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From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.

From the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials.

Without this child, we shall all die.

Without this child, we shall all die.

Lyra and Pantalaimon have journeyed north, in search of the missing children and Lord Asriel.

The incredible story of Lyra Belacqua will begin in La Belle Sauvage - the first volume of The Book of Dust.

Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life's noticers.

Because of the potato me and my family left our home and travelled 6,000 miles to find a new life .

The Challenge by Tom Hoyle, bestselling author of Thirteen, is a gripping adventure thriller about an online game gone wrong, perfect for fans of Michael Grant.

Survivor is a dangerously explosive thriller from bestselling author Tom Hoyle, author of Thirteen and Spiders.

Freckle Juice is a short, funny adventure for younger readers from the iconic Judy Blume.

Adam's thirteenth birthday marks the start of a deadly countdown as a crazed cult leader targets him for sacrifice.

The spectacular story of Nate Barkwater, part of the bestselling Edge ChroniclesIt s five hundred years into the third age of flight and mighty phraxships steam across the immensity of the Deepwoods, plying their lucrative trade between the three great cities.

A refreshingly simple book that celebrates growing up Up UP!

In her remarkable second novel following her Governor Generals Award-winning debut, The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, Jen Ferguson writes about the hurt of a life stuck in past tense, the hum of connections that cannot be severed, and one week in a small, snowy town that changes everything.

United under the banner of flash fiction, this is a collection of stories, or little 'cells', complete in themselves but connected by the overarching themes of betrayal and revenge.

MEET TEN-YEAR-OLD ANDY.

A poignant and empowering teen novel of grief, unrequited love, and finding comfort in ones own skin.

Janey King's priorities used to be clear: track, school, friends, and family.

Best friends Matt and Cole grapple with their changing relationships during the summer after high school in this impactful, evocative story about growing up and moving on from a traumatic past.

Youve Got Mailmeets a YABeach Readwith a bookish mystery at its heart in the newest rom-com from Maria E.

'Queer delight through and through' - Leah Johnson, author of You Should See Me in a CrownA teen girl navigates friendship drama, the end of high school, and discovering her queerness in Ophelia After All, the hilarious and heartfelt contemporary YA debut by Racquel Marie.

Filled with a friend group that feels like family, an empowering journey of finding your own way, and a Just Kiss Already!

When You Get The Chance is a heartwarming read from Emma Lord, the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club pick You Have a Match.

And hide is what Anna does throughout the course of this amazing book.

Between his summer baby-sitting job, his anxieties about talking to girls, and his increasing sense that his family is, well, embarrassing, twelve-year-old Harris is having a stressful summer.

Forced to accompany their parents on their honeymoon in Spain, new stepsisters Amy and Felix find the animosity between them escalating, especially when Felix's boasting about family wealth to Grace, the mysterious world traveler, results in the kidnapping of the girls and their younger brother.

Gordy couldn't be more unhappy about moving back to his hometown of College Hill, where everybody knows his family's troubled history.

Thirteen-year-old Danny and his family are struggling to make ends meet in New York during the Great Depression.

Out of sight, out of mind.

When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diphtheria.

Its been a year since a meteor collided with the moon, catastrophically altering the earths climate.

Best-selling author, Susan Beth Pfeffer, delivers a riveting companion to Life As We Knew It in this enthralling tale that follows seventeen-year-old Alex Morales as he fights to survive in the aftermath of apocalyptic events in New York City.

Look, Mick, he said, youre going to find out from somebody in the gym, so you might as well find out from me.

Anastasia's seventh-grade science project becomes almost more than she can handle, but brother Sam, age three, and a bust of Freud nobly aid her.

If you ever went to Catholic school, or never went to Catholic school, you need to read this funny, smart, kid-true book.

Zomorod (Cindy) Yousefzadeh is the new kid on the block.

When videogame obsessed Pete Watson discovers his dad is not only a super-spy but has been kidnapped and is now trapped inside a video game, he has to use his super gaming skills and enter the game to rescue him.

Funny, moving, and heart-achingly real, this romantic romp and paranormal romcom debutthrough a haunted library with trapdoors, ghosts, and memoriesis full of great love that triumphs over even death, perfect for fans of Ninth House and Cemetery Boys.

In this delightfully romantic LGBTQ+ comedy-of-errors inspired by Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, a high school senior works up the courage to ask her long-time crush to prom all while deciding if she should look for her bio family.

Five starred reviews!

A love letter to Harlem and hope.

In this heart-wrenching coming-of-age story about family, grief, and second chances, seventeen-year-old Emmy returns home for the summer to uncover the truth behind her sister Roses disappearanceonly to learn that Rose had many secrets, ones that have Emmy questioning herself and the sister Emmy thought she knew.

A hilarious and heartwarming debut about picky eating, finding your people, and standing proud.

This Is Us for teens, this luminous and heartbreaking contemporary novel follows a girl caught between two brothers as the three of them navigate family, loss, and love over the course of two summers.

When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruizs fatherruns for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes.

* NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * PRINTZ HONOR BOOK * WALTER HONOR BOOK * ASIAN/PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE HONOR BOOK *From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese American citizens, whose lives are irrevocably changed by the mass U.

In this magical middle grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isnt the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn.