Racing the Moon
Written by Alan Armstrong
Illustrated by Tim Jessell
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $6.99
An adventurous new work from Newbery Honor-Winning author, Alan Armstrong.
In the spring of 1947, outer space was an unexplored realm. But eleven year-old Alexis (Alex) Heart and her impulsive brother, Chuck, believe that the stars are within reach. In the midst of building their own rocket, Alex befriends Captain Ebbs, and...
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Grasshopper Magic
Written by Lynne Jonell
Illustrated by Brandon Dorman
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $12.99
Chicken? Abner is not a chicken, no matter what his brother Derek says. But when it comes to giving a speech in front of the whole town, Abner is . . . well . . . he's more than a little nervous.
Then his sister Tate has an idea--bravery lessons. And the...
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Grasshopper Magic
Written by Lynne Jonell
Illustrated by Brandon Dorman
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $9.99
Chicken? Abner is not a chicken, no matter what his brother Derek says. But when it comes to giving a speech in front of the whole town, Abner is . . . well . . . he's more than a little nervous.
Then his sister Tate has an idea--bravery lessons. And the...
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Grasshopper Magic
Written by Lynne Jonell
Illustrated by Brandon Dorman
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $15.99
Chicken? Abner is not a chicken, no matter what his brother Derek says. But when it comes to giving a speech in front of the whole town, Abner is . . . well . . . he's more than a little nervous.
Then his sister Tate has an idea--bravery lessons. And the...
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Lawn Mower Magic
Written by Lynne Jonell
Illustrated by Brandon Dorman
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $4.99
With a
POP! and a puff of smoke, the Willows' lawn mower calls it quits. A new mower will cost their parents a lot of money, money Derek had hoped to borrow for a train ticket to visit a friend. Luckily Derek and his brother and sisters find a rusty push...
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Annie and Simon
The Sneeze and Other Stories
Written by Catharine O'Neill
Illustrated by Catharine O'Neill
Format: Hardcover, 64 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.99
Little sister, big big brother, and (mostly) good friends — Annie and Simon are back in a second wry and warmhearted early chapter book.Annie loves to draw and fill sheets of paper with the things she sees around her. But if Simon has trouble figuring out what her scribbles show, what’s...
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Today With Meg and Ted
Written by Kimberly Gee
Illustrated by Kimberly Gee
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $9.99
Toddlers Meg and Ted discover so much in a day! "Today is a good day to stand on one foot . . . Today is a good day to look at a foot. Today is a good day to eat our favorite food . . . and today is a good...
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Bye-Bye Baby Brother!
Written by Sheena Dempsey
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.99
For every older sibling who has ever thought, "Hey, what about me?" and every parent who has ever used those magic words, "Just give me one minute."Ruby loves nothing more than playing, especially with Mom. But Mom is always so busy with Oliver, Ruby’s baby brother — feeding him, changing him...
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Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood
Written by Abby McDonald
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $17.99
Abby McDonald gives L.A. the Jane Austen treatment in this contemporary take on Sense and Sensibility.Hallie and Grace Weston have never exactly seen life eye to eye. So when their father dies and leaves everything to his new wife, forcing the girls to pack up and leave San Francisco for a...
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April and Esme Tooth Fairies
Written by Bob Graham
Illustrated by Bob Graham
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $5.99
Two young tooth fairies make their first lost-tooth collection in Bob Graham’s warm, whimsical tale.A Junior Library Guild Selection. April Underhill, seven-year-old tooth fairy, gets a call on her cell phone. This is it! Her first tooth collection. April and her little sister, Esme, must convince Mom and Dad to let...
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Child of the Mountains
Written by Marilyn Sue Shank
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $6.99
It's about keeping the faith.
Growing up poor in 1953 in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia doesn't bother Lydia Hawkins. She treasures her tight-knit family. There's her loving mama, now widowed; her whip-smart younger brother BJ, who has cystic fibrosis; and wise old Gran. But everything falls apart after Gran and...
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Stink (Book #1)
The Incredible Shrinking Kid
Written by Megan McDonald
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Format: Hardcover, 112 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $12.99
In honor of Judy Moody's younger "bother," the creators of the award-winning series have put themselves in a very Stink-y mood — proving, once and for all, that you're only as short as you feel.Shrink, shrank, shrunk!
Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches...
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Zebra Forest
Written by Adina Rishe Gewirtz
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.99
In an extraordinary debut novel, an escaped fugitive upends everything two siblings think they know about their family, their past, and themselves.When eleven-year-old Annie first started lying to her social worker, she had been taught by an expert: Gran. "If you’re going to do something, make sure you do it with...
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Zelda and Ivy: Keeping Secrets
Candlewick Sparks
Written by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Illustrated by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $3.99
A brand-new companion to the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award winner! The fabulous fox sisters return in three wry adventures for beginning readers.It’s springtime, and little sister Ivy wants to prove she can keep a secret, but there are some secrets that are too good to keep. Big sister Zelda longs to...
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Zelda and Ivy: The Runaways
Candlewick Sparks
Written by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Illustrated by Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $3.99
Laura McGee Kvasnosky's newest trio of stories is an entertaining and genuine look at the ups and downs of sisterhood.The fabulous fox sisters return in three fresh, funny stories perfect for beginning readers. Whether Zelda and Ivy are combating the injustice of cucumber sandwiches for lunch, deciding what to leave the...
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Phoebe and Digger
Written by Tricia Springstubb
Illustrated by Jeff Newman
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.99
With a new baby taking up Mama’s time and attention, what will happen when Phoebe needs her?When Mama got a new baby, Phoebe got a new digger. And when Mama is busy with the baby, Phoebe and Digger are busy, too: "
Waa!" says the baby. "
Rmm!" says Digger.
Poop! goes the...
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The Holders
Written by Julianna Scott
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $9.99
17-year-old Becca has spent her whole life protecting her brother – from their father leaving and from the people who say the voices in his head are unnatural. When two strangers appear with apparent answers to Ryland’s “problem” and details about a school in Ireland where Ryland will not only fit...
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The Holders
Written by Julianna Scott
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $6.99
17-year-old Becca has spent her whole life protecting her brother – from their father leaving and from the people who say the voices in his head are unnatural. When two strangers appear with apparent answers to Ryland’s “problem” and details about a school in Ireland where Ryland will not only fit...
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Stink (Book #1)
The Incredible Shrinking Kid
Written by Megan McDonald
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Format: Trade Paperback, 128 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $4.99
In honor of Judy Moody's younger "bother," the creators of the award-winning series have put themselves in a very Stink-y mood (Ages 5-8).Shrink, shrank, shrunk!
Every morning, Judy Moody measures Stink and it's always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Stink feels like even the class newt is growing faster than...
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Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker (Book #2)
Written by Megan McDonald
Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $4.99
Spurred by a newfound awareness of false advertising, Stink Moody becomes the proverbial kid in a candy store as his letter-writing campaign yields him heaps of free rewards (ages 5-8).When Stink buys a mammoth jawbreaker that doesn't break his jaw, he writes a letter of complaint to the manufacturer - and...
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Dangerous Neighbors
Written by Beth Kephart
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $8.99
It is 1876, the year of the Centennial in Philadelphia and Katherine has recently lost her twin sister Anna in a tragic skating accident. The loss haunts and threatens to suffocate her, and one wickedly hot September day, Katherine sets out for the exhibition grounds to end the life she no...
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