New Children's Fiction Books
New arrivals added to our Children's Fiction Collection in the last 7 days
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| A flicker of courage by Caletti, Deb, author. |
"Four ordinary kids must find the courage to face their town's evil leader when he turns their friend into a naked lizard, prompting an extraordinary adventure"-- |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| A girl, a raccoon, and the midnight moon by Young, Karen Romano, author. |
Eleven-year-old Pearl Moran cannot imagine life without the historic but under-utilized branch of the New York Public Library where she was born (in the Memorial Room) and where her single mother works as the circulation librarian; the other librarians, the neighborhood people, the raccoons, and most of the 41,000 plus books all form the structure and essence of her life--but when someone cuts off the head of the library's statue of Edna St. Vincent Millay she realizes that the library is under |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Accidental trouble magnet by Mian, Zanib, author. |
"Imaginative Omar goes through the ups and downs of starting a new school and making new friends with the help of his wonderful (and silly) Muslim family"-- |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| All the colors of magic by Zinck, Valija, author. |
When her mother is hospitalized, Penelope Gardner, who has always felt she does not fit in, discovers that her gray hair is bright red, she no longer smells of fire, and the father she has been told is dead is still alive--and a wizard. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Amal Unbound by Saeed, Aisha |
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Jan 15, 2020 |
| Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief by Anderson, Laura Ellen |
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Jan 15, 2020 |
| Awesome Dog 5000 Vs. Mayor Bossypants by Dean, Justin |
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Jan 15, 2020 |
| Black brother, black brother by Rhodes, Jewell Parker, author. |
Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Bloom by Oppel, Kenneth |
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Jan 15, 2020 |
| Bo-Bo's cave of gold by Berkman, Pamela, author. |
In 1852 California, stray mutt Bo-Bo and his friend, ten-year-old gold prospector Sheng, must risk great danger seeking a rumored treasure after Bo-bo's kindness leads Sheng into debt. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Can you see me? by Scott, Libby, author. |
Eleven-year-old Tally is starting sixth grade at Kingswood Academy and she really wants to fit in, which means somehow hiding her autism, hypersensitivity to touch, and true self, and trying to act "normal" like her former best friend, Layla, who is distancing herself from Tally and her fourteen-year-old sister, Nell, who is always angry with Tally for being different; but as she records her thoughts and anxieties in her coping diary, Tally begins to wonder--what is "normal" anyway? |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Captain Underpants and the terrifying return of Tippy Tinkletrousers / Color Edition by Pilkey, Dav, 1966- author. |
Having changed the course of human history after unwittingly wondering what could be worse than going to prison, George and Harold are shot through time back to kindergarten, where they are subjected to bullying and a clueless school principal. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Casper Tock and the Everdark wings by Elphinstone, Abi, author. |
When Casper is transported to the strange world of Rumblestar, he must work with his first real friend, Utterly Thankless, to stop the monstrous creatures terrorizing the land. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Chirp by Messner, Kate, author. |
Moving to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, a young gymnast hides a secret as she makes new friends and investigates her grandmother's claim that someone is trying to destroy her cricket farm. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Clean getaway by Stone, Nic, author. |
William Lamar, known as "Scoob," goes on a road trip thorugh the South with his grandmother in her recreational vehicle, visiting some of the major sites in the Civil Rights movement and learning about how people like him have been treated. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Clotho the Fate by Holub, Joan, author. |
During a secret trip to the Immortal Marketplace, Clotho, one of the three Fates, risks revealing her identity and if that were not enough, she must face up to an old mistake she made several years ago that could mess up a mortal's whole life. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Crushing the Red Flowers by Kaplan, Jennifer Voight |
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Jan 15, 2020 |
| Daisy and the deadly flu - a 1918 influenza survival story by Gilbert, Julie, 1976- author. |
Fourteen-year-old Daisy Meyer is angry and frustrated with her world: her German American town, New Ulm, is under surveillance, her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the United States' entry into World War I, her beloved older sister Elsie's fiance´ is deployed to France, and she deeply resents her stepmother--but worse is coming, because this is October 1918, and influenza is about to descend on her home and family, and it is not certain who will survive. |
Jan 15, 2020 |
| Deathstrike by Chen, Jeff |
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Jan 15, 2020 |
| Dog driven by Johnson, Terry Lynn, author. |
McKenna, fourteen, is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease, but that will not stop her from competing in a rigorous new sled dog race through the Canadian wilderness. |
Jan 15, 2020 |