New & Coming Soon Chapter Books

When twelve-year-old Rostam Zamini trades a legendary golden mace to a demon prince for popularity on his new home planet, he unknowingly extinguishes its sun, and with the help of new friends and djinns, he races to undo the damage before it is too late.

A girl stuck in a time loop repeatedly relives an awkward sleepover at a wildlife center with a wolf-like monster in the woods in this fun and creepy middle grade adventure. 

Jacq is destined to hunt fearsome giants to protect her city--but when she meets a sensitive young giant named Corman in the forest, she realizes the world isn't quite what she's been taught. 

Elsie Parker is having a totally normal fifth grade year.

Fractions and conjunctions--check.
Stressing about middle school--check.
Body-positive puberty class at church that also covers feelings and identities--check.

Okay, maybe that last one isn't so normal. It's a little weird (and awkward) to spend her Sundays talking periods, B.O., and pimples. But Elsie's also learning a lot more than she's heard in her public-school health class -- like the difference between sex and gender, and what consent is, and what it might mean that she can't stop blushing around a certain cute girl at her school.

From acclaimed author J. Kasper Kramer comes an "intricate, emotional" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) coming-of-age middle grade story that captures the wild beauty of 1970s Appalachia and the tender, fragile ties that bind us to family, faith, and magic.

Selah is a dragon. Or at least, she feels like one. And she finally figured out how to spread her wings and soar.

Twelve-year-old April is a talented performer who is determined to land the starring role in the school play, but no one believes she can do it because of her tracheostomy tube. A heartwarming story of friendship, identity, and the importance of chasing your dreams. Sixth grader April Xue lives and breathes all things Broadway. When she builds up the courage to audition for the lead role in the school play, she thinks she's knocked it out of the park -- until she finds out that she's been assigned to the stage crew. 

A girl who doesn't know she's in witness protection accidentally reveals her identity and puts her life in danger in this twisty upper middle grade thriller. For as long as Lydia can remember, it's been her and her dad against the world. But while she loves him, her dad is so overprotective. Well-versed in the dangers of the internet from his job in cybersecurity, he refuses to let Lydia be online without heavy parental controls, and social media is out of the question. One day, when all Lydia's friends are invited to a movie night at her crush's house--except her because she's not in the group chat--Lydia gets fed up with her dad's rules and makes a social media account. Then an armed intruder shows up at her home. Clearly, there's more to her family's past than she knows. 

Earth has never been in more trouble. The Galactic Syndicate is unhappy with the danger humans pose to the rest of the galaxy and is planning to annex Earth and eradicated its human inhabitants...unless humans can redeem themselves. In the Terra Trials, fifteen of Earth's smartest and bravest children from across the world must compete in humanity's last chance to save itself.

It's party pandemonium when Venus Washington tries to plan her little brother's birthday bash in this second book in the hilarious chapter book series perfect for fans of Junie B. Jones and Dory Fantasmagory! 

Faye Fitzgerald does not remember what she's done to land herself at the Auk Island School. She remembers so little about the night that changed her life. Growing up surrounded by nature with her botonist father in the Forest House, she can't cope with the bleak and treeless island where the school sits in seclusion. Where she and the other children are treated more like prisoners than pupils. While her fellow students begin to defy the horrible headmaster within the walls of the school, something is begging for Faye's attention on the outside. "The Knife," the only mountain on the island, is calling for her. And it will draw her into a web of secrets that she could have never thought possible.

A leader-in-training at a beloved summer camp must figure out how to stop a decades-old curse in this middle grade companion novel to the "tightly paced" (Publishers Weekly) The Ghost of Spruce Point.

Chronically unmotivated eleven-year-old Sawyer Lee is reluctantly swept into an adventure and mystery surrounding the town's annual gourd festival, forcing him to choose between preserving his couch-bound lifestyle and getting involved.