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I survived the Black death, 1348 /

Tarshis, Lauren,


School Library Journal, Travel to medieval England to learn about the horrors of the Black Death as one girl finds hope amid illness and grief, in this story that includes nonfiction backmatter with facts and photos about the real-life event.
Date Published:2024

Talons of power

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


"The war is over. The false prophecy has been fulfilled. But the dragonets still have enemies. A dark evil, buried for centuries, is stirring. And a young NightWing may have had the first true prophecy in generations . . ."--Publisher.
Date Published:2018

Escaping Peril

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


Horn Book, April 2017. Peril is possibly the most dangerous dragon in Pyrrhia, because she has firescales that can kill an opponent with a touch, but now she has a mission--find her former queen, Scarlet, who is threatening the Jade Mountain Academy, and then stop her, and she is not sure if the persistent SeaWing, Turtle, who is accompanying her, will be a help or a hindrance.
Date Published:2017

The wish switch

Painter, Lynn,


Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Emma Rockford is determined to make all her wishes come true for middle school, and she knows just the way to do it using the detailed instructions on how to access an ancient, secret, magical wishing well that her Nana left her before she died. But things get complicated when her wishing is interrupted by her new obnoxious neighbor, Jackson, and he starts adding wishes of his own. As school starts, Emma realizes that her wishes are starting to come true, but not for her, for Jackson. Emma and Jackson are forced to work together to fix the wish-switch before things get out of control.
Date Published:2025

Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Emma Rockford is determined to make all her wishes come true for middle school, and she knows just the way to do it using the detailed instructions on how to access an ancient, secret, magical wishing well that her Nana left her before she died. But things get complicated when her wishing is interrupted by her new obnoxious neighbor, Jackson, and he starts adding wishes of his own. As school starts, Emma realizes that her wishes are starting to come true, but not for her, for Jackson. Emma and Jackson are forced to work together to fix the wish-switch before things get out of control.

Date Published:2025

What happened then

Downing, Erin Soderberg,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, When their beloved Aunt Robbie summons their large, estranged family together for a gathering at their broken-down family cabin on Crooked Lake, cousins Avery and Jax learn that the cabin and its guest houses will be sold at the end of the summer. As the family works to get the property ready to sell, Avery and Jax begin to dig through the history of the long-abandoned house and its contents and uncover diary pages that possibly reveal what happened the summer decades ago that tore their family apart. Slowly, the cousins work to heal the rift between their family and help them move past a terrible tragedy.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, When their beloved Aunt Robbie summons their large, estranged family together for a gathering at their broken-down family cabin on Crooked Lake, cousins Avery and Jax learn that the cabin and its guest houses will be sold at the end of the summer. As the family works to get the property ready to sell, Avery and Jax begin to dig through the history of the long-abandoned house and its contents and uncover diary pages that possibly reveal what happened the summer decades ago that tore their family apart. Slowly, the cousins work to heal the rift between their family and help them move past a terrible tragedy.

Date Published:2025

Ride or die

Dawson, Delilah S.,


Kirkus Review, June 2025. "A sleepover at an amusement park turns into a night of terror"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Racing the clouds

Dunlap, Sydney,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Thirteen-year-old Sage Prescott lives with her father in a trailer park in Virginia after an incident involving her mother, and obsesses about what she could have done differently. When her maternal grandparents, whom she's never met, want her to visit them in Ohio, Sage travels there hoping to learn more about her mother and heal the divide in the family.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Thirteen-year-old Sage Prescott lives with her father in a trailer park in Virginia after an incident involving her mother, and obsesses about what she could have done differently. When her maternal grandparents, whom she's never met, want her to visit them in Ohio, Sage travels there hoping to learn more about her mother and heal the divide in the family.

Date Published:2025

The last resort

Kelly, Erin Entrada,


"Talk to ghosts. Crack the puzzles. Solve the mystery!"--Jacket. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, After her friends ditch her for being too dramatic, too intense, and just too much, eleven-year-old Lila Clement vows to reinvent herself and be calmer going forward, but she realizes that will be difficult when her estranged grandfather dies and her family has to spend the summer in Ohio while her parents decide what to do with Grandpa Clem's creepy Victorian Inn. On their way there, the family gets into a car accident, and while no one is hurt, Lila starts seeing people no one else can see or hear. She realizes that she can see ghosts, and this becomes clear when she sees the ghost of Grandpa Clem at his funeral, and he tells her that he didn't die of a heart attack; he was murdered. Lila soon discovers that Grandpa's Clem's inn is actually a portal between the land of the living and the realm of the dead. With the help of her skeptical brother, Caleb, and their new ghost-obsessed neighbor, Teddy, Lila tries to solve the murder, help the ghosts pass on to the afterlife, and save the town from evil spirits.
Date Published:2025

"Talk to ghosts. Crack the puzzles. Solve the mystery!"--Jacket. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly, After her friends ditch her for being too dramatic, too intense, and just too much, eleven-year-old Lila Clement vows to reinvent herself and be calmer going forward, but she realizes that will be difficult when her estranged grandfather dies and her family has to spend the summer in Ohio while her parents decide what to do with Grandpa Clem's creepy Victorian Inn. On their way there, the family gets into a car accident, and while no one is hurt, Lila starts seeing people no one else can see or hear. She realizes that she can see ghosts, and this becomes clear when she sees the ghost of Grandpa Clem at his funeral, and he tells her that he didn't die of a heart attack; he was murdered. Lila soon discovers that Grandpa's Clem's inn is actually a portal between the land of the living and the realm of the dead. With the help of her skeptical brother, Caleb, and their new ghost-obsessed neighbor, Teddy, Lila tries to solve the murder, help the ghosts pass on to the afterlife, and save the town from evil spirits.

Date Published:2025

Isle of ever

Calonita, Jen,


School Library Journal starred, January 2025. Pub Weekly, January 2025. Booklist, February 2025. Kirkus Review, January 2025. In order to receive her mysterious inheritance, twelve-year-old Everly "Benny" must play--and win--a game following clues left by her ancestor.
Date Published:2025

The free state of Jax

Nielsen, Jennifer A.,


Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, When his grandmother's Alzheimer's disease reaches a state where she is unable to care for him, twelve-year-old Jax is forced to move to rural Kansas with his uncaring Aunt Helga and Uncle Clive Grimmitz, and their unruly six children who mercilessly bully him. When an attempt to run away fails, he escapes to a neighbor's property and establishes the Free State of Jax, and himself as president of the new micronation. Jax faces an uphill battle against the Grimmitzes who want him back at all costs, but he refuses to give up or go back, and fights back with a help of a local lawyer while getting drawn into the mystery of a local missing man.
Date Published:2025

Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, When his grandmother's Alzheimer's disease reaches a state where she is unable to care for him, twelve-year-old Jax is forced to move to rural Kansas with his uncaring Aunt Helga and Uncle Clive Grimmitz, and their unruly six children who mercilessly bully him. When an attempt to run away fails, he escapes to a neighbor's property and establishes the Free State of Jax, and himself as president of the new micronation. Jax faces an uphill battle against the Grimmitzes who want him back at all costs, but he refuses to give up or go back, and fights back with a help of a local lawyer while getting drawn into the mystery of a local missing man.

Date Published:2025

Where only storms grow

Colman, Alyssa,


"Follow your heart. Brave the storm."--Cover. During the worst storm of the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma, twins Howe and Joanna must put their differences aside and work together to save their farm from ruin.
Date Published:2025

What fell from the sky

Cuevas, Adrianna,


"Farrar Straus Giroux." School Library Journal starred, February 2025. New York Times, February 2025. Kirkus Review, January 2025. Publishers Weekly Annex, February 2025. Set in 1950s Texas, Pineda Matlage hides an alien in his family's barn, and with the help of friends and townspeople, tries to reunite her with her family despite the disruptive presence of soldiers using the town for a covert operation to capture and study aliens.
Date Published:2026

"Farrar Straus Giroux." School Library Journal starred, February 2025. New York Times, February 2025. Kirkus Review, January 2025. Publishers Weekly Annex, February 2025. Set in 1950s Texas, Pineda Matlage hides an alien in his family's barn, and with the help of friends and townspeople, tries to reunite her with her family despite the disruptive presence of soldiers using the town for a covert operation to capture and study aliens.

Date Published:2026

The undead fox of Deadwood Forest

Hartman, Aubrey,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Clare, the undead fox of Deadwood Forest, lived a solitary life of quiet and predictable days until he met a badger soul called Gingersnipes. For some reason, Gingersnipes cannot pass into the Afterlife, her soul stuck in Deadwood--a disturbing mystery, as this has never happened before. Clare and Gingersnipes, needing help, set out to find the visionary grouse Hesterfowl, who seems to have foretold a time of unrest in Deadwood that makes Clare outraged and determined to change his fate.
Date Published:2025

Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Clare, the undead fox of Deadwood Forest, lived a solitary life of quiet and predictable days until he met a badger soul called Gingersnipes. For some reason, Gingersnipes cannot pass into the Afterlife, her soul stuck in Deadwood--a disturbing mystery, as this has never happened before. Clare and Gingersnipes, needing help, set out to find the visionary grouse Hesterfowl, who seems to have foretold a time of unrest in Deadwood that makes Clare outraged and determined to change his fate.

Date Published:2025

Pocket Bear

Applegate, Katherine,


Booklist starred, August 2025. Pub Weekly, July 2025. Kirkus Starred, August 2025. School Library Journal starred, September 2025. "[A teddy bear named Pocket Bear born during World War One as a good luck charm finds himself a century later as the] unofficial mayor of Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured, where stuffed toy animals are refurbished and given a fresh opportunity to be loved. He and his best feline friend Zephyrina, known far and wide as 'The Cat Burglar', have seen it all, and then some"--Amazon.
Date Published:2025

Booklist starred, August 2025. Pub Weekly, July 2025. Kirkus Starred, August 2025. School Library Journal starred, September 2025. "[A teddy bear named Pocket Bear born during World War One as a good luck charm finds himself a century later as the] unofficial mayor of Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured, where stuffed toy animals are refurbished and given a fresh opportunity to be loved. He and his best feline friend Zephyrina, known far and wide as 'The Cat Burglar', have seen it all, and then some"--Amazon.

Date Published:2025

Octopus moon

Pyron, Bobbie,


School Library Journal starred, March 2025. Publishers Weekly, November 2024. Booklist, January 2025. Catholic Library World, April 2026. Recently diagnosed with depression, fifth-grader Pearl struggles with self-care and self-love amidst a sea of changes.
Date Published:2026

Holding on for dear life

Bowling, Dusti,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Thirteen-year-old Canyon Cress loves bull riding, and he's determined to win the Junior Bull Riding World Championship so his dad will finally pay attention to him. The only problem is bull riding is tough on his body and he has more concussions than he can count. In addition, Canyon is still struggling with the grief of his mother's death and feeling more and more pressure to step up and take care of his sister while his father spirals out of control. He also has a passion for music and loves to play the fiddle, but Canyon is forced to choose between his two passions when he is unexpectedly chosen to compete at a music competition show.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Thirteen-year-old Canyon Cress loves bull riding, and he's determined to win the Junior Bull Riding World Championship so his dad will finally pay attention to him. The only problem is bull riding is tough on his body and he has more concussions than he can count. In addition, Canyon is still struggling with the grief of his mother's death and feeling more and more pressure to step up and take care of his sister while his father spirals out of control. He also has a passion for music and loves to play the fiddle, but Canyon is forced to choose between his two passions when he is unexpectedly chosen to compete at a music competition show.

Date Published:2025

Finding Lost

Sloan, Holly Goldberg, 1958-,


Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, Cordy Jenkins, a middle schooler in coastal Oregon, grapples with the loss of her father, a commercial crab fisherman who drowned two years prior. Her family, unable to afford their cozy rental home, moves into a boathouse owned by the wealthy family for whom Cordy's mother manages property. As Cordy searches for something to restore her family's sense of safety, she finds a muddy, hungry stray dog with bad breath, whom they name Lost. With Lost's help, Cordy and her family may just begin to heal.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, Cordy Jenkins, a middle schooler in coastal Oregon, grapples with the loss of her father, a commercial crab fisherman who drowned two years prior. Her family, unable to afford their cozy rental home, moves into a boathouse owned by the wealthy family for whom Cordy's mother manages property. As Cordy searches for something to restore her family's sense of safety, she finds a muddy, hungry stray dog with bad breath, whom they name Lost. With Lost's help, Cordy and her family may just begin to heal.

Date Published:2025

Creaky Acres

Brill, Calista,


School Library Journal, April 2025. Publishers Weekly, February 2025. Booklist, April 2025. Ten-year-old African American Nora learns to love to her new home in rural Greenville when she starts an eventing team with the horseback riders at Creaky Acres.
Date Published:2025

Confessions of a junior spy

Munda, Rosaria,


School Library Journal, May 2025. Booklist, May 2025. Kirkus Review, April 2025. "Raised in a sanctuary hotel for spies, the daughter of one of its top agents is determined to follow in her mother's footsteps and use her hard-won spy skills to help others"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

At the edge of lost

Brockenbrough, Martha,


School Library Journal starred, October 2025. Kirkus Starred, February 2026. Horn Book, November 2025. Caleb and his dog Ronan are separated after tragedy strikes, and they embark on an impossible journey to reunite, facing dangers and a brewing storm along the way.
Date Published:2025