New Titles

The 66th rebirth of Frankie Caridi

Marciano, Johnny.


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, August 2024. Frankie, accustomed to living in her younger brother's shadow, attends a new boarding school where half the students have horns like her brother, but when she begins to experience unsettling dreams she goes on to discover unsettling truths about the school.
Date Published:2024

The 39 clues #2 one false note : graphic novel /

Templer, Hannah,


Amy and Dan find themselves in Vienna, where they search for clues while evading their enemies, and attempt to discover the truth about their famous ancestors, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and his sister Nannerl.
Date Published:2024

The 39 clues #1 the maze of bones : a graphic novel /

Young, Ethan, 1983-,


Chiefly illustrations. "Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Marie Curie to Harry Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family's power is lost. 39 Clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and siblings Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what really happened to their parents."--
Date Published:2023

Chiefly illustrations. "Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. Everyone from Marie Curie to Harry Houdini is related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family's power is lost. 39 Clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, and siblings Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what really happened to their parents."--

Date Published:2023

12 things to know about political parties

Hayes, Vicki C.


US Founders did not want political parties -- The English create political parties -- Early parties debate the role of government -- Political standoffs are nothing new -- Political parties become the people's voice -- Views on slavery created the modern parties -- Two parties have dominated US politics -- Third parties also play a role -- Third parties have helped decide elections -- Parties represent conservatives and liberals -- The Electoral College was a compromise -- Political cooperation is crucial. School Library Journal, April 2025. Booklist, June 2025. "Middle-grade readers will gain an understanding about the news surrounding political parties in this accessible reader. Stat boxes and 'Think About It' features support critical thinking skills and encourage awareness about American politics"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

US Founders did not want political parties -- The English create political parties -- Early parties debate the role of government -- Political standoffs are nothing new -- Political parties become the people's voice -- Views on slavery created the modern parties -- Two parties have dominated US politics -- Third parties also play a role -- Third parties have helped decide elections -- Parties represent conservatives and liberals -- The Electoral College was a compromise -- Political cooperation is crucial. School Library Journal, April 2025. Booklist, June 2025. "Middle-grade readers will gain an understanding about the news surrounding political parties in this accessible reader. Stat boxes and 'Think About It' features support critical thinking skills and encourage awareness about American politics"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

12 things to know about climate change

Hayes, Vicki C.


School Library Journal, April 2025. Booklist, June 2025. "Middle-grade readers will gain an understanding about the issues surrounding climate change in this accessible nonfiction reader. Stat boxes and 'Think About It' features support critical thinking skills and encourage awareness about global issues"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

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

Wolves at the door

Watkins, Steve, 1954-


August 1944, Asta, her younger sister Pieta, and their mother are caught between the invading Soviet Army and the retreating Wehrmacht in East Prussia and are forced to try and survive in the Romincka Forest with winter coming.
Date Published:2024

A window into the ocean twilight zone twenty-four days of science at sea /

Cusolito, Michelle.


Maps on endpapers. Booklist, May 2024. School Library Journal, October 2024. "Follow a ship full of scientists on a voyage to study the deepest part of the sea: the ocean twilight zone"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Welcome to the ghost show

Ocker, J. W.


Kirkus Review, June 2025. Zel Gold and her fellow members of the Creepy Club go to a new attraction called the Ghost Show, whose owner Amadeus Mancer promises to show Zel an actual ghost.
Date Published:2025

We the sea turtles a collection of island stories /

Kadarusman, Michelle, 1969-


Kirkus Review, July 2023. School Library Journal, November 2023. "In a collection of eight short stories, children on islands around the world make connections to nature while facing life-changing events. Each child experiences a significant emotional turning point at the same time they encounter a turtle--real or imagined. A prologue tells of a sea turtle that was tracked making an extraordinarily long journey, while an epilogue is written from that turtle's point of view. Back matter shares information about sea turtles and snapping turtles"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

Kirkus Review, July 2023. School Library Journal, November 2023. "In a collection of eight short stories, children on islands around the world make connections to nature while facing life-changing events. Each child experiences a significant emotional turning point at the same time they encounter a turtle--real or imagined. A prologue tells of a sea turtle that was tracked making an extraordinarily long journey, while an epilogue is written from that turtle's point of view. Back matter shares information about sea turtles and snapping turtles"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2023

Washington, DC

Grimaldos, Karen.


School Library Journal, November 2025. "Examines the district's monuments, museums, and government buildings and explores what these locations can teach visitors about the nation today"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2026

Walt Disney World

Gramson, Hannah.


School Library Journal, November 2025. Kirkus Review, June 2025. "Provides historical information about [Walt Disney World] and an overview of what visitors can see and experience there today"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2026

Virus hunters how science protects people when outbreaks and pandemics strike /

Cherrix, Amy.


School Library Journal, September 2024. Horn Book Starred, January 2025. Pub Weekly, June 2024. Booklist, August 2024. A propulsive nonfiction look at the elite squads of scientists, doctors, and infectious disease experts who guard the boundary between public health and pandemics and how they gather data via boots on the ground "shoe-leather epidemiology" in order to save lives.
Date Published:2024

Urban coyotes

Carson, Mary Kay.


"Habitats"--Front cover. School Library Journal, October 2024. Booklist, June 2024. Horn Book, December 2024. "The fourth largest metropolitan area in North America is home to more than nine million people and a surprisingly large population of coyotes. Join the wildlife scientists of the Urban Coyote Research Project as they carry on their twenty-five-year mission: Studying the coyotes of Cook County, Illinois, home to the city of Chicago. Explore questions such as 'Where did the coyotes come from--and why?,' 'Are they a danger to Chicagoans?,' and 'Do predators create healthier urban ecosystems?' with real-life scientists in the field. Started by urban ecologist Stan Gehrt in the late 1990s when coyotes were first noticed entering the Chicago region, the Urban Coyote Research Project's mission is to help coyotes and human city dwellers live together in peace"--Publisher.
Date Published:2024

"Habitats"--Front cover. School Library Journal, October 2024. Booklist, June 2024. Horn Book, December 2024. "The fourth largest metropolitan area in North America is home to more than nine million people and a surprisingly large population of coyotes. Join the wildlife scientists of the Urban Coyote Research Project as they carry on their twenty-five-year mission: Studying the coyotes of Cook County, Illinois, home to the city of Chicago. Explore questions such as 'Where did the coyotes come from--and why?,' 'Are they a danger to Chicagoans?,' and 'Do predators create healthier urban ecosystems?' with real-life scientists in the field. Started by urban ecologist Stan Gehrt in the late 1990s when coyotes were first noticed entering the Chicago region, the Urban Coyote Research Project's mission is to help coyotes and human city dwellers live together in peace"--Publisher.

Date Published:2024

The unexpected lives of ordinary girls

Coats, J. Anderson (Jillian Anderson)


"Ages 10 up"--Dust jacket. School Library Journal, October 2025. Publishers Weekly, June 2025. Booklist, September 2025. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2025. Kirkus Review, August 2025. "Set in 1910s Colorado, Stanislava, a first-generation American from a Slovene immigrant family, struggles between her traditional Slovene community and her desire to pursue a new life as she navigates self-determination, family duty, and the search for belonging"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

"Ages 10 up"--Dust jacket. School Library Journal, October 2025. Publishers Weekly, June 2025. Booklist, September 2025. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), July 2025. Kirkus Review, August 2025. "Set in 1910s Colorado, Stanislava, a first-generation American from a Slovene immigrant family, struggles between her traditional Slovene community and her desire to pursue a new life as she navigates self-determination, family duty, and the search for belonging"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

Total garbage a messy dive into trash, waste, and our world /

Donnelly, Rebecca.


School Library Journal, February 2023. Horn Book Starred, May 2023. Publishers Weekly, April 2023. Kirkus Starred, January 2023. Booklist, March 2023. "Dives into the scientific and cultural history of the waste humans produce, examining why we make so much trash, why we're so bad at handling it, and how we can stop it (that is, us) from ruining the planet"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

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

Spy surveillance

Olson, Elsie, 1986-


Includes index. School Library Journal, November 2024. Booklist, October 2024. "How do spies use surveillance to gain intelligence about their targets? In this title, readers will learn about how spies used surveillance techniques in the past like bugs, wires, cameras, and opening and reading mail. They will also learn about modern surveillance like drones, spy planes, and satellites"--Amazon.
Date Published:2025

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

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