New Titles

El prÃncipe y la modista

Wang, Jen, 1984-


Translation of: The prince and the dressmak. "Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride--or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia--the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion! Sebastian's secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances--one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone's secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend?"--Back cov.
Date Published:20

Translation of: The prince and the dressmak. "Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride--or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia--the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion! Sebastian's secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances--one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone's secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend?"--Back cov.

Date Published:20

My shouting, shattered, whispering voice a guide to writing poetry & speaking your truth /

Vecchione, Patrice.


Kirkus Review, March 2020. This guide encourages teens to find their voices, step up and speak their truths, and articulate what matters to them most--both personally and politically--whether it be boldly to an outside audience or just privately for themselves. Young adults are reading and writing and performing poetry more than ever before, and yet it's the most difficult form for schools to teach. Written in short, easy-to-digest chapters, [this book] includes prompts and inspiration, writing suggestions and instruction, brief interviews with some . . . poets such as Kim Addonizio, Safia Elhillo, and others, and poem excerpts scattered throughout the book"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2020

Kirkus Review, March 2020. This guide encourages teens to find their voices, step up and speak their truths, and articulate what matters to them most--both personally and politically--whether it be boldly to an outside audience or just privately for themselves. Young adults are reading and writing and performing poetry more than ever before, and yet it's the most difficult form for schools to teach. Written in short, easy-to-digest chapters, [this book] includes prompts and inspiration, writing suggestions and instruction, brief interviews with some . . . poets such as Kim Addonizio, Safia Elhillo, and others, and poem excerpts scattered throughout the book"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2020

Lone stars rising the fifty people who turned Texas into the fastest-growing, most exciting, and, sometimes, most exasperating state in the country /


"Published to coincide with its 50th anniversary, the editors of Texas Monthly have assembled original essays and portraits of the Lone Star State's most innovative, culture-altering politicians, entertainers, athletes and activists of the last five decades"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

Almost there

Rochon, Farrah.


Based on the motion picture: Princess and the frog. A year after Tiana makes a deal with Dr. Facilier, she has her restaurant, her friends are safe, and her father is still alive, but soon shadows begin to gather and Tiana must work with Naveen and Charlotte to set things right or risk losing her soul.
Date Published:2022

Banned books the controversy over what students read /

Loonin, Meryl,


A new wave of book banning -- Book bans, culture wars, and the freedom to read -- Banned and challenged: books that address race -- Banned and challenged: books with LGBTQ themes -- Banned and challenged: young adult novels that push boundaries -- Teaching and learning: caught between polarized views. According to the American Library Association (ALA), there were more attempts to ban books in 2021 than at any time since the group began tracking three decades earlier. The latest, unprecedented wave of book banning is driven mainly by conservative parents and politicians, who are also behind extreme new censorship laws in many states that restrict what teachers and students can read and discuss in the classroom. Free speech defenders say the laws are a threat to intellectual freedom--and democracy itself.
Date Published:2023

A new wave of book banning -- Book bans, culture wars, and the freedom to read -- Banned and challenged: books that address race -- Banned and challenged: books with LGBTQ themes -- Banned and challenged: young adult novels that push boundaries -- Teaching and learning: caught between polarized views. According to the American Library Association (ALA), there were more attempts to ban books in 2021 than at any time since the group began tracking three decades earlier. The latest, unprecedented wave of book banning is driven mainly by conservative parents and politicians, who are also behind extreme new censorship laws in many states that restrict what teachers and students can read and discuss in the classroom. Free speech defenders say the laws are a threat to intellectual freedom--and democracy itself.

Date Published:2023

The headmaster's list

De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971-,


"Friday night. The party of the summer. Four teens ride home together. Only one never makes it. When high school sophomore Chris Moore is tragically killed in a car crash, Armstrong Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault? Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval wishes she knew. As rumors swirl that her ex, Ethan, was the reckless driver, she canâ€™t bring herself to defend him. And their messy breakup has nothing to do with it--she canâ€™t remember anything from that night, not even what put her in that car with Ethan, Chris, and Tabby Hill, the new loner in school. The hunt for answers intensifies when a local true crime podcast takes an interest in the case, pushing Spencer further into the depths of this sinister mystery. Was it all just a night out that went very wrong? And is it a coincidence that all but Chris is on Armstrong's esteemed honor roll, the Headmasterâ€™s List? In a place ruled by pedigree and privilege, the truth can only come at a deadly price." --publisher's website.
Date Published:2023

"Friday night. The party of the summer. Four teens ride home together. Only one never makes it. When high school sophomore Chris Moore is tragically killed in a car crash, Armstrong Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault? Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval wishes she knew. As rumors swirl that her ex, Ethan, was the reckless driver, she canâ€™t bring herself to defend him. And their messy breakup has nothing to do with it--she canâ€™t remember anything from that night, not even what put her in that car with Ethan, Chris, and Tabby Hill, the new loner in school. The hunt for answers intensifies when a local true crime podcast takes an interest in the case, pushing Spencer further into the depths of this sinister mystery. Was it all just a night out that went very wrong? And is it a coincidence that all but Chris is on Armstrong's esteemed honor roll, the Headmasterâ€™s List? In a place ruled by pedigree and privilege, the truth can only come at a deadly price." --publisher's website.

Date Published:2023

The art of more how mathematics created civilization /

Brooks, Michael, 1970-,


Includes index. "Originally published in paperback in Australia by Scribe Publications, Melbourne, and in hardcover in Great Britain by Scribe Publications, London, in 2021." Why our skill with numbers is the greatest human achievement of all -- Arithmetic: how we founded civilization -- Geometry: how we conquered and created -- Algebra : how we got organized -- Calculus: how we engineered everything -- Logarithms: how we launched science -- Imaginary numbers: how we fired up the electric age -- Statistics: how we made everything better -- Information theory: how we created the modern era -- Conclusion: Maths is a many-splendored thing. Junior Library Guild. "For readers of Steven Strogatz's Infinite Powers and The Joy of x comes this illuminating exploration of the ways in which math--and the people who have mastered its inherent power through the ages--has shaped our world. In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has been instrumental in every subsequent great leap of humankind--from charting the movements of celestial bodies, to navigating the globe, to tracking the dissemination of viruses. And the trailblazing mathematicians who devoted their lives to taming numbers come to life in Brooks's telling. Here are ancient Egyptian priests, Babylonian tax officials, the Apollo astronauts, the hobbyist who cracked a mapmaking puzzle that had stumped both NASA and U.S. Geological Survey, and the MIT professor who invented the infrastructure of the online world. Their stories clearly demonstrate that the invention of mathematics is every bit as important to the human species as the discovery of fire. First page to last, The Art of More brings mathematics back into the heart of what it means to be human"--Provided by the publisher.
Date Published:2021

Includes index. "Originally published in paperback in Australia by Scribe Publications, Melbourne, and in hardcover in Great Britain by Scribe Publications, London, in 2021." Why our skill with numbers is the greatest human achievement of all -- Arithmetic: how we founded civilization -- Geometry: how we conquered and created -- Algebra : how we got organized -- Calculus: how we engineered everything -- Logarithms: how we launched science -- Imaginary numbers: how we fired up the electric age -- Statistics: how we made everything better -- Information theory: how we created the modern era -- Conclusion: Maths is a many-splendored thing. Junior Library Guild. "For readers of Steven Strogatz's Infinite Powers and The Joy of x comes this illuminating exploration of the ways in which math--and the people who have mastered its inherent power through the ages--has shaped our world. In this captivating, sweeping history, Michael Brooks makes clear that mathematics was one of the foundational innovations that catapulted humanity from a nomadic existence to civilization, and that it has been instrumental in every subsequent great leap of humankind--from charting the movements of celestial bodies, to navigating the globe, to tracking the dissemination of viruses. And the trailblazing mathematicians who devoted their lives to taming numbers come to life in Brooks's telling. Here are ancient Egyptian priests, Babylonian tax officials, the Apollo astronauts, the hobbyist who cracked a mapmaking puzzle that had stumped both NASA and U.S. Geological Survey, and the MIT professor who invented the infrastructure of the online world. Their stories clearly demonstrate that the invention of mathematics is every bit as important to the human species as the discovery of fire. First page to last, The Art of More brings mathematics back into the heart of what it means to be human"--Provided by the publisher.

Date Published:2021

Caitlin Clark

Beckett, Korey.


The beginning -- Road to the top -- Superstar success -- Off the court. A biography of basketball star Caitlin Clark, covering her childhood, career, and more.
Date Published:2025

La casa de la dentista

Wooly, Se�nor.


"1, novice, low"--Front cover. "'The Legend of The Dentist' is a lie. At least, that's what most kids in Carolina's town seem to believe. They think it's merely a fable designed to scare them into brushing their teeth. But Carolina can't seem to shake the idea that there's something insidious bubbling under the surface of this small, island town. Maybe the answer lies in the abandoned house across the street. Or maybe, the house just looks abandoned. Features a per-page Spanish-to-English glossary"--Publisher's website.
Date Published:2023

"1, novice, low"--Front cover. "'The Legend of The Dentist' is a lie. At least, that's what most kids in Carolina's town seem to believe. They think it's merely a fable designed to scare them into brushing their teeth. But Carolina can't seem to shake the idea that there's something insidious bubbling under the surface of this small, island town. Maybe the answer lies in the abandoned house across the street. Or maybe, the house just looks abandoned. Features a per-page Spanish-to-English glossary"--Publisher's website.

Date Published:2023

Find him where you left him dead

Simmons, Kristen.


"Please be aware that there is blood, gore, death, abandonment, and grief in these pages"--Authors note. School Library Journal, November 2023. Publishers Weekly, August 2023. Booklist, September 2023. Kirkus Review, August 2023. "Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivors--Owen, Madeline, Emerson, and Dax--have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they've been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended with one goal: find Ian and bring him home. So they restart the deadly game they never finished--an innocent card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions. As soon as they begin, they're dragged out of their reality and into an eerie hellscape of Japanese underworlds, more horrifying than even the darkest folktales that Owen's grandmother told him. There, they meet Shinigami, an old wise woman who explains the rules: They have one night to complete seven challenges or they'll all be stuck in this world forever. Once inseparable, the survivors now can't stand each other, but the challenges demand they work together, think quickly, and make sacrifices--blood, clothes, secrets, memories, and worse. And once again, not everyone will make it out alive"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

"Please be aware that there is blood, gore, death, abandonment, and grief in these pages"--Authors note. School Library Journal, November 2023. Publishers Weekly, August 2023. Booklist, September 2023. Kirkus Review, August 2023. "Four years ago, five kids started a game. Not all of them survived. Now, at the end of their senior year of high school, the survivors--Owen, Madeline, Emerson, and Dax--have reunited for one strange and terrible reason: they've been summoned by the ghost of Ian, the friend they left for dead. Together they return to the place where their friendship ended with one goal: find Ian and bring him home. So they restart the deadly game they never finished--an innocent card-matching challenge called Meido. A game without instructions. As soon as they begin, they're dragged out of their reality and into an eerie hellscape of Japanese underworlds, more horrifying than even the darkest folktales that Owen's grandmother told him. There, they meet Shinigami, an old wise woman who explains the rules: They have one night to complete seven challenges or they'll all be stuck in this world forever. Once inseparable, the survivors now can't stand each other, but the challenges demand they work together, think quickly, and make sacrifices--blood, clothes, secrets, memories, and worse. And once again, not everyone will make it out alive"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2023

Poemhood, our black revival history, folklore & the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology /


School Library Journal, January 202. Booklist starred, February 202. Pub Weekly, October 202. Kirkus Starred, November 202. A poetry anthology compiled to elicit conversations about race, belonging, history and faith to highlight Black joy and pain.
Date Published:202

Hunting November

Mather, Adriana,


November Adley has survived for weeks at the world's most lethal boarding school, Academy Absconditi, and now she works with a single purpose--to find her missing father. Together with heartthrob Ash, November follows the clues her father left behind, first to her hometown and to old friends she thought she had left behind, then to Europe, where deceptions and intrigue await, and finally into her enemy's territory, full of assassins and master schemers who all want her and her father dead.
Date Published:2021

November Adley has survived for weeks at the world's most lethal boarding school, Academy Absconditi, and now she works with a single purpose--to find her missing father. Together with heartthrob Ash, November follows the clues her father left behind, first to her hometown and to old friends she thought she had left behind, then to Europe, where deceptions and intrigue await, and finally into her enemy's territory, full of assassins and master schemers who all want her and her father dead.

Date Published:2021

Games of deception the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympic in Hitler's Germany /

Maraniss, Andrew.


School Library Journal, December 201. Booklist starred, September 201. Library Media Connection starred, November 201. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 201. Kirkus Review, September 201. "The true story of the birth of basketball, from its invention by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible. Includes photos throughout, a Who's-Who of the 1936 Olympics, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:201

School Library Journal, December 201. Booklist starred, September 201. Library Media Connection starred, November 201. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 201. Kirkus Review, September 201. "The true story of the birth of basketball, from its invention by James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891, to the sport's Olympic debut in Berlin and the eclectic mix of people, events and propaganda on both sides of the Atlantic that made it all possible. Includes photos throughout, a Who's-Who of the 1936 Olympics, bibliography, and index"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:201

All the lost souls

Jordan, Amie.


School Library Journal, October 2025. Kirkus Review, October 2025. "Ever since the day that changed Oren's life, he's spent his nights wondering if he made a mistake . . . [Now] that he's . . . let [Sage] in, how can he risk her becoming a target if anyone were to know she is his weakness? Meanwhile . . . the witches and werewolves in the Jura Mountains [have] requested Arc�anum assistance, and Sage has been assigned to the impossible task. But with the shame and embarrassment of her past crushing down on her, she has more to prove now than ever. And Oren refuses to let her go alone"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

School Library Journal, October 2025. Kirkus Review, October 2025. "Ever since the day that changed Oren's life, he's spent his nights wondering if he made a mistake . . . [Now] that he's . . . let [Sage] in, how can he risk her becoming a target if anyone were to know she is his weakness? Meanwhile . . . the witches and werewolves in the Jura Mountains [have] requested Arc�anum assistance, and Sage has been assigned to the impossible task. But with the shame and embarrassment of her past crushing down on her, she has more to prove now than ever. And Oren refuses to let her go alone"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

All the hidden monsters

Jordan, Amie.


School Library Journal, March 202. Booklist, February 202. Kirkus Review, February 202. "Sage is an ordinary girl and a werewolf, moving between worlds, desperate to make sense of her life. And then her supernatural friend, Lucy, is found murdered in the human domain. Now, Sage is determined to join the investigation, led by handsome but arrogant warlock, Oren Rinallis. Sage may not be magical or immortal, but she knows right from wrong, and is sure that she can scent a killer like no other . . . unless she and Oren kill each other first"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:202

School Library Journal, March 202. Booklist, February 202. Kirkus Review, February 202. "Sage is an ordinary girl and a werewolf, moving between worlds, desperate to make sense of her life. And then her supernatural friend, Lucy, is found murdered in the human domain. Now, Sage is determined to join the investigation, led by handsome but arrogant warlock, Oren Rinallis. Sage may not be magical or immortal, but she knows right from wrong, and is sure that she can scent a killer like no other . . . unless she and Oren kill each other first"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:202

Superspy science science, death, and tech in the world of James Bond /

Harkup, Kathryn.


Library Journal Starred, July 202. Publishers Weekly, May 202. A scientific look at the world's favorite secret agent, James Bond, shows how the weapons, technologies, and tactics that have thrilled and delighted audiences would work in the real world.
Date Published:202

If I stay a novel /

Forman, Gayle.


Originally published: New York : Dutton Books, 2009. Booklist, Kirkus Review, Library Journal, Publisher's Weekly, Voice of Youth Advocate, While in a coma following an automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.
Date Published:2010

Funeral songs for dying girls

Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-


School Library Journal starred, October 202. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 202. Publishers Weekly, February 202. Kirkus Starred, February 202. Horn Book, March 202. "To save her father's job at the crematorium and the only home she's ever known, Winifred and her con-artist cousin start offering ghost tours until Winifred meets an actual ghost who causes her to question everything she believes about life, love, and death"--OCLC.
Date Published:202

School Library Journal starred, October 202. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, March 202. Publishers Weekly, February 202. Kirkus Starred, February 202. Horn Book, March 202. "To save her father's job at the crematorium and the only home she's ever known, Winifred and her con-artist cousin start offering ghost tours until Winifred meets an actual ghost who causes her to question everything she believes about life, love, and death"--OCLC.

Date Published:202

Booked

Alexander, Kwame.


School Library Journal, March 2016. Booklist starred, February 2016. Horn Book Starred, March 2016. Kirkus Starred, January 2016. New York Times, May 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2016. Teacher Librarian, October 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, March 2016. Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.
Date Published:2016

School Library Journal, March 2016. Booklist starred, February 2016. Horn Book Starred, March 2016. Kirkus Starred, January 2016. New York Times, May 2016. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2016. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2016. Teacher Librarian, October 2016. Publishers Weekly Annex, March 2016. Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

Date Published:2016

Red hot salsa bilingual poems on being young and Latino in the United States /


"Henry Holt and Company. Wilson's Senior High School, October 201. Wilson's Junior High School, January 201. School Library Journal starred, August 200. Booklist, April 200. Horn Book, October 200. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 200. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 200. Teacher Librarian, December 200. Kirkus Review, March 200. Library Media Connection, October 200. Presents a collection of poems written in both Spanish and English on being young and Latino living in the United States.
Date Published:200

"Henry Holt and Company. Wilson's Senior High School, October 201. Wilson's Junior High School, January 201. School Library Journal starred, August 200. Booklist, April 200. Horn Book, October 200. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 200. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 200. Teacher Librarian, December 200. Kirkus Review, March 200. Library Media Connection, October 200. Presents a collection of poems written in both Spanish and English on being young and Latino living in the United States.

Date Published:200

New Titles

El prÃ­ncipe y la modista

My shouting, shattered, whispering voice a guide to writing poetry & speaking your truth /

Lone stars rising the fifty people who turned Texas into the fastest-growing, most exciting, and, sometimes, most exasperating state in the country /

Almost there

Banned books the controversy over what students read /

The headmaster's list

The art of more how mathematics created civilization /

Caitlin Clark

La casa de la dentista

Find him where you left him dead

Poemhood, our black revival history, folklore & the Black experience: a young adult poetry anthology /

Hunting November

Games of deception the true story of the first U.S. Olympic basketball team at the 1936 Olympic in Hitler's Germany /

All the lost souls

All the hidden monsters

Superspy science science, death, and tech in the world of James Bond /

If I stay a novel /

Funeral songs for dying girls

Booked

Red hot salsa bilingual poems on being young and Latino in the United States /

El prÃncipe y la modista