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Very bad at math

Larson, Hope.


"Ages 8-12"--Dust jacket flap. School Library Journal starred, January 2025. Publishers Weekly, October 2024. Booklist, January 2025. Horn Book, March 2025. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2025. Kirkus Review, November 2024. "Verity 'Very' Nelson can do it all. She's student body president, debate club whiz, and first chair clarinetist. . . You could say she's pretty much the best at everything...Well, almost everything. Everything except math. And it's not like she doesn't try. Math just doesn't make sense in her brain. But it better start soon, or else she can kiss her presidency--and her campaign promises--goodbye. Soon she finds herself enrolled in a remedial math class, where, despite her best efforts, failure persists. All seems lost until a teacher helps her discover the truth: Verity has dyscalculia, a learning disability that causes her to mix up numbers. Armed with a new perspective, can Verity pass math, keep her presidentcy, and make good on her word to the student body she loves so much? Or will her presidency--and perfect reputation--all come crashing down?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

"Ages 8-12"--Dust jacket flap. School Library Journal starred, January 2025. Publishers Weekly, October 2024. Booklist, January 2025. Horn Book, March 2025. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2025. Kirkus Review, November 2024. "Verity 'Very' Nelson can do it all. She's student body president, debate club whiz, and first chair clarinetist. . . You could say she's pretty much the best at everything...Well, almost everything. Everything except math. And it's not like she doesn't try. Math just doesn't make sense in her brain. But it better start soon, or else she can kiss her presidency--and her campaign promises--goodbye. Soon she finds herself enrolled in a remedial math class, where, despite her best efforts, failure persists. All seems lost until a teacher helps her discover the truth: Verity has dyscalculia, a learning disability that causes her to mix up numbers. Armed with a new perspective, can Verity pass math, keep her presidentcy, and make good on her word to the student body she loves so much? Or will her presidency--and perfect reputation--all come crashing down?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

Valor wings

Subity, Sam.


Iris has raised the dragon Galahad, and now she needs him and his fellow dragons to save her brother at Dunkirk from the advancing German troops, as well as a Belgian schoolboy Max she has befriended.
Date Published:2024

The tenth mistake of Hank Hooperman

Choldenko, Gennifer, 1957-


School Library Journal starred, June 2024. Booklist starred, May 2024. Kirkus Starred, May 2024. Publishers Weekly Annex, May 2024. When eleven-year-old Hank's mother does not come home after a week, he and his toddler sister, Boo, seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact, even though it means social workers, a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he has been trying to keep secret.
Date Published:2024

School Library Journal starred, June 2024. Booklist starred, May 2024. Kirkus Starred, May 2024. Publishers Weekly Annex, May 2024. When eleven-year-old Hank's mother does not come home after a week, he and his toddler sister, Boo, seek out the stranger listed as their emergency contact, even though it means social workers, a new school, and having to answer questions about his mom that he has been trying to keep secret.

Date Published:2024

Secrets of the broken house

Souders, Taryn, 1977-,


ALA Booklist. Kirkus Reviews. When thirteen-year-old Tucker finds Miss Geraldine dead at the bottom of her stairs, he suspects foul play and works together with his friends to solve a small town murder.
Date Published:2026

Secrets of the broken house

Souders, Taryn, 1977-


"Ages 8 and up"--Jacket flap. Booklist, October 2025. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), January 2026. Kirkus Review, November 2025. "When thirteen-year-old Tucker finds Miss Geraldine dead at the bottom of her stairs, he suspects foul play and works together with his friends to solve a small town murder"--OCLC.
Date Published:2026

Plain Jane and the Mermaid

Brosgol, Vera,


Publisher Annotation: Jane is incredibly plain. Everyone says so: her parents, the villagers, and her horrible cousin who kicks her out of her own house. Determined to get some semblance of independence, Jane prepares to propose to the princely Peter, who might just say yes to get away from his father. It's a good plan! Or it would've been, if he wasn't kidnapped by a mermaid.
Date Published:2024

On thin ice

Kim, Jessica, 1980-


"Ages 10 up"--Back cover. School Library Journal, January 2025. Publishers Weekly, November 2024. Booklist, January 2025. Kirkus Review, December 2024. Told in alternating voices, twelve-year-old fraternal twins Phoebe and Dexter reluctantly partner up for Phoebe's figure skating competition when Dexter is cut from the hockey team.
Date Published:2025

Medusa

Marsh, Katherine,


Publishers Weekly. School Library Journal. "A descendant of Medusa, Ava is sent to the Accademia del Forte in Venice after an altercation with a classmate, where she must learn to control her emotions, especially when she unearths a terrible secret that could change the world forever"--
Date Published:2025

The last dragon on Mars

Reintgen, Scott,


"Special first edition"--Dust jacket. Thirteen-year-old Lunar Jones was born on Mars, with every day a struggle, until he stumbles into a restricted military zone where he learns dragons are real and a new dragon has chosen him as a rider--a role he needs to embrace quickly because this dragon could save the Martian colony.
Date Published:2024

Dog trouble

Varner, Kristin.


School Library Journal, November 2024. Horn Book, January 2025. "Ash is a good kid at heart. But his grades are slipping, and when he gets caught vandalizing an old building, it's the last straw. It's decided: Ash will spend some time away from the city, at his dad's place on Ferncliff Island. It's bad enough that Ash has no friends on the island (just an annoying little stepsister), but his parents are also making him do community service! He volunteers at the local animal shelter, even though he's not really a dog person. . . . But as Ash bonds with the dogs--especially Cooper, a clever, fun-loving pointer that gives sloppy kisses--he starts to see that maybe his time on Ferncliff Island isn't a total loss"--Publisher.
Date Published:2024

School Library Journal, November 2024. Horn Book, January 2025. "Ash is a good kid at heart. But his grades are slipping, and when he gets caught vandalizing an old building, it's the last straw. It's decided: Ash will spend some time away from the city, at his dad's place on Ferncliff Island. It's bad enough that Ash has no friends on the island (just an annoying little stepsister), but his parents are also making him do community service! He volunteers at the local animal shelter, even though he's not really a dog person. . . . But as Ash bonds with the dogs--especially Cooper, a clever, fun-loving pointer that gives sloppy kisses--he starts to see that maybe his time on Ferncliff Island isn't a total loss"--Publisher.

Date Published:2024

Bye forever, I guess

Meadows, Jodi.


Booklist starred, October 2024. Pub Weekly, July 2024. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2024. Kirkus Review, September 2024. Eighth-grader Ingrid runs a popular blog anonymously and has online personal more popular than she is, but when a wrong-number text message offers her a chance at connection, Ingrid opens herself to the opportunity to make a real live friend.
Date Published:2024

How to speak dragonese

Cowell, Cressida.


School Library Journal, June 2006. Horn Book, October 2006. Recounts the further escapades of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third as he continues his Viking training during which he escapes from a boatload of Roman soldiers and searches for his kidnapped dragon.
Date Published:2005

Turn left at the cow

Bullard, Lisa


Booklist, November 2013. Horn Book, April 2014. Library Media Connection, March 2014. School Library Journal, November 2013. Thirteen-year-old Trav feels like a fish out of water in rural Minnesota as he teams up with his new neighbors to find a stash of stolen loot and solve the mystery behind the swirling town rumors that his dad was a bank robber.
Date Published:2013

The hunger games

Collins, Suzanne.


Booklist starred, September 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. New York Times, November 2008. Pub Weekly, November 2008. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.
Date Published:2008

Booklist starred, September 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), November 2008. Horn Book Starred, September 2008. Horn Book, April 2009. Library Media Connection starred, November 2001. New York Times, November 2008. Pub Weekly, November 2008. School Library Journal starred, September 2008. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Wilson's Senior High School, June 2010. The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present.

Date Published:2008

The crossover

Alexander, Kwame.


School Library Journal starred, July 2019. Kirkus Starred, July 2019. Booklist, July 2019. Horn Book, November 2019. Publishers Weekly Annex, June 2019. Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health.
Date Published:2014

The hunger games

Collins, Suzanne,


"The Hunger Games as you've never seen it before--in a remarkable illustrated edition. Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem. One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death featuring two young tributes from each of Panem's twelve districts. This gruesome battle is meant to send home a chilling message: Rebellion will always be punished. When Katniss finds herself within the Hunger Games arena, she knows the odds aren't in her favor. Any wrong move will end her life--and even the right moves come with a cost. But if she can survive, there is a chance the districts may survive as well... The Hunger Games has enthralled millions of readers in its examination of the price of war, human nature, and the powerful force of both love and resistance. Now it appears for the first time in a deluxe illustrated edition, with spellbinding art from internationally acclaimed artist Nico Delort"-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

"The Hunger Games as you've never seen it before--in a remarkable illustrated edition. Even at the age of sixteen, Katniss Everdeen knows it takes hard work, keen observation, and inner fortitude to survive in the world. Her home, District 12, is under the merciless rule of the Capitol, continually forced to pay after losing a long-ago civil war in the nation of Panem. One of the ways the Capitol keeps control is its annual Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death featuring two young tributes from each of Panem's twelve districts. This gruesome battle is meant to send home a chilling message: Rebellion will always be punished. When Katniss finds herself within the Hunger Games arena, she knows the odds aren't in her favor. Any wrong move will end her life--and even the right moves come with a cost. But if she can survive, there is a chance the districts may survive as well... The Hunger Games has enthralled millions of readers in its examination of the price of war, human nature, and the powerful force of both love and resistance. Now it appears for the first time in a deluxe illustrated edition, with spellbinding art from internationally acclaimed artist Nico Delort"-- Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

Flush

Hiaasen, Carl


Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006. School Library Journal, September 2005. Book Links (A.L.A.), November 2006. Publisher's Weekly, June 2005. Booklist, August 2005. New York Times, November 2005. Horn Book, September 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2005. With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.
Date Published:2005

Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, January 2010. Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2006. School Library Journal, September 2005. Book Links (A.L.A.), November 2006. Publisher's Weekly, June 2005. Booklist, August 2005. New York Times, November 2005. Horn Book, September 2005. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), October 2005. With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.

Date Published:2005

Charlie Hernndez & the castle of bones

Calejo, Ryan,


School Library Journal, September 2019. Booklist, September 2019. Kirkus Review, August 2019. "When Queen Joanna is kidnapped Charlie and Violet set out across South America to find her and discover a conspiracy to raise the dead"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

Brisingr, or, The seven promises of Eragon Shadeslayer and Saphira Bjartskular

Paolini, Christopher.


"A Borzoi book"--T.p. verso. The further adventures of Eragon and his dragon Saphira as they continue to aid the Varden in the struggle against the evil king, Galbatorix.
Date Published:2008

Wrecker

Hiaasen, Carl.


Booklist starred, July 2023. Publishers Weekly, July 2023. Horn Book, September 2023. Kirkus Review, July 2023. When fifteen-year-old Valdez Jones VIII, a.k.a. Wrecker, unwittingly becomes entangled with a group of smugglers and grave robbers, he must deep dive into their shady dealings in order to escape their twisted net.
Date Published:2023