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Cece Rios and the desert of souls
by Kaela Rivera
Privately questioning her remote community’s superstitions about dangerous powerful spirits in their Devil’s Alley home, Cecelia Rios experiments with the forbidden art of brujería to rescue her kidnapped sister. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The story of Gumluck the wizard
by Adam Rex
Gumluck, a young, naâive wizard, does his best to help the local townspeople (and a small friendly ghost) with his sometimes critical raven sidekick, Helvetica
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Braver : a wombat's tale
by Suzanne Selfors
When her parents and the other quiet, shy wombats of the Northern Forest are captured by the traitorous, carnivorous Tassie devils, Lola Budge, a talkative, adventure-seeking young wombat, embarks on a rescue mission, joined by a swamp water rat and a baby penguin
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Ghost squad
by Claribel Ortega
Casting a spell that accidentally awakens malicious spirits that wreak havoc throughout St. Augustine, Lucely and Syd team up with the latter’s grandmother and tabby cat to break the curse and save Lucely’s firefly spirits. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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A wish in the dark
by Christina Soontornvat
Escaping from the prison where he was born, Pong discovers harrowing truths about the gap between the world’s privileged ruling class and impoverished laborers, while the prison warden’s daughter who is hunting him uncovers other daunting secrets. Simultaneous eBook.
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Spark
by Sarah Beth Durst
Discovering that their country's idyllic weather comes at a steep secret cost, a gentle student at lightning school and her unlikely storm-beast companion recruit fellow students to defy authority and expose the truth. 3, first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Skunk and Badger
by Amy Timberlake
The last thing Badger wants is a roommate, and certainly not Skunk, but since the house does not belong to him he does not have a choice; and soon everything in Badger's quiet and ordered life studying rocks is turned upside down (and where on earth did all the chickens come from)--but after he drives Skunk and his chickens away, Badger starts to miss his roommate and sets out to find him and make amends
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The hippo at the end of the hall
by 1963- Cooper, Helen
Receiving a mysterious invitation to an oddities museum, Ben is swept into a fantastical world of forgotten secrets and wild magic. By the creator of Pumpkin Soup. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Once upon a camel
by 1954- Appelt, Kathi
Wandering the desert as the last camel in Texas, Zada, who has many stories to tell, saves two tiny kestrel chicks during a massive dust storm, which takes her on one more grand adventure. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Lily and the night creatures
by Nick Lake
When Lily's home is overtaken by two creatures that look like her parents, she must beat these shadowy replacements to be reunited with her real parents. 20,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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The book of stolen time
by Dashka Slater
The whimsical, witty and satisfying conclusion to the Feylawn Chronicles finds pesky feyling Nettle helping Rufus and his cousin Abigail protect Feylawn, their grandfather's magical and mysterious homestead, amid dangers from leopards, goblins and Rufus' father, who is intent on selling Feylawn to the highest bidder. Simultaneous eBook.
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The stolen prince of Cloudburst
by Jaclyn Moriarty
Esther, an ordinary middle child, returns to school after a quiet summer to discover that her friends haven't returned and the mountains surrounding the school, usually alive with Faeries, have become dark and threatening with Shadow Mages, and it's up to Esther to do something extraordinary
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River magic
by Ellen Booraem
When her humble circumstances are complicated by a family member’s passing, a young river girl takes a cleaning job for an elderly new neighbor who turns out to be an ancient thunder wizard with a vindictive temper. By the award-winning author of The Unnameables. Simultaneous eBook.
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City spies
by James Ponti
Sentenced to juvenile detention after exposing her foster parents’ crimes, a talented young hacker is rescued by a British spy who recruits five teen savants from different world regions to become elite agents for MI5. 50,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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