Never Met

MELISSA WALKER · HarperCollins
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The Thing About Jellyfish meets The Kind of Friends We Used to Be in this sweet, honest middle grade debut.If it were up to Mattie Markham, there would be a law that said your family wasn't allowed to move in the middle of the school year. After all, sixth grade is hard enough without wondering...
 
 
Joplin, Wishing

DIANE STANLEY · HarperCollins
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

A heartfelt and magical middle grade novel in the tradition of Tuck Everlasting and Bridge to Terabithia, about family, wishes, and the power of true friends to work magic. While cleaning out her reclusive grandfather's house, Joplin discovers pieces of a broken platter in a cookie tin....
 
 
Who Let the Gods Out?

Maz Evans · Chicken House
Pages: 307
Format: Hardcover

Elliot Hooper wants nothing more than a regular life for him and his mom. Then a Constellation of the Zodiac crashes from the sky into a pile of cow dung in front of him, and that wish explodes in a spray of...well...you know. Virgo, a 1,964-year-old girl, is on a routine mission to Earth...
 
 
Pottymouth and Stoopid

JAMES PATTERSON · JIMMY PATTERSON
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Bestselling author James Patterson's best book for boys in years Tired of being bullied, middle-school underdogs "Pottymouth" and "Stoopid" finally fight back with the power of funny. David and his best friend Michael were tagged with awful nicknames way back in preschool...