New Titles

The summer of June

Sumner, Jamie.


Booklist, April 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2022. Kirkus Review, August 2022. "Eleven-year-old June is determined to beat her anxiety and become the lion she knows she is, instead of the mouse everyone sees, and with the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Booklist, April 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), June 2022. Kirkus Review, August 2022. "Eleven-year-old June is determined to beat her anxiety and become the lion she knows she is, instead of the mouse everyone sees, and with the help of Homer Juarez, the poetry-reciting soccer star, she starts a secret library garden and hatches a plan to make her dreams come true"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2022

Self-driving cars

Sonnad, Haydn.


School Library Journal, November 2019. Library Media Connection, January 2020. "Cars have come a long way thanks to technology, from Model T cars to cars that drive themselves. Readers will discover how autonomous driving technology has and continues to disrupt industries from car manufacturers to city infrastructures"--Amazon.
Date Published:2020

Let's get creative art for a healthy planet /

Rose, Jessica


School Library Journal, June 2024. Booklist, May 2024. "This illustrated nonfiction book for middle-grade readers examines how artists are using their creativity to help the environment and build a more sustainable world"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Creatively human why we imagine, make and innovate /

Peterson, Lois, 1952-


School Library Journal, February 2025. Booklist, February 2025. Kirkus Review, April 2025. "This illustrated book for middle-grade readers explores creativity and how it affects our lives and our world"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Children of the black glass

Peckham, Anthony.


"A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book" Booklist, February 2023. Library Media Connection, March 2023. Two years ago Tell and Wren's mother went down the mountain and never came back; now, with their father blinded by a shard of black glass, the two children will take the same journey to try and save their father.
Date Published:2023

Becoming adapted for young readers /

Obama, Michelle, 1964-


Young reader adaptation of: Becoming / Michelle Obama. School Library Journal starred, August 2021. Kirkus Starred, April 2021. An autobiography of lawyer and American First Lady Michelle Obama.
Date Published:2021

Space chasers by Leland Melvin

Melvin, Leland, 1964-


School Library Journal, January 2025. Booklist, January 2025. Kirkus Review, December 2024. "When Tia Valor takes a test on a whim for an exclusive NASA program for middle schoolers, she never thought she'd pass. After all, she never really fit in at school. In fact, she's been skipping school most days to work at her brother's auto shop instead. But Leland Melvin, a famed astronaut, sees potential in Tia, and before she knows it, she's part of a team of other talented kids training to launch to an advanced space station orbiting the earth. But the perils of space are unpredictable and Tia finds herself with only half her crew and no adults around to help. Now she must rely on her instincts and the quick thinking of her fellow kid astronauts to save the space station and their lives!"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

School Library Journal, January 2025. Booklist, January 2025. Kirkus Review, December 2024. "When Tia Valor takes a test on a whim for an exclusive NASA program for middle schoolers, she never thought she'd pass. After all, she never really fit in at school. In fact, she's been skipping school most days to work at her brother's auto shop instead. But Leland Melvin, a famed astronaut, sees potential in Tia, and before she knows it, she's part of a team of other talented kids training to launch to an advanced space station orbiting the earth. But the perils of space are unpredictable and Tia finds herself with only half her crew and no adults around to help. Now she must rely on her instincts and the quick thinking of her fellow kid astronauts to save the space station and their lives!"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

How to become an accidental entrepreneur

MacLeod, Elizabeth.


Booklist, August 2022. Library Media Connection, November 2022. "This nonfiction book for middle-grade readers is full of stories of inspiring entrepreneurs who have accidentally changed the world. The entrepreneurs are young and old and come from all over the world"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Dinosaurs to chickens how evolution works /

Lund, Nick.


"Over 125 animals inside!"--Front cover. "For ages 10 and up"--Back cover. With foldout page. Booklist, August 2024. "Explains how evolution works using thirty of the . . . stories in biological history"--OCLC.
Date Published:2024

Mixed up

Korman, Gordon.


Publishers Weekly, May 2023. Booklist, July 2023. Kirkus Review, May 2023. Twelve-year-olds Reef and Theo have a mutual problem: their memories are getting mixed up, and that means that Reef is losing his memory of his mother, recently dead of COVID, which terrifies him--but for Theo his new memories are helping him deal with his domineering father.
Date Published:2023

Endurance my year in space and how I got there /

Kelly, Scott, 1964-


Based on: Endurance �2017, published by Alfred A. Kno. Includes ind. School Library Journal, September 2. Booklist, September 2. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2. Kirkus Review, July 2. Adapted from the memoir of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking year in space, and shares details about his life, discussing his childhood in New Jersey, training, space missions, and mo.
Date Published:201

Based on: Endurance �2017, published by Alfred A. Kno. Includes ind. School Library Journal, September 2. Booklist, September 2. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2. Kirkus Review, July 2. Adapted from the memoir of NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking year in space, and shares details about his life, discussing his childhood in New Jersey, training, space missions, and mo.

Date Published:201

Drama and destiny

Kann, Claire.


"Ages 10 and up"--Jacket flap. School Library Journal, December 2024. "It's Hotel Coeur's turn to host the annual training camp for Matchmakers-in-training, and they're going all out: charm classes, enchantment exercises, matchmaking competitions, even a magically designed buddy system. After conquering their first matchmaking tests, Rose and Cora feel ready to face anything. After all, what could be harder than headstrong Kindlings, broken hearts, and brand-new magic? But this magical camp doesn't play by the rules. Cora, who just wants to lie low, is suddenly thrust into the spotlight for her unique magical abilities and paired with newbie Matchmaker Hunter--who's cool, charismatic . . . and her total opposite. Rose is paired with her nemesis, Julien Swift--her biggest competition for years. Rose is determined to outshine him, but lately, nothing seems to be going right for her . . . not even her magic. To succeed, Rose and Cora will have to take on new friends, magical mishaps, a dash of romance, and fiercer challenges than ever on their journey to become Hotel Coeur's finest Matchmakers"--Amazon.
Date Published:2024

"Ages 10 and up"--Jacket flap. School Library Journal, December 2024. "It's Hotel Coeur's turn to host the annual training camp for Matchmakers-in-training, and they're going all out: charm classes, enchantment exercises, matchmaking competitions, even a magically designed buddy system. After conquering their first matchmaking tests, Rose and Cora feel ready to face anything. After all, what could be harder than headstrong Kindlings, broken hearts, and brand-new magic? But this magical camp doesn't play by the rules. Cora, who just wants to lie low, is suddenly thrust into the spotlight for her unique magical abilities and paired with newbie Matchmaker Hunter--who's cool, charismatic . . . and her total opposite. Rose is paired with her nemesis, Julien Swift--her biggest competition for years. Rose is determined to outshine him, but lately, nothing seems to be going right for her . . . not even her magic. To succeed, Rose and Cora will have to take on new friends, magical mishaps, a dash of romance, and fiercer challenges than ever on their journey to become Hotel Coeur's finest Matchmakers"--Amazon.

Date Published:2024

Quantum computers and other quantum tech

Jackson, Tom, 1972-


"Co-published by agreement between Shi Tu Hui and World Book, Inc."--Copyright page. Includes index. Quantum computing -- Using quantum computers -- Quantum simulators -- Quantum sensing -- Quantum communication. School Library Journal, April 2024. Booklist, August 2024. "The discoveries and inventions of today are poised to change the way [people] live in the near future. . . In the span of a few decades, computers have radically changed . . . live[s]. But that's nothing compared to the impact of quantum computers. This new technology harnesses the strange principles of quantum mechanics to process information in a fundamentally different way. . . [This book discusses] how this . . . tech will change almost everything"--Back cover.
Date Published:2024

"Co-published by agreement between Shi Tu Hui and World Book, Inc."--Copyright page. Includes index. Quantum computing -- Using quantum computers -- Quantum simulators -- Quantum sensing -- Quantum communication. School Library Journal, April 2024. Booklist, August 2024. "The discoveries and inventions of today are poised to change the way [people] live in the near future. . . In the span of a few decades, computers have radically changed . . . live[s]. But that's nothing compared to the impact of quantum computers. This new technology harnesses the strange principles of quantum mechanics to process information in a fundamentally different way. . . [This book discusses] how this . . . tech will change almost everything"--Back cover.

Date Published:2024

Alebrijes

Higuera, Donna Barba.


Translation of: Alebr. When thirteen-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates, and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive re.
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A green velvet secret

Grant, Vicki.


Publishers Weekly, January 2023. Kirkus Review, January 2023. "It's always hard to lose a friend, but for Yardley O'Hanlon it's devastating. Her best friend is her wild and wonderful grandmother Gidge. . . . They spend all their time together . . . until Gidge dies, and Yardley loses her for good. Yardley isn't convinced. Gidge was a big believer in reincarnation. She promised she'd never leave Yardley . . . so when a stylish older woman walks into the Over Easy Vintage Emporium where Yardley is helping out, Yardley is sure it's her grandmother, back from the dead"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

Publishers Weekly, January 2023. Kirkus Review, January 2023. "It's always hard to lose a friend, but for Yardley O'Hanlon it's devastating. Her best friend is her wild and wonderful grandmother Gidge. . . . They spend all their time together . . . until Gidge dies, and Yardley loses her for good. Yardley isn't convinced. Gidge was a big believer in reincarnation. She promised she'd never leave Yardley . . . so when a stylish older woman walks into the Over Easy Vintage Emporium where Yardley is helping out, Yardley is sure it's her grandmother, back from the dead"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2023

Zombie train

Gill, David Macinnis, 1963-


Booklist, February 2024. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2024. While twelve-year-old Wyatt rides out the zombie apocalypse on his crew's cobbled together train, a mysterious girl arrives with stories of a potential cure for the zombie parasite.
Date Published:2024

Alone together a curious exploration of loneliness /

Fong, Petti.


School Library Journal, March 2024. Booklist, February 2024. "Explores what superheroes can teach us about being alone, the ways kids have survived on their own, and how activists in the civil rights movement took a stand against loneliness. Discover what comfort foods, sweatpants, and being kind to each other have to do with loneliness. Based on the podcast of the same name. Readers will learn about loneliness and how being alone can ultimately bring us closer together"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

School Library Journal, March 2024. Booklist, February 2024. "Explores what superheroes can teach us about being alone, the ways kids have survived on their own, and how activists in the civil rights movement took a stand against loneliness. Discover what comfort foods, sweatpants, and being kind to each other have to do with loneliness. Based on the podcast of the same name. Readers will learn about loneliness and how being alone can ultimately bring us closer together"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

Global warming

Faust, Daniel R.


"Silver tip." School Library Journal, April 2024. Booklist, May 2024. "Earth's temperatures are on the rise. What's the cause of global warming, and what are the threats it poses? Explore the impact of global warming to life on Earth"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

A forest in the city

Curtis, Andrea.


School Library Journal, February 2020. Booklist, March 2020. Publishers Weekly Annex, April 2020. "This . . . book of narrative non-fiction looks at the urban forest, starting with a bird's-eye view of the tree canopy, then swooping down to street level, digging deep into the ground, then moving up through a tree's trunk, [and] back into the leaves and branches"--Amazon.com.
Date Published:2020

City streets are for people

Curtis, Andrea.


Booklist, May 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. "Congested city streets are noisy and thick with cars and trucks, while pedestrians and cyclists are squeezed to the dangerous edges--but does it have to be this way? Imagine a city where we aren't stuck in cars, where clean air makes it easier to breathe, and where transit is easy to access--and on time. Imagine a city where streets are for people! . . . explores sustainable transportation around the globe, including electric vehicles, public transit, bicycles, walking and more. It invites us to conjure up a city of the future, where these modes are all used together to create a place that is sustainable, healthy, accessible and safe."--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

Booklist, May 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. "Congested city streets are noisy and thick with cars and trucks, while pedestrians and cyclists are squeezed to the dangerous edges--but does it have to be this way? Imagine a city where we aren't stuck in cars, where clean air makes it easier to breathe, and where transit is easy to access--and on time. Imagine a city where streets are for people! . . . explores sustainable transportation around the globe, including electric vehicles, public transit, bicycles, walking and more. It invites us to conjure up a city of the future, where these modes are all used together to create a place that is sustainable, healthy, accessible and safe."--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2022