New books by Award Winning Authors
Choldenko, Gennifer
No Passengers Beyond this Point
With their house in foreclosure, sisters India and Mouse and brother Finn are sent to stay with an uncle in Colorado until their mother can join them, but when the plane lands, the children are welcomed by cheering crowds to a strange place where each of them has a perfect house and a clock that is ticking down the time.
Couloumbis, Audrey
Lexie
Ten-year-old Lexie used to love going to the shore. For as long as she can remember, she's spent every summer there with her parents, eating hamburgers, swimming in the ocean, and combing the beach for treasure. This summer is going to be different though. Lexie's Mom and Daddy are divorced, and for the first time Mom won't be there.
Cronin, Doreen
The Trouble with Chickens: a J.J. Tully Mystery
A hard-bitten former search-and-rescue dog helps solve a complicated missing chicken case.
Fleming, Candace
Amelia Lost: the Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Tells the story of Amelia Earhart's life - as a child, a woman, and a pilot - and describes the search for her missing plane.
Gantos, Jack
Dead End in Norvelt
Here’s what the publisher has to say about this book: melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional Dead End in Norvelt is the story of an incredible two months for a boy named Jack Gantos. “A dead funny depiction of growing up in an off-kilter world where the characters are as unpredictable and over-the-top as they come.”
Henkes, Kevin
Alice Rice is on vacation with her parents and is about to have a birthday, but things don’t turn out as she expects in this short novel by the author of Sun & Spoon, Bird Lake Moon, and the Newbery Honor Book Olive's Ocean .
Jenkins, Emily
Invisible Inkling
When Hank Wolowitz runs into trouble in the form a of lunch-stealing bully, he finds an unlikely ally in an invisible refugee pumpkin-loving bandapat named Inkling.
Larson, Kirby
The Friendship Doll
The author of Hattie Big Sky tells the tale of four girls and the Japanese Friendship Doll that changes their lives and is a testament to all kinds of friendship.
Paulsen, Gary
Liar, Liar: the Theory, Practice and Destructive Properties of Deception
Fourteen-year-old Kevin is very good at lying and doing so makes life easier, but when he finds himself in big trouble with his friends, family, and teachers, he must find a way to end his lies forever.
Schmidt, Gary
Okay for Now
As a fourteen-year-old who just moved to a new town, with no friends, an abusive father, and a louse for an older brother, Doug Swieteck has all the stats stacked against him until he finds an ally in Lil Spicer--a fiery young lady. Together, they find a safe haven in the local library, inspiration in learning about the plates of John James Audubon's birds, and a hilarious adventure on a Broadway stage.
Stanley, Diane
The Silver Bowl
Booklist *Starred Review*” An accomplished storyteller, Stanley uses her singular gifts to craft a remarkable historical fantasy. Molly is a young scullery maid in the castle of King Edmund, and like her mother before her, she sees visions and hears voices that offer glimpses of the future.”
Voigt, Cynthia
Young Fredle
Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators outside, makes some important discoveries and allies, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to return home.
