"The Metamorphosis of Emma Murry" is a dazzling novel about a girl’s crusade to save a local mountain—and perhaps fall in love. In Rebecca Laxton’s delightful novel "The Metamorphosis of Emma Murry", an artistic thirteen-year-old... Read More

A virtual reality game causes widespread mayhem in "Final Video Game", an exciting science fiction novel with a lonely young hero at its center. In order to save the world from an AI takeover, a teenager equipped with a VR headset... Read More

A charismatic band of wood nymphs, shapeshifters, and a gigantic humanoid mushroom protect their home from an ancient force in Christopher Mackie’s charming fantasy novel "Cloudlanders". The story begins “years from now, in a strange... Read More

In Anders Sparring’s humorous chapter book "The Pinchers and the Diamond Heist", the sole redeeming member of a family of bandits is a scrupulous boy who can’t seem to lie. Theo’s parents and sister have a penchant for thievery.... Read More

In Michaelbrent Collings’s inventive fantasy novel "The Witch in the Woods", twins who are descendants of the Grimm brothers navigate a new reality when theirs collides with a fairy-tale world. Jake and Willow move to a new town, where... Read More

In Christine Read’s novel "Queenie Jean Is in Trouble Again", a lonely fifth grader with ADHD tries to fit in at a new school. In her new school, Queenie hopes for an understanding principal, a caring teacher, and just one girl to be... Read More

In Linda DeMeulemeester’s historical novel Ephemia Rimaldi, a lonely girl searches for her estranged father. In Canada in the early 1900s, Effy dodges rotten tomatoes and insults on the streets of Toronto alongside her suffragist Aunt... Read More

The barnyard antics that fill the middle grade novel Mr. Luggie Tatters and the Terrible Trouble at Forevergreen Farm are overseen by a lovable canine leader. In Margaret Kennedy’s boisterous middle grade novel Mr. Luggie Tatters and... Read More