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  • Skin of the Sea

    by Natasha Bowen ...
    Series Book 1 - Of Mermaids and Orisa
    **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The must-read Black mermaid fantasy series that #1 NYT bestselling author Nicola Yoon calls “epic and original,” in which one mermaid takes on the gods themselves. Perfect for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and anyone who can't wait for the live-action The Little Mermaid.“Riveting.” —NPR“Evocative.” —Entertainment Weekly“Remarkable.” —Buzzfeed**A way to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Scythe

    by Neal Shusterman ...
    Series series Arc of a Scythe
    A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021)Two teens must learn the “art of killing” in this Printz Honor–winning book, the first in a chilling new series from Neal Shusterman, author of the New York Times bestselling Unwind dystology.A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery: humanity has conquered all those things, and has even conquered death. Now Scythes are the only ones who can end ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Bright Red Fruit

    by Safia Elhillo ...
    **An unflinching, honest novel in verse about a teenager's journey into the slam poetry scene and the dangerous new relationship that could threaten all her dreams. From the award-winning poet and author of HOME IS NOT A COUNTRY.A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY AND SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR**Bad girl. No matter how hard Samira tries, she can’t shake her reputation. She’s never gotten the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • If You Give a Mouse a Brownie

    by Laura Numeroff ...
    Illustrated by Felicia Bond ...
    Series series If You Give...
    Mouse is back in this ninth picture book in the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling If You Give... series!If you give a mouse a brownie, he's going to ask for some ice cream to go with it. When you give him the ice cream, he'll probably ask you for a spoon. He'll start drumming on the table. Drumming will get him so excited he'll want to start a band. . . .Mouse makes his long-anticipated return ... Read more

    $15.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Home of the Brave

    by Katherine Applegate ...
    Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave, a beautifully wrought middle grade novel about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope.Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter – cold and unkind.In Africa, Kek lived with ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne

    by Jonathan Stroud ...
    Series Book 1 - Scarlett and Browne
    Action! Humor! Fantasy! "Kicking off a new series with a bang (several bangs, in fact), Stroud sends two young fugitives with murky pasts fleeing murderous pursuers across a fractured future Britain." —Kirkus Reviews, starredScarlett McCain is a shoot-first ask-questions-later kind of outlaw. She scrapes by on bank heists, her wits—and never looking back.She’s on the run from her latest crime when ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • All American Boys

    by Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely ...
    A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor book, and recipient of the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature.In this New York Times bestselling novel, two teens—one black, one white—grapple with the repercussions of a single violent act that leaves their school, their community, and, ultimately, the country bitterly divided by racial tension.A bag of chips. That’s all sixteen ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

    Illustrated by James Dean ...
    by Eric Litwin, Kimberly Dean ...
    Series series Pete the Cat
    A New York Times bestselling Pete the Cat holiday picture book!Spend the holidays with your favorite blue cat! In this rockin' spin on the traditional tale The Night Before Christmas, Pete the Cat proves that giving your all in the spirit of Christmas is the totally groovy thing to do.The fun never stops—don’t miss Pete’s other spin on a holiday classic, Pete the Cat’s 12 Groovy Days of Christ... ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Not a Drop to Drink

    by Mindy McGinnis ...
    Fans of classic frontier survival stories, as well as readers of dystopian literature, will enjoy this futuristic story where water is worth more than gold. New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant says Not a Drop to Drink is a debut "not to be missed." With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl's journey in a frontierlike world ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Disney Zombies: Welcome to Seabrook

    by Disney Books ...
    Seabrook has a diverse population, including its award-winning cheerleaders, the zombies from neighboring Zombietown, and a pack of cool werewolves. So it should be no surprise when aliens arrive in Seabrook to compete in the World Cheer Off. This fun guidebook shares the history of Seabrook and how its residents came to call the town home. Revisit when zombies first came to Seabrook High; how Zed ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Clues to the Universe

    by Christina Li ...
    This stellar debut about losing and finding family, forging unlikely friendships, and searching for answers to big questions will resonate with fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead.The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had ... Read more

    $8.99 USD $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Kind of Spark

    by Elle McNicoll ...
    Perfect for readers of Song for a Whale and Counting by 7s, a neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different."A must-read for students and adults alike." -School Library Journal, Starred ReviewEver since Ms. Murphy told us about the witch trials that happened centuries ago right here in Juniper, I ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • The Chalk Box Kid

    by Clyde Robert Bulla ...
    Illustrated by Thomas B. Allen ...
    Series series A Stepping Stone Book
    A classroom favorite about the power of art and creativity.A new neighborhood. A new school. A lonely birthday. Life isn’t easy for nine-year-old Gregory. Then he finds an abandoned chalk factory behind his house. It’s a secret place, just for him! Now he can draw anything he imagines on the dark brick walls. What amazing thing will Gregory draw first?Two beloved classics—The Chalk Box Kid and The ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Sophie #2: Sophie the Hero

    by Lara Bergen ...
    Illustrated by Laura Tallardy ...
    Series Book 2 - Sophie
    Meet Sophie, a little girl with a big goal: to find the perfect title for herself. Look out --- here's Sophie the Hero! It's a bird . . . it's a plane . . . it's Sophie the Hero! Sophie has discovered the perfect name this time, for sure: Sophie the Hero! After all, when little Ella ran out into the street in front of a car, Sophie swooped in to save the day. If that's not heroic, what is? But ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • In Mike We Trust

    by P. E. Ryan ...
    Honesty.He wanted it. He craved it.He could barely remember what it was.When Garth's uncle comes to visit, he's like a breath of very needed fresh air. Mike is laid-back and relaxed—and willing to accept Garth for who he is, without question. For the first time in a long while, Garth feels like he's around someone who understands him.But before long Garth is helping Mike with some pretty ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • Adam Bede

    by George Eliot ...
    "Adam Bede" was George Eliot's (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans) first published novel in 1859, and it explores the love and loss of a young man in the 1800s.In "Adam Bede", Eliot again represents the humour and wit of the lower classes through their rural dialect and idiom, a skill that had captivated readers and helped to establish her as a writer of humour, pathos, and social realism. Such wit ... Read more

    $0.50 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Isolation

    by Dan Wells ...
    Series series Partials Sequentce Novella
    Two decades before the events of Partials, the world was locked in a different battle for survival: a global war for the last remaining oil reserves on the planet. It was for the Isolation War that the American government contracted the ParaGen Corporation to manufacture the Partials—our last hope in reclaiming energy independence from China. And it was on these fields of battle that the seeds of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • The Face on the Milk Carton

    by Caroline B. Cooney ...
    Series series The Face on the Milk Carton Series
    **A psychological thriller about a teenager who sees her own face staring back at her from a missing children's notice on the back of a milk carton. An emotionally evocative and chilling read that seamlessly blends mystery and suspense for fans of A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER and WE WERE LIARS.“It's a gripper. You can't put it down.” —Entertainment Weekly"A real page-turner." —Kirkus Reviews**No ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • PAWS: Gabby Gets It Together

    A Graphic Novel

    by Nathan Fairbairn ...
    Illustrated by Michele Assarasakorn ...
    Series Book 1 - PAWS
    Are you a fan of Raina Telgemeier or Shannon Hale? Then don’t miss PAWS, a new graphic novel series about best friends, cute dogs, and all the fun (and trouble) that comes with them. Perfect for fans of Real Friends, Roller Girl, and Allergic, this funny and heartwarming series is the Baby-Sitters Club for pets!Meet best friends Gabby Jordan, Priya Gupta, and Mindy Park. They’re different in just ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Where She Fell

    by Kaitlin Ward ...
    From the author of the acclaimed novels Girl in a Bad Place and Bleeding Earth comes a heartstopping work of speculative fiction about what lurks beneath our feet... and beyond.Watch your step.Eliza knows the legends about the swamp near her house -- that people have fallen into sinkholes, never to be seen again, maybe even falling to the center of the earth. As an aspiring geologist, she knows ... Read more

    $10.99 USD $6.99 USD

  • Nothing Like the Movies

    by Lynn Painter ...
    Series series Better Than the Movies
    #1 New York Times BestsellerIn this highly anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestselling Better Than the Movies, Wes and Liz struggle to balance their feelings for each other with the growing pains of being a college student.For a few beautiful months, Wes had his dream girl: strong-willed girl-next-door Liz. But right as the two were about to set off to UCLA to start their freshman year ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Amari and the Despicable Wonders

    by B. B. Alston ...
    Series Book 3 - Supernatural Investigations
    The highly anticipated third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Supernatural Investigations series that began with Amari and the Night Brothers!Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and Nevermoor.War has come to the supernatural world, and Amari’s two worst enemies are leading the charge.Elaine Harlowe has manipulated her way into bec ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Outsiders

    by S. E. Hinton ...
    **Inspiration for the 2024 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical!Over 50 years of an iconic classic! The international bestseller-- a heroic story of friendship and belonging.**No one ever said life was easy. But Ponyboy is pretty sure that he's got things figured out. He knows that he can count on his brothers, Darry and Sodapop. And he knows that he can count on his friends—true friends who would ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition

    by S. E. Hinton ...
    50 years of an iconic classic! The international bestseller and inspiration for a beloved movie--now with bonus content.**This special edition of the groundbreaking novel contains:Never before seen photos and letters from the publisher's archives**Original review clippings and media coveragePhotos from the author’s personal collectionA gallery of covers around the worldNe... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD