October 2020 list by K. Pearson
|
|
|
Absolute Hero
by Valerie Tripp
Anxious about starting middle school, eleven-year-old Izzy Newton proposes a STEM club and, with her best friends Allie Einstein and Charlie Darwin, investigates why the building is so cold--and why former friend Marie has shut them out.
|
|
|
Adventures of a Dwergish Girl
by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
Molly O'Malley is a clever, adventurous girl. She is also a Dwerg. Dwergs are strange folks who live very quietly in the Catskill mountains, have lots of gold, and are kind of like dwarves (but also not!).
|
|
|
The Canyon's Edge
by Dusti Bowling
Accompanying her father on a slot-canyon expedition in the Arizona desert a year after a random shooting changed their family forever, Nora is separated from her father and their supplies by a flash flood and must navigate the deadly natural hazards of the desert to survive.
|
|
|
The Clockwork Crow
by Catherine Fisher
Orphan Seren Rhys is on her way to a new life at the remote country mansion of Plas-y Fran when she is given a package by a stranger late at night in an empty train station. The package contains a crotchety, mechanical talking crow, which Seren reluctantly brings to her new home. But when she gets there, the happy Christmas she had hoped for turns out to be an illusion.
|
|
|
Fairy Mermaid Magic
by Sophie Kinsella
A latest entry in the popular series finds Ella the aspiring fairy chasing a robber during a school trip, swimming with actual mermaids and using magic coloring pencils to help her mother decorate the family kitchen.
|
|
|
Fart Quest
by Aaron Reynolds
Jam-packed with potty humor, feats of bravery, and magical friendships, Fart Quest by bestselling author Aaron Reynolds and illustrator Cam Kendell is perfect for every young hero looking for a wild adventure.
|
|
|
Fly on the Wall
by Remy Lai
A boy with an overprotective mother who interrogates his friends and forbids him from doing anything independently secretly creates an anonymous gossip cartoon and scrambles to keep his parents from finding out.
|
|
|
The Fourth Suit
by Neil Patrick Harris
A conclusion to the best-selling series by the three-time Tony Award-winning performer, former President of the Academy of Magical Arts and author of Choose Your Own Autobiography finds Ridley managing her own prickly personality to expose Kalagan’s true identity.
|
|
|
Hide and Seeker
by Daka Hermon
Joining his friends for a game of hide-and-seek at the welcome back party of a young neighbor who mysteriously went missing for a year and came back rather changed, Justin watches in horror as players are pulled into a nightmarish alternate world where they are terrorized by a mysterious Seeker.
|
|
|
The Invisible Boy
by Alyssa Hollingsworth
A superhero-inspired friendship adventure follows the efforts of a comic-book enthusiast’s Lois Lane-style investigation into the identity of an invisible superhero who saves her from almost drowning.
|
|
|
The Land of the Cranes
by Aida Salazar
Holding fast to the cultural heritage stories that say her people will one day return to live among the cranes in the promised land, a 9-year-old migrant seeking refuge in Los Angeles from the Mexican cartel wars learns to hold onto hope and love in a family detention center.
|
|
|
The Map of Stories
by Anna James
Tilly Pages and her friend Oskar journey to Washington, D.C., where she wanders inside the books at the Library of Congress and they try to stop a nefarious plan with some powerful help.
|
|
|
Revenge of the Living Ted
by Barry Hutchison
A sequel to Night of the Living Ted finds Lisa Marie and Vernon under a renewed assault by Grizz the vengeful evil teddy bear and his army of stuffed friends, whose diabolical plot for world domination must be foiled before bedtime.
|
|
|
Revver the Speedway Squirrel
by Sherri Duskey Rinker
Revver the squirrel dreams of being a race car driver--or at least a member of the pit crew--but his squirrel survival lessons have taught him nothing about engines.
|
|
|
Secrets of the Silver Lion
by Emma Otheguy
Embarking on a hunt for the third silver icon after finding the silver castle, Carmen Sandiego and her crew race to follow leads to track down a legendary silver lion before it lands under VILE control.
|
|
|
Spindlefish and Stars
by Christiane M. Andrews
Journeying across the sea to reunite with her erstwhile thief father, Clothilde arrives on a sunless fishing island where she is made to do endless chores involving the region’s extraordinary fish and terrible secrets.
|
|
|
Stick Dog Meets His Match
by Tom Watson
Stick Dog’s race to save Karen from a rather unfortunate combination of circumstances while swiping a package of delicious meat from a big truck is unexpectedly challenged and then aided by a beautiful dog inside the truck.
|
|
|
Three Keys
by Kelly Yang
A laugh-out-loud sequel to the award-winning Front Desk finds Mia Tang embarking on a sixth grade year that is complicated by a hard-to-please teacher, financial setbacks at her parents’ motel and a looming immigration law that threatens to derail her entire life.
|
|
|
Tom Bites Back
by Steven Banks
Eleven-year-old Tom the Vam-Wolf-Zom meets Martha, the 244-year-old vampire who bit him, and convinces her to teach him such important things as how to fly and how to hypnotize people.
|
|
|
The Weird in the Wilds
by Deb Caletti
A sequel to A Flicker of Courage finds Henry, Jo, Apollo and Pirate Girl embarking on a dangerous quest through the Wilds and the Forest of Knives to confront Vlad Luxor, who has transformed the school’s worst bully into a weird and stinky monster.
|
|
|
The Willoughbys Return
by Lois Lowry
Reclusive billionaire’s son Richie Willoughby finds his budding friendship with neighborhood kids Winifred and Winston Poore challenged by the sudden outlawing of candy and his horrible grandparents’ unexpected resurrection.
|
|
|
A Wolf For a Spell
by Karah Sutton
A young wolf who wants to save her family forges an unlikely pact with the mysterious Baba Yaga that finds the wolf trading bodies with the witch before teaming up with a village girl against a common enemy.
|
|
|
|
|