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  • Ghost Boys

    by Jewell Parker Rhodes ...
    A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Serwa Boateng's Guide to Vampire Hunting (Volume 1)

    by Roseanne A. Brown ...
    series Fiction - Middle Grade
    Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents best-selling YA author Roseanne A. Brown's middle grade debut about a pre-teen vampire slayer with a strong helping of Ghanaian folklore. For most kids, catching fireflies is a fun summer activity. For twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng, it's a matter of life and death. That's because Serwa knows that some fireflies are really adze, shapeshifting vampires from ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Ghost

    by Jason Reynolds ...
    series Track
    A National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s LiteratureNominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadGhost wants to be the fastest sprinter on his elite middle school track team, but his past is slowing him down in this first electrifying novel of the acclaimed Trackseries from Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe Award–winning author Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Lu. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Clean Getaway

    by Nic Stone ...
    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes a timely middle-grade road-trip story through landmarks of the Civil Rights movement and the map they lay for contemporary race relations.How to Go on an Unplanned Road Trip with Your Grandma:Grab a Suitcase: Prepacked from the big spring break trip that got CANCELLED.Fasten Your Seatbelt: G'ma's never conventional, so this trip won't be ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Onyeka and the Academy of the Sun

    by Tolá Okogwu ...
    series Onyeka
    Black Panther meets X-Men in this “fast-paced, action-packed, and empowering” (A. F. Steadman, New York Times bestselling author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief) middle grade adventure about a British Nigerian girl who learns that her Afro hair has psychokinetic powers—perfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, The Marvellers, and Rick Riordan!Onyeka has a lot of hair—the kind that makes ... Read more

    $10.99 USD $8.99 USD

  • Race to the Sun

    by Rebecca Roanhorse ...
    Lately, seventh grader Nizhoni Begay has been able to detect monsters, like that man in the fancy suit who was in the bleachers at her basketball game. Turns out he's Mr. Charles, her dad's new boss at the oil and gas company, and he's alarmingly interested in Nizhoni and her brother, Mac, their Navajo heritage, and the legend of the Hero Twins. Nizhoni knows he's a threat, but her father won't ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Brown Girl Dreaming

    by Jacqueline Woodson ...
    A New York Times Bestseller and National Book Award WinnerJacqueline Woodson, the acclaimed author of Red at the Bone*, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.*Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dork Diaries 5

    Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series Dork Diaries
    Nikki Maxwell authors an advice column for the school newspaper in this fifth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki Maxwell develops a sudden interest in student journalism that may or may not (okay, definitely does) have to do with the fact that mean girl MacKenzie has started writing a gossip column. So Nikki joins the school newspaper staff—and ends up as an ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 2

    Middle School Mayhem

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series The Misadventures of Max Crumbly
    Max Crumbly faces the music in this second book in the series from #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel René****e Russell!When we last left our hero, Max Crumbly, he had crash-landed on top of a Mighty Meat Monster pizza after taking a late night tumble through the vents at South Ridge Middle School—and he was completely surrounded by three ruthless criminals!Will Max be ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Patina

    by Jason Reynolds ...
    series Track
    A newbie to the track team, Patina must learn to rely on her teammates as she tries to outrun her personal demons in this New York Times bestselling follow-up to the National Book Award finalist Ghost by New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds.Ghost. Lu. Patina. Sunny. Four kids from wildly different backgrounds with personalities that are explosive when they clash. But they are also four ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Stars Beneath Our Feet

    by David Barclay Moore ...
    "The right story at the right time. . . . It’s not just a narrative; it’s an experience. It’s the novel we’ve been waiting for." —The New York TimesA boy tries to steer a safe path through the projects in Harlem in the wake of his brother’s death in this outstanding debut novel that celebrates community and creativity. Winner of the Coretta Scott King John Steptoe Award for New Talent and soon to ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Dork Diaries 9

    Tales from a Not-So-Dorky Drama Queen

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series Dork Diaries
    Nikki Maxwell’s worst nightmare comes true in this ninth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!A certain member of the CCP girls Dork fans know all about has gotten her hands on Nikki’s diary and has decided to share some thoughts of her own…Find out what happens when Nikki’s worst nightmare becomes a reality. Welcome to MacKenzie’s world!! ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Last Gate of the Emperor

    by Kwame Mbalia, Prince Joel Makonnen ...
    From Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel David Makonnen comes an Afrofuturist adventure about a mythical Ethiopian empire. Sci-fi and fantasy combine in this epic journey to the stars.Yared Heywat lives an isolated life in Addis Prime -- a hardscrabble city with rundown tech, lots of rules, and not much to do. His worrywart Uncle Moti and bionic lioness Besa are his only family... and his only friends ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Dork Diaries 12

    Tales from a Not-So-Secret Crush Catastrophe

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series Dork Diaries
    Nikki Maxwell has to juggle two kids**’** feelings in the twelfth installment in the blockbuster #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!In Nikki Maxwell’s newest diary, it’s the countdown to the end of the school year, and Nikki’s juggling some big questions about how she’ll spend her summer. She’s also facing an unexpected crush catastrophe—there’s a new kid interested in Nikki, but ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dork Diaries 3 1/2

    How to Dork Your Diary

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series Dork Diaries
    Create your own Dork Diary with this special, interactive addition to the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki Maxwell can’t believe it when one morning she can’t find her diary! The hunt is on, and while she looks, Nikki can’t help putting together a list of important diary-keeping lessons to remember in case of missing diary emergencies like this one.How to Dork Your Diary is ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Aesop's Fables: A Magic Beans Story

    by Malorie Blackman ...
    A singing ant, a silly wolf and a mighty mouse are just some of the characters in this mini collection of everyone's favourite fables. After all, it's never too late to learn a new moral or two!This story is a magic bean. It may not look much like a bean, but I can promise you that it is. For if you plant it in a young mind, it will grow into a love of story and reading. These beans are favourite ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Separate Is Never Equal

    Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

    by Duncan Tonatiuh ...
    Seven years before Brown v. Board of Education, the Mendez family fought to end segregation in California schools. Discover their incredible story in this picture book from award-winning creator Duncan TonatiuhA Pura Belpré Illustrator Honor Book and Robert F. Sibert Honor Book!When her family moved to the town of Westminster, California, young Sylvia Mendez was excited about enrolling in her ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Change Sings

    A Children's Anthem

    by Amanda Gorman ...
    Illustrated by Loren Long ...
    A lyrical picture book debut from #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long"I can hear change hummingIn its loudest, proudest song.I don't fear change coming,And so I sing along."In this stirring, much-anticipated picture book by presidential inaugural poet and activist Amanda Gorman, an... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 1

    Locker Hero

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series The Misadventures of Max Crumbly
    Meet Max Crumbly in this series from #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries author Rachel Renée Russell!Max Crumbly is about to face the scariest place he’s ever been: South Ridge Middle School.There’s a lot that’s great about his new school, but there’s also one big problem—Doug, the school bully whose hobby is stuffing Max in his locker. If only Max could be like the hero in his favorite ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Serwa Boateng's Guide to Witchcraft and Mayhem

    by Roseanne A. Brown ...
    series Fiction - Middle Grade
    "Rosie writes her characters with such lyrical power, wit, and empathy that you can't help falling in love with Serwa Boating, her family, and her friends."--Rick Riordan, New York Times best-selling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series After a lifetime of fighting creatures of black magic, twelve-year-old Serwa Boateng has just learned a devastating secret: she herself is half ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Dork Diaries 2

    Tales from a Not-So-Popular Party Girl

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series Dork Diaries
    Nikki Maxwell is torn between two incredible parties in this second installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Recipe for disaster:4 parties.Add 2 friends and 1 crush.Divide by 1 mean girl out to RUIN Nikki.Mix well, put fingers over eyes, and CRINGE!Settled in at her new school and flanked by awesome friends Chloe and Zoey, life is looking up for Nikki Maxwell, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dork Diaries 1

    Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series Dork Diaries
    Nikki Maxwell is starting eighth grade at a new school—and her very first diary is packed with hilarious stories and art in this SUPER SQUEE updated edition of the first book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki confesses all in her first diary ever: her epic battle with her mom for an iPhone, meeting her new soon-to-be BFFs Chloe and Zoey, falling for adorably sweet ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dork Diaries 3

    Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series Dork Diaries
    Nikki Maxwell enters a talent competition in this third installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki Maxwell has been doing everything she can to keep everyone at school from learning the truth—that she’s there on scholarship in exchange for her Dad working as the school’s exterminator. When a major talent competition is announced with a school scholarship offered as ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Dork Diaries 4

    Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess

    by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    Illustrated by Rachel Renée Russell ...
    series Dork Diaries
    Nikki Maxwell raises money for a local animal shelter in this fourth installment of the #1 New York Times bestselling Dork Diaries series!Nikki Maxwell isn’t at all surprised to find out that her crush Brandon volunteers at a local animal shelter—of course he wants to help those adorable puppies! And she’ll do whatever it takes to keep the shelter from closing. Nikki, Chloe, and Zoey enter an ice ... Read more

    $9.99 USD