New Children's Fiction Books
New arrivals added to our Children's Fiction Collection in the last 7 days
| Title | Date added | |
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| Case File - little claws by Schrefer, Eliot, 1978- author. |
"New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer introduces a delightful and dynamic animal duo in a race against time to save a polar bear cub in the first book of this hilarious and heartwarming middle grade series about friendship and conservation."--Amazon.com. |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Curse of the phoenix by Carter, Aimaee, 1986- author. |
Sent to England for a summer with relatives, twins Zac and Lu learn that their recently-deceased mother's tales of mythical creatures are true, and they must find a phoenix to break a curse. |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| Dead Wednesday by Spinelli, Jerry, author. |
When the school assigns each eighth-grader the name of a teenager who died in the past year as a lesson in mortality, Worm Tarnauer, who thrives on being invisible, doesn't count on Becca Finch, the seventeen-year-old car crash victim who changes everything. |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| Dehaunting by White, J. A., author. |
"Cordelia and her friends discover a way to get rid of all the ghosts that haunt their school-but dehaunting turns out to be more complicated and dangerous than any of them considered"-- |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| Eleanor, Alice, and the Roosevelt ghosts by Salerni, Dianne K., author. |
"In this alternate version of 1898 New York City, where ghosts are common household nuisances, young Eleanor and Alice Roosevelt battle the fierce spirits that are threatening their family"-- |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Generation misfits by Bowman, Akemi Dawn, author. |
An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl joins her performing arts school's J-Pop club, where the members form an imitation band of their favorite girl group, coming together from different corners of the school to help and support one another along theway. |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| Halfway to Harmony by O'Connor, Barbara, author. |
Ten-year-old Walter Tipple is grieving his beloved older brother, Tank, when a sassy girl named Posey moves in next door and Banjo, a hot-air balloonist, sets the pair on an adventure. |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Hide and Don't Seek - And Other Very Scary Stories by Rissi, Anica Mrose |
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Jul 29, 2021 |
| How to be brave by Johnson, Daisy May, author. |
When her mother, the world's leading expert on ducks, goes missing, Calla North must outwit the headmistress at her new boarding school to find her mom, with the help of a few new friends and a motley crew of resourceful nuns. |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| Journey beyond the burrow by Heisel, Rina, author. |
"When young mouse Tobin has his baby brother snatched from his burrow by monstrous spiders, Tobin and his friends must embark on a dangerous journey deep into their forest home to save him, encountering new friends along the way"-- |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| Legend of the Realm by Ott, Alexandra, author. |
Bryn, Ari, and their dragon Lilja discover a sick baby gyrpuff and join the rest of the Seekers in trying to determine if a dreadful plague has returned--and if human forces brought it back. |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| Luna howls at the moon by Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell, author. |
"Luna has always wanted to be a therapy dog...Now she's a whisker away from reaching her fifty-visit pin that will make it official...Like the moon, Luna shows different faces at different times. And her clients each have different needs; Beatrice is tangled in knots of anger, Caleb rushes like a waterfall, Amelia carries fear heavy like a shadow, and Hector is quiet as a rock"-- |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| Mac saves the world by Barnett, Mac, author. |
Summoned by the Queen of England to save the world once again, trusty kid spy Mac B. navigates secret tunnels beneath the Berlin Wall to retrieve cheat codes from an adversarial scientist only to find himself trapped in East Germany. |
Jul 21, 2021 |
| Many points of me by Gertler, Caroline, author. |
When Georgia finds a secret sketch her late father--a famed artist--left behind, the discovery leads her down a path that may reshape everything holding her family and friends together. Caroline Gertler's debut is a story about friendship, family, grief, and creativity. |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Molly and the Twin Towers - a 9/11 survival story by Fleck, Jessika, author. |
When the Twin Towers fall on September 11, 2001, blocks from her school, twelve-year-old Molly, unable to reach her dads or Gran, must find her seven-year-old sister, Adi, and get her safely home. Includes author's note, glossary, and discussion questions. |
Jul 22, 2021 |
| Night owl by Mlynowski, Sarah, author. |
Tonight is the Big Night sleepover at Dunwiddle Magic School, when all the fifth graders stay overnight at school and participate in the scavenger hunt, except Nory's friend Elliott is attending a concert at rival Sage Academy where he plans to attend after the winter break--but if Nory can convince her fellow upside-down magic friends to take the hunt seriously, cooperate, and win, than maybe she can convince Elliott to stay at Dunwiddle. |
Jul 21, 2021 |
| Strong like the sea by Swore, Wendy S., author. |
"Alexis, a 12-year-old native Hawaiian, is terrified of the ocean and the creatures that live there because of an encounter she had early in her life with a moray eel. Her mother, a civilian contractor for the Navy, likes to give Alexis elaborate puzzles to solve when she's away on assignments. One puzzle gets her working for her grumpy neighbor, who everyone calls Uncle Tanaka, helping him gather marine samples. She has to use all her problem-solving abilities and overcome her fear of the ocean |
Jul 23, 2021 |
| The birthday blastoff / The Birthday Blastoff by Biberdorf, Kate, author. |
Fifth-grader Kate tries to do it all when she promises a cake for her brother's birthday party and stages a rocket launch for her chemistry club. |
Jul 29, 2021 |
| The Firebird song by Flores, Arnée, author. |
Tied by destiny, Prewitt the Bargeboy and Calliope the Lost Princess set out on their twelfth birthdays, determined to end the reign of the evil Spectress and her marauders by calling the Firebird back to Lyrica. |
Jul 23, 2021 |
| The last super chef by Negron, Chris, author. |
"For as long as he can remember, Curtis Pith has been obsessed with becoming a chef like Lucas Taylor, host of Super Chef. And Curtis has a secret: Taylor is actually his long-absent father. So when Taylor announces a kids-only season of Super Chef, Curtis finally sees his chance to meet his dad. But after Curtis wins a spot in the competition and arrives in New York to film the show, nothing goes as smoothly as he expected. It's all riding on the last challenge. If Curtis cooks his heart out li |
Jul 29, 2021 |