Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll Intermediate Crown 304 pp. g10/22 978-0-593-56299-4 $16.99Library ed. 978-0-593-56300-7 $19.99e-book ed. 978-0-593-56301-4 $9.99 In this middle-grade sci-fi tale set in the near future, twelve-year-old Cora meets Adrien (and his wealthy family) at a grown-up party. Both children...
Murder for the Modern Girl by Kendall KulperHigh School Holiday 464 pp. g5/22 978-0-8234-4972-9 $19.99e-book ed. 978-0-8234-5287-3 $11.99There’s an “angel killer” stalking the streets in this flapper-era dark fantasy set in late-1920s Chicago. Ruby Newhouse only strikes men with bad intentions, and since she happens to have telepathic abilities,...
The Callers by Kiah ThomasIntermediate Chronicle 232 pp. g4/22 978-1-7972-1078-0 $16.99The Octavius family is notable for producing Callers—people with the ability to summon objects seemingly out of thin air. Quintus Octavius, however, has never been successful at Calling anything. This does not sit well with his mother, Elipsom’s Chief...
The Tiltersmith by Amy HerrickMiddle School Algonquin 320 pp. g4/22 978-1-64375-099-6 $17.95e-book ed. 978-1-64375-288-4 $15.95A freak snowstorm, when it should be spring, ushers in a story in which earth science, fantasy adventure, and mythical archetypes collide. Edward, Danton, Feenix, and Brigit are ordinary middle schoolers, albeit with vibrant personalities...
Shadow Grave by Marina CohenIntermediate Roaring Brook 288 pp. g5/22 978-1-250-78300-4 $16.99e-book ed. 978-1-250-78301-1 $9.99As his younger sister, Lola, loves to point out, twelve-year-old Arlo is afraid of everything. He has significant reasons to be anxious: his mother has just recovered from cancer; his father (divorced, with a new...
The Witch, the Sword, and the Cursed Knights by Alexandria RogersIntermediate, Middle School Little, Brown 304 pp. g2/22 978-0-7595-5458-0 $16.99e-book ed. 978-0-7595-5457-3 $9.99In this fantasy novel set “years after the regretful demise of Camelot,” twelve-year-old Ellie is a witch but dreams of becoming a fairy godmother. All her plans go...
Gallant by V. E. Schwab Intermediate Greenwillow 352 pp. g 3/22 978-0-06-283577-2 $18.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-283579-6 $12.99 Olivia endures a miserable existence at the dreary Merilance School for Independent Girls—her inability to speak and upsetting ability to see ghouls make her unpopular with the other orphans and the matrons. Then...
Anatomy: A Love Story by Dana SchwartzHigh School Wednesday/St. Martin’s 352 pp. g1/22 978-1-250-77415-6 $18.99e-book ed. 978-1- 250- 77416- 3 $10.99In 1817 Edinburgh (a city famous at the time for medical advancements), the fictional “Roman fever” is ripping through the population. This sickness has already taken Hazel Sinnett’s older brother,...
Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales by Soman Chainani; illus. by Julia Iredale Middle School, High School Harper/HarperCollins 336 pp. g 9/21 978-0-06-265263-8 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-0-06-265265-2 $10.99 The author of the popular middle-grade School for Good and Evil series proves his imaginative prowess for older readers with these twelve fairy-tale...