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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Life in the Fat Lane
Written by Cherie Bennett
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: July 12, 2011
Price: $8.99
Beauty pageant winner, homecoming queen--Lara has the world at her feet. Until she gets fat.
Despite a strict diet and workout schedule, Lara is soon a nameless, faceless, 200-pound-plus teenage blimp. She's desperate to get her to-die-for body back--and to find an explanation for her rapid weight gain.
When she's diagnosed with a mysterious metabolic...
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There's A Boy in the Girl's Bathroom
Written by Louis Sachar
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: June 1, 2011
Price: $6.99
Bradley Chalkers IS the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him—except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren’t afraid to try. But when you...
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Buglette, the Messy Sleeper
Written by Bethanie Murguia
Illustrated by Bethanie Murguia
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $18.99
All sleepers will adore Buglette—a tidy little bug by day, a messy little sleeper at night. That's when she tosses and turns and kicks and flips while she dreams of doing BIG things like building mountains and kicking balls over the moon. Her quirky habit annoys her family—after all, what if...
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Buglette, the Messy Sleeper
Written by Bethanie Murguia
Illustrated by Bethanie Murguia
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 10, 2011
Price: $15.99
All sleepers will adore Buglette—a tidy little bug by day, a messy little sleeper at night. That's when she tosses and turns and kicks and flips while she dreams of doing BIG things like building mountains and kicking balls over the moon. Her quirky habit annoys her family—after all, what if...
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If I Never Forever Endeavor
Written by Holly Meade
Illustrated by Holly Meade
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2011
Price: $15.99
A fledgling teeters at the edge of his nest in a gorgeously illustrated tale sure to resonate with anyone facing a rite of passage, change, or challenge.Safe inside his cozy nest, a young bird considers whether or not to give his new wings a try. What if he tries and the...
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Tina Cocolina
Queen of Cupcakes
Written by Pablo Cartaya and Martin Howard
Illustrated by Kirsten Richards
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: March 9, 2011
Price: $10.99
Fans of Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious will adore Tina Cocolina, a sweet little cupcake of a girl with a sense of adventure and a flair for fashion who’s on the hunt for her perfect topping. This mouthwatering picture book includes cupcake and frosting recipes from an award-winning pastry chef, maestro Martin...
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Jersey Tomatoes are the Best
Written by Maria Padian
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
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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Jersey Tomatoes are the Best
Written by Maria Padian
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 352 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $19.99
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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Jersey Tomatoes are the Best
Written by Maria Padian
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $16.99
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: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
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 Queen of Water
Written by Laura Resau and Maria Virginia Farinango
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 368 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $19.99
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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A Very Big Bunny
Written by Marisabina Russo
Illustrated by Marisabina Russo
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2011
Price: $10.99
AMELIA IS A VERY BIG BUNNY. At recess, the other bunnies tell her that her feet are too long for hopscotch, they say she’s too tall to jump rope, and of course, no one will get on the seesaw with her. Amelia is a very big and lonely
bunny. But when a...
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Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have
Written by Allen Zadoff
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: February 22, 2011
Price: $8.99
FOOD, GIRLS, AND OTHER THINGS I CAN'T HAVE is the story of a boy who doesn't fit--in his pants, in his family, in his school, or in his life. If Andrew Zansky can only be thin enough, smart enough, or popular enough, he thinks everything in his life will be perfect...
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Noni Says No
Written by Heather Hartt-Sussman
Illustrated by Genevieve Cote
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $17.95
Noni can do many things: she can give her baby brother his bottle, she can help her mother in the kitchen, and she can even walk over to her friend Susie’s house. But Noni just can’t say “no.” When she was very small, it was easy saying “no” to everybody, but...
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Big Bunny
Written by Colleen Rand and Betseygail Rand
Illustrated by Colleen Rand
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $14.99
At first Big Bunny loves being big, taking the other little Easter bunnies for rides on her back throughout the countryside. When she accidentally breaks some of the Easter eggs she is helping decorate, she begins to feel clumsy and frustrated by her tremendous size. Happily, her little bunny friends show...
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Big Bunny
Written by Colleen Rand and Betseygail Rand
Illustrated by Colleen Rand
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 32 pages
On Sale: January 11, 2011
Price: $17.99
At first Big Bunny loves being big, taking the other little Easter bunnies for rides on her back throughout the countryside. When she accidentally breaks some of the Easter eggs she is helping decorate, she begins to feel clumsy and frustrated by her tremendous size. Happily, her little bunny friends show...
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Something Like Hope
Written by Shawn Goodman
Format: Hardcover, 208 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $16.99
Seventeen-year-old Shavonne has been in juvenile detention since the seventh grade. Mr. Delpopolo is the first counselor to treat her as an equal, and he helps her get to the bottom of her self-destructive behavior, her guilt about past actions, and her fears about leaving the Center when she turns eighteen...
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Something Like Hope
Written by Shawn Goodman
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $10.99
Seventeen-year-old Shavonne has been in juvenile detention since the seventh grade. Mr. Delpopolo is the first counselor to treat her as an equal, and he helps her get to the bottom of her self-destructive behavior, her guilt about past actions, and her fears about leaving the Center when she turns eighteen...
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Something Like Hope
Written by Shawn Goodman
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 208 pages
On Sale: December 28, 2010
Price: $19.99
Seventeen-year-old Shavonne has been in juvenile detention since the seventh grade. Mr. Delpopolo is the first counselor to treat her as an equal, and he helps her get to the bottom of her self-destructive behavior, her guilt about past actions, and her fears about leaving the Center when she turns eighteen...
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Food, Girls, and Other Things I Can't Have
Written by Allen Zadoff
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $8.99
What’s worse than being fat your freshman year?
Being fat your sophomore year.
Life used to be so simple for Andrew Zansky–hang with the Model UN guys, avoid gym class, and eat and eat and eat. He’s used to not fitting in: into his family, his sports-crazed school, or his size...
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Tina Cocolina
Queen of the Cupcakes
Written by Pablo Cartaya and Martin Howard
Illustrated by Kirsten Richards
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $16.99
Fans of Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious will adore Tina Cocolina, a sweet little cupcake of a girl with a sense of adventure and a flair for fashion who’s on the hunt for her perfect topping. This mouthwatering picture book includes cupcake and frosting recipes from an award-winning pastry chef, maestro Martin...
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Tina Cocolina
Queen of the Cupcakes
Written by Pablo Cartaya and Martin Howard
Illustrated by Kirsten Richards
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 48 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $19.99
Fans of Fancy Nancy and Pinkalicious will adore Tina Cocolina, a sweet little cupcake of a girl with a sense of adventure and a flair for fashion who’s on the hunt for her perfect topping. This mouthwatering picture book includes cupcake and frosting recipes from an award-winning pastry chef, maestro Martin...
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Because of Mr. Terupt
Written by Rob Buyea
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: October 12, 2010
Price: $16.99
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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