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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

Very bad at math

Larson, Hope,


Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. "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?"--
Date Published:2025

Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. "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?"--

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

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

The no-brainer's guide to decomposition

Cuevas, Adrianna.


"Ages 8-12"--Dust jacket. Booklist, September 2024. Horn Book, December 2024. Kirkus Review, August 2024. "Frani must fight to stop the undead from rising in her father's body-farm laboratory--that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD"--OCLC.
Date Published:2024

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

I.R.L

Goebel, Jenny,


"Not every kid would be thrilled to move to rural Alaska, but sixth grader Lucy is eager to leave her bullies behind and start over. However, it turns out that Lucy's new school does remote learning from October to April, when the roads become too icy to navigate safely. Being the new kid is hard enough--how is she going to make friends when she can't meet anyone in person? Luckily, the sixth grade class at White Pine Secondary School is tiny (just thirteen students) and they're all super nice and really welcoming. ... As the ice starts to thaw, Lucy grows increasingly excited about meeting her new friends in person. But when she enters the school's address on her phone's GPS, it leads her to a crumbling, clearly abandoned building with a rotted wood sign in front --a sign that reads White Pine Secondary School"--
Date Published:2025

"Not every kid would be thrilled to move to rural Alaska, but sixth grader Lucy is eager to leave her bullies behind and start over. However, it turns out that Lucy's new school does remote learning from October to April, when the roads become too icy to navigate safely. Being the new kid is hard enough--how is she going to make friends when she can't meet anyone in person? Luckily, the sixth grade class at White Pine Secondary School is tiny (just thirteen students) and they're all super nice and really welcoming. ... As the ice starts to thaw, Lucy grows increasingly excited about meeting her new friends in person. But when she enters the school's address on her phone's GPS, it leads her to a crumbling, clearly abandoned building with a rotted wood sign in front --a sign that reads White Pine Secondary School"--

Date Published:2025

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

Wrecking ball

Kinney, Jeff.


"When an unexpected inheritance gives Greg Heffley's family a chance to make big changes to their house, they soon discover that renovations may not be worth the effort"--OCLC.
Date Published:2019

The worst years of my life

Patterson, James, 1947-


Library Media Connection, August 2011. Publisher's Weekly, May 2011. School Library Journal starred, November 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012. It's Rafe Khatchadorian's first day at Hills Village Middle School, and it's shaping up to be the worst year ever. He has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix, but luckily he's got an ace plan for the best year ever--if only he can pull it off.
Date Published:2014

Library Media Connection, August 2011. Publisher's Weekly, May 2011. School Library Journal starred, November 2011. Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012. It's Rafe Khatchadorian's first day at Hills Village Middle School, and it's shaping up to be the worst year ever. He has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix, but luckily he's got an ace plan for the best year ever--if only he can pull it off.

Date Published:2014

Women's right to vote

Messner, Kate.


School library journal, July 2020. Myths about the history of women's rights in the US--focusing on the ratification of the 19th Amendment--are debunked; the real deal of what happened is explained.
Date Published:2020

Talons of power : the graphic novel /

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


"Book nine"--Jacket cover and spine. "For every villain, there is a hero...Turtle the SeaWing isn't one of the heroes he reads about in stories. If he were, he'd use his animus powers to help Pyrrhia-- instead of keeping his abilities a secret. Now that Darkstalker, the charming but dangerous dragon from Pyrrhia's most notorious legends, has returned, Turtle knows what he needs to do: hide. And stay hidden. As he watches Darkstalker from the shadows, Turtle realizes that someone needs to stop the powerful dragon. A real hero. But Turtle is running out of time to find one, which means...he might have to save the day himself"--Jacket flap.
Date Published:2026

"Book nine"--Jacket cover and spine. "For every villain, there is a hero...Turtle the SeaWing isn't one of the heroes he reads about in stories. If he were, he'd use his animus powers to help Pyrrhia-- instead of keeping his abilities a secret. Now that Darkstalker, the charming but dangerous dragon from Pyrrhia's most notorious legends, has returned, Turtle knows what he needs to do: hide. And stay hidden. As he watches Darkstalker from the shadows, Turtle realizes that someone needs to stop the powerful dragon. A real hero. But Turtle is running out of time to find one, which means...he might have to save the day himself"--Jacket flap.

Date Published:2026

Wings of fire

Deutsch, Barry.


Cover title. Based on: Escaping peril by Tui T. Sutherland. "Peril has been loyal to Queen Scarlet, who used her fatal firescales to kill countless dragons in the SkyWing arena. Now, Peril is loyal to Clay, the only dragonet who has ever been her friend. So when Scarlet threatens Jade Mountain Academy, Peril sets off to find her former queen, stop her, and save the day, no matter what it takes. There's just one problem: a strangely persistent SeaWing, Turtle, insists on coming along, too. Turtle is worried about his friends, who left to search for Scarlet and haven't returned. Peril is worried that she might accidentally burn Turtle -- or burn him on purpose, for being so annoying -- and frustrated that she keeps saying and doing the wrong things. She can't escape her firescales, and she can't escape her reputation as the deadliest dragon in Pyrrhia. So when she's offered a chance to trade everything for a new life, Peril has to decide who she's really loyal to . . . and whether her own scales might actually be worth saving"--Amazon.
Date Published:2025

Cover title. Based on: Escaping peril by Tui T. Sutherland. "Peril has been loyal to Queen Scarlet, who used her fatal firescales to kill countless dragons in the SkyWing arena. Now, Peril is loyal to Clay, the only dragonet who has ever been her friend. So when Scarlet threatens Jade Mountain Academy, Peril sets off to find her former queen, stop her, and save the day, no matter what it takes. There's just one problem: a strangely persistent SeaWing, Turtle, insists on coming along, too. Turtle is worried about his friends, who left to search for Scarlet and haven't returned. Peril is worried that she might accidentally burn Turtle -- or burn him on purpose, for being so annoying -- and frustrated that she keeps saying and doing the wrong things. She can't escape her firescales, and she can't escape her reputation as the deadliest dragon in Pyrrhia. So when she's offered a chance to trade everything for a new life, Peril has to decide who she's really loyal to . . . and whether her own scales might actually be worth saving"--Amazon.

Date Published:2025

Winter turning

Sutherland, Tui T., 1978-


Daring mission ... or deadly mistake? Winter has been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family his whole life. When his sister, Icicle, runs away from Jade Mountain Academy, fleeing terrible crimes and possibly planning to commit more, Winter knows that they both need a second chance to make things right -- if only he can find her.
Date Published:2024

Moon rising

Sutherland, Tui T., 1978-


Peace has come to Pyrrhia ... for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends.
Date Published:2023

Wings of fire.

Deutsch, Barry.


v. number and part title from front cover. Based on: The brightest night / by Tui T. Sutherland. Presents a graphic novelization of Tui T. Sutherland's "The Brightest Night' in which Sunny, one of the dragonets of destiny, feels guilty for leaving Starflight with Morrowseer when she finds him hurt, and fights to rescue him, but is caught up in her own trouble when she does.
Date Published:2021