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The Cheerleaders of Doom
When a former member of NERDS turns into a villainous cheerleader, Matilda "Wheezer" Choi and the rest of the NERDS must infiltrate the cheerleader squad and save the world from a machine that wreaks havoc by entering other dimensions.
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Between Shades of Gray
In 1941, Lina and her family are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers.
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Railsea
Sham Yes ap Soorap travels the endless rails of the railsea, hunting giant moles with a captain who can think only of the ivory-coloured mole she's been chasing since it took her arm many years ago. When they come across a derelict train, Sham finds some mysterious pictures that soon have him hunted on all sides by pirates, trainsfolk, monsters and salvage-scrabblers.
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Outside over There
With Papa off to sea and Mama despondent, Ida must go outside over there to rescue her baby sister from goblins who steal her to be a goblin's brideLiterary Award Winner
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Where the Wild Things Are
When Max dons his wolf suit, his imagination carries him to a land filled with lovable monsters.
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Dear Zoo
A Lift-the-flap Book
Each animal arriving from the zoo as a possible pet fails to suit its prospective owner, until just the right one is found. Movable flaps reveal the contents of each package.
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Seedfolks
One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed. Illustrated by Judy Pedersen.
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The Duckling Gets a Cookie!?
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The Mysterious Benedict Society
As the only four children to pass the series of tests provided, Reynie, Kate, Sticky and Constance are asked to go on a secret mission as undercover agents at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened and quickly realize they will have to use their collective wit to get their important task complete.
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Wonder
Born with a facial deformity that initially prevented his attendance at public school, Auggie Pullman enters the fifth grade at Beecher Prep and struggles with the dynamics of being both new and different, in a sparsely written tale about acceptance and self-esteem.
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again
Down on their luck, the Tooting family buys an old camper van and begins repairing it, but after installing an engine that once belonged to an extraordinary car, they are off to find other original parts, pursued by a sinister man who wants Chitty for himself. Illustrated by Joe Berger.
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict
Nine-year-old Nicholas Benedict, an orphan afflicted with an unfortunate nose and with narcolepsy, is sent to a new orphanage where he encounters vicious bullies, selfish adults, strange circumstances, and a mystery that could change his life forever.
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Shooting Kabul
Escaping from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the summer of 2001, eleven-year-old Fadi and his family immigrate to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Fadi schemes to return to the Pakistani refugee camp where his little sister was accidentally left behind.
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The Hundred Dresses
In winning a medal she is no longer there to receive, a tight-lipped little Polish girl teaches her classmates a lesson, in a story which includes a note from the author's daughter, Helena Estes.
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The True Meaning of Smekday
Twelve-year-old Gratuity Tucci has a hard time writing an essay on "The True Meaning of Smekday" due to her complex life after Earth was overtaken by aliens and her mother was kidnapped and taken to Happy Mouse Kingdom in Florida. Reprint.
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George Washington's Birthday
A Mostly True Tale
On George Washington's seventh birthday, he does chores, misbehaves, and dreams of a day when his birthday will be celebrated by all.
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Wolf Brother
When evil strikes the land six thousand years ago, twelve-year-old Tourak and his faithful wolf-cub are forced into a perilous journey to take on the destructive force and, with the help and guidance of strange characters along the way, find a way to change the horrific outcome the world seemed destined to endure.
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And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
Published to coincide with the 75th anniversary of Dr. Seuss' first book release for children, a foil-covered, commemorative edition of the classic story follows the story of Marco, who imaginatively recounts to his father what he sees on his way to school.
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A Ball for Daisy
This poignant, wordless tale features an endearing young dog that is heartbroken when a bigger dog destroys a favorite toy. Told through impressionistic illustrations by the Caldecott Medal-winning author of The Hello, Goodbye Window.Literary Award Winner
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Glory Be
Longing to return to the days when her sister had more time and her best friendship with Frankie was less complicated, Glory, of 1964 Mississippi, meets a new girl from the North who riles up a community debate about whether or not to keep the segregated public pool open.
