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Kids' New Chapter Books May 2026 |
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Orris and Timble: Star Stories
by Kate DiCamillo
Orris and Timble are friends. Orris is a rat, Timble is an owl, and they meet each night in an old barn to share stories. One night, Timble asks a fateful question: Why don't you ever leave the barn, Orris? Strong and brave, the owl offers to carry the rat on his back. Orris will be able to see it all for himself--the rivers and fish, roads and farms, mountains and coyotes. But why would Orris leave the barn when all he needs is there: his books, the moon and stars above, and Timble's nightly tales of high-flying adventure? What would you do if you had the chance to fly?
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Lola Levine and the Dinosaur Scene
by Monica Brown
It’s Dinosaur Week at school, and there’s a lot for Lola to learn! With facts to gather and a dinosaur drawing to prepare, Lola sees how science and art can go together like peanut butter and jelly. The best part is the field trip to the Museum of Natural History at the end of the week. Lola's little brother Ben is over the moon excited about visiting the museum, but gets a little fidgety when he drinks too much water from the awesome T. rex water fountain. When Lola and Ben get lost in the museum, will they find their way through the dino wilderness and back to class?
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How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing
by Cressida Cowell
Disastrous Lesson Number One: The Art of Battle. It was supposed to be a quiet, sensible lesson. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third never meant to get into trouble. But things take an unexpected turn along the way, and Hiccup and his friends soon find themselves adrift on stormy seas in a sinking ship facing imminent doom. Join Hiccup and his dragons, Toothless and Windwalker, in their hilarious adventures at the Isle of Berk's Training School for Vikings and Dragons, where they are at the bottom in pretty much everything.
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Goodbye, French Fry
by Rin-rin Yu
Some days, Ping-Ping feels like she just can't win. She was born in the U.S., so it's frustrating when people are surprised by how American she is, but her Chinese relatives feel she's not Chinese enough. But the things bugging her the most lately are her classmate Lee Beaumont, who has taken to calling her "French Fry" because of the tofu sticks she eats at lunch, and the possibility that her family will have to relocate to Kenya for her father's UN job. Of all the things Ping-Ping loves, her home and best friend are at the top of the list, and she'd hate to have to leave them. What's a girl to do when she can't be in as much control as she'd like to be? Well, good thing Ping-Ping is a wiz at taekwondo--she's learning how to kick her frustrations away, and there's almost nothing she can't master if she puts her mind to it.
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The Magic of Someday Soon
by Michelle Lee
Twelve-year-old Zoe, who longs to settle down after years on the road, and Teddy, who is determined to save her family's crumbling Fossil Gardens theme park, meet and together uncover family secrets, discover unexpected magic, and form a lasting friendship.
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The Queen of Ocean Parkway
by Sarvenaz Tash
Eleven-year-old Roya is the superintendent's kid in her regal Brooklyn apartment building, so she knows pretty much everything there is to know about its residents. An aspiring reporter, she even hosts a secret podcast about the lives of the building's tenants. It's a good distraction from the problems in her own life. But when Katya Petrov, one of her favorite tenants, goes missing, Roya discovers an eerie connection to Grandmother's Predictions, an antique fortune-telling machine at Coney Island. Grandmother has been linked to multiple disappearances in the Petrov family over the last century. Now, with the help of a new friend who's just moved in, it's up to Roya to make her own headlines as she searches for Katya and attempts to break the Petrov curse once and for all.
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No Way Never Sisters
by Chantel Acevedo
Melisa Flores and Roxy Romero are not fans of each other, so when their parents announce their engagement, the girls are horrified. Previous experience has told them they'll never be friends, much less sisters. Meli and Roxy decide they have to do something to prevent this future blended family from ruining all their lives. The girls scheme to show their parents exactly how incompatible their families are by sabotaging the renovations of the house they're supposed to live happily ever after in. From home improvement store catastrophes to disastrous paint jobs, it's clear the girls are good teammates when it comes to causing chaos. Could it be enough to convince their parents to call off the wedding?
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Each and Every Spark
by Claire Swinarski
Paris, present day. Penny Marks has never felt so alone. Forced to move to France for some fancy job her mom couldn't turn down, she's now miles away from her old life. If she hadn't quit art after all that drama went down last year, she'd at least have something to keep her mind off the fact that life back home is moving on without her.
Paris, 1943. Marie Bonnet has never felt so afraid. When the German army seized power over France, she and her sister Heloise watched their father get taken away, leaving them on their own. Then Marie finds evidence that Heloise has secretly been working for the French Resistance--a group of rebels determined to take the Nazis down--and while it has danger written all over it, she's desperate to join.
Penny and Marie's worlds collide when an old painting resurfaces in present-day Paris after decades of being hidden. Along with it is a note whose message may lead Penny to Marie...and the fate that awaited her.
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Hail Mariam
by Huda Al-Marashi
Sixth grade wasn't supposed to be this complicated. Iraqi American Mariam Hassan transfers to a local Catholic school, and before her first day, her parents remind her that she might be the first Muslim her classmates have ever met. No big deal, right? Just represent an entire religion while making new friends, keeping up with schoolwork, and figuring out who she is. When Mariam's younger sister, Salma, is diagnosed with a serious lung condition, her family faces endless doctor visits and sleepless nights. Mariam tries to lighten their burden and keep her own problems to herself--including the fact that she's just been cast as Mary in the school's Christmas nativity play. Mariam wants to honor her faith and her new community, but she's terrified of crossing a religious line. Can a Muslim girl be the lead in a Christian story? What will her family think? And why does she feel like every decision she makes represents all Muslims?
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