Jersey Tomatoes are the Best
Written by Maria Padian
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $9.99
This is a hilarious and heartbreaking story of two teen girls and the summer when everything changes for them. Both Henry and Eva are New Jersey natives and excellent athletes: Henry's a master on the tennis court and Eva is a graceful ballerina. When opportunity knocks for both of them the...
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The Queen of Water
Written by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: March 13, 2012
Price: $9.99
An ALA Amelia Bloomer Selection
An ALA-YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults BookBorn in an Andean village in Ecuador, Virginia lives with her large family in a small, earthen-walled dwelling. In her village of indígenas, it is not uncommon to work in the fields all day, even as a child, or to...
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The Dunderheads
Written by Paul Fleischman
Illustrated by David Roberts
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $6.99
Dunderheads, unite! A tyrannical teacher gets her just due in a delightfully
subversive, outrageously funny tale by Newbery Medal winner Paul Fleischman.Miss Breakbone hates kids. Especially the time-squandering, mindwandering, doodling, dozing dunderheads in her class. But when she confiscates Junkyard’s crucial fi nd, she fi nally goes too far. Enter Wheels (and...
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The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things
Written by Carolyn Mackler
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $8.99
An overweight teen is sure that she’s the weakest link in her high-powered family - until her handsome, athletic, star-student brother has a shocking fall from grace.Fifteen-year-old Virginia Shreves has a larger-than-average body and a plus-size inferiority complex. She lives on the Web, snarfs junk food, and follows the "Fat Girl...
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Northward to the Moon
Written by Polly Horvath
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $6.99
When Jane's stepfather gets fired from his job as a French teacher—turns out he doesn't speak French—Jane feels the warm glow of possibility. Soon, the family is on the road, driving through the night, on the cusp of an adventure that will take them across the continent. Wise, moving, and filled...
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Portrait of a Starter
An Unhidden Story
Written by Lissa Price
Format: eBook, 30 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $1.99
See how it all starts for Callie and Michael in
Portrait of a Starter, an exclusive digital short story by debut author Lissa Price. PORTRAIT OF A STARTER is a perfect entryway into the world of STARTERS, and a must-read for fans who've already read the novel. STARTERS received rave reviews, including...
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JoJo the Giant
Written by Jane Barclay
Illustrated by Esperanca Melo
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $17.95
Children are eager to grow bigger, and JoJo is no exception. He always asks his mother the same question: “How much did I grow today?” No matter how often his mother assures him that good things come in small packages, he is desperate to be bigger. After all, he wants to...
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Pezzettino
Written by Leo Lionni
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $6.99
Pezzettino lives in a world in which everyone is big and does daring and wonderful things. But he is small, just a “little piece,” which is the meaning of pezzettino in Italian. “I must be a piece of somebody. I must belong to someone else,” he thinks. How Pezzettino learns that...
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Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine
Written by Allison Wortche
Illustrated by Patrice Barton
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $8.99
Violet runs the fastest, sings the highest, looks the fanciest, and talks the loudest. Everyone agrees that she's the best.
Except Rosie. Rosie isn't fast, or loud, or fancy, but she's tired of hearing that Violet is the best.
When their class grows pea plants, Rosie's and Violet's are the first to...
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Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine
Written by Allison Wortche
Illustrated by Patrice Barton
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $20.99
Violet runs the fastest, sings the highest, looks the fanciest, and talks the loudest. Everyone agrees that she's the best.
Except Rosie. Rosie isn't fast, or loud, or fancy, but she's tired of hearing that Violet is the best.
When their class grows pea plants, Rosie's and Violet's are the first to...
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Rosie Sprout's Time to Shine
Written by Allison Wortche
Illustrated by Patrice Barton
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: December 13, 2011
Price: $17.99
Violet runs the fastest, sings the highest, looks the fanciest, and talks the loudest. Everyone agrees that she's the best.
Except Rosie. Rosie isn't fast, or loud, or fancy, but she's tired of hearing that Violet is the best.
When their class grows pea plants, Rosie's and Violet's are the first to...
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The Secret to Lying
Written by Todd Mitchell
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 25, 2011
Price: $7.99
A teenage boy’s self-reinvention gets out of control in a sharp, funny, poignant, and compulsively readable novel that gives a familiar theme a surprising twist.James was the guy no one noticed — just another fifteen-year-old in a small town. So when he gets into an academy for gifted students, he decides...
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Because of Mr. Terupt
Written by Rob Buyea
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $6.99
Features seven narrators, each with a unique story, and each with a different perspective on what makes their teacher so special.
It’s the start of fifth grade for seven kids at Snow Hill School. There’s . . .
Jessica, the new girl, smart and perceptive, who’s having a hard time fitting in;
Alexia,...
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A Color of His Own
Written by Leo Lionni
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: September 28, 2011
Price: $6.99
Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on the greenest...
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Bluefish
Written by Pat Schmatz
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $15.99
Thirteen-year-old Travis has a secret: he can't read. But a shrewd teacher and a sassy girl are about to change everything in this witty and deeply moving novel.Travis is missing his old home in the country, and he's missing his old hound, Rosco. Now there's just the cramped place he shares...
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George Flies South
Written by Simon James
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $16.99
A little bird waiting in his nest for his mother to bring back food is blown into the sky, nest and all, by a great wind. Will he be able to fly?Autumn is coming, and George sits in his little nest, not quite ready to learn to fly even though his...
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Modelland
Written by Tyra Banks
Format: Hardcover, 576 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $17.99
Modelland - the FIERCE NEW NOVEL BY TYRA BANKS—IS OUT!
No one gets in without being asked. And with her untamable hair, large forehead, and gawky body, Tookie De La Crème isn’t expecting an invitation. Modelland—the exclusive, mysterious place on top of the mountain—never dares to make an appearance in her dreams.
But...
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Modelland
Written by Tyra Banks
Format: eBook, 576 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $10.99
Modelland - the FIERCE NEW NOVEL BY TYRA BANKS—IS OUT!
No one gets in without being asked. And with her untamable hair, large forehead, and gawky body, Tookie De La Crème isn’t expecting an invitation. Modelland—the exclusive, mysterious place on top of the mountain—never dares to make an appearance in her dreams.
But...
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Modelland
Written by Tyra Banks
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 576 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $20.99
Modelland - the FIERCE NEW NOVEL BY TYRA BANKS—IS OUT!
No one gets in without being asked. And with her untamable hair, large forehead, and gawky body, Tookie De La Crème isn’t expecting an invitation. Modelland—the exclusive, mysterious place on top of the mountain—never dares to make an appearance in her dreams.
But...
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The Schernoff Discoveries
Written by Gary Paulsen
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $5.99
Harold Schernoff, 14-year-old science whiz and social nerd, has a theory for every problem, from dating, to bullies, to making money, to sports, to how to buy a car when you're underage. When he and his buddy team up to put his theories to the test, nothing goes according to plan...
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Chirchir Is Singing
Written by Kelly Cunnane
Illustrated by Jude Daly
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $17.99
Chirchir just wants to make herself useful like all her other family members. But she drops Mama's water bucket, spills Kogo's tea, and sends Baba's potatoes tumbling down the hill. Isn't there something that Chirchir does best? Set in the rolling hills of rural Kenya, this is a wise and lyrical...
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Chirchir Is Singing
Written by Kelly Cunnane
Illustrated by Jude Daly
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $10.99
Chirchir just wants to make herself useful like all her other family members. But she drops Mama's water bucket, spills Kogo's tea, and sends Baba's potatoes tumbling down the hill. Isn't there something that Chirchir does best? Set in the rolling hills of rural Kenya, this is a wise and lyrical...
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Chirchir Is Singing
Written by Kelly Cunnane
Illustrated by Jude Daly
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 40 pages
On Sale: August 23, 2011
Price: $20.99
Chirchir just wants to make herself useful like all her other family members. But she drops Mama's water bucket, spills Kogo's tea, and sends Baba's potatoes tumbling down the hill. Isn't there something that Chirchir does best? Set in the rolling hills of rural Kenya, this is a wise and lyrical...
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Sesame Beginnings: Oops! (Sesame Street)
Written by Naomi Kleinberg
Illustrated by Christopher Moroney
Format: Board, 12 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $6.99
This Sesame Beginnings board book tackles the topic of making mistakes. Separate vignettes show the Sesame Babies making small blunders, such as accidentally bopping another with a squishy ball, tipping a bowl of cereal, splattering paint on the wall, or tearing a page in a book. In each instance, the little...
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The Fast and the Furriest
Written by Andy Behrens
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $6.99
Meet Kevin Pugh, 12-year-old couch potato. Now meet Cromwell, his part beagle, part potato chip dog. Kevin’s looking forward to spending his summer doing as little as possible. Unfortunately, Kevin’s father, former Chicago Bears star player/super-sports fanatic, Howie Pugh, feels differently. So does Cromwell, who has suddenly and mysteriously developed a...
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