26-27 Honeybee

And then, boom

Fipps, Lisa,


Booklist starred, March 2024. Pub Weekly, February 2024. Horn Book, May 2024. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), April 2024. Kirkus Review, March 2024. Poverty-stricken Joseph bravely rides out all the storms life keeps throwing at him.
Date Published:2024

Answers to Dog

Hautman, Pete.



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Carter Avery's tricky fourth-grade year

Buyea, Rob,


Carter Avery, initially dreads his new teacher Ms. Krane, but he quickly discovers she can channel his restlessness, so when he learns of efforts to replace her, he embarks on a mission to save her job.
Date Published:2025

Curveball

Cartaya, Pablo,


School Library Journal, February 2024. Booklist starred, May 2024. Publishers Weekly, February 2024. Elena Rueda loves baseball--and is the best player on her team--but recently has stopped having fun, so during a summer spent with her brother's quirky friends she reflects on who she is and maybe learns to love to play again.
Date Published:2024

Majestica

Tolcser, Sarah,


Publishers Weekly, April 2024. Booklist, May 2024. Kirkus Starred, May 2024. School Library Journal, September 2024. When disaster strikes at Majestica, a magical creature park, thirteen-year-old maid Hattie and Evelyn, the park owner's spoiled niece, must overcome their differences to save the day.
Date Published:2024

Old school

Korman, Gordon,


Twelve-year-old Dexter Foreman has lived at The Pines Retirement Village with his grandmother since he was 6 years old, homeschooled by the residents until he's forced to attend middle school, where he sticks out like a sore thumb.
Date Published:2025

Popcorn

Harrell, Rob,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, Seventh grader Andrew is trying to keep his anxiety and OCD in check on picture day at his school, but one thing after another seems to heighten his angst, including a basketball to the face in gym class and news that his grandmother with Alzheimer's is missing. As his anxiety builds and threatens to pop into a full-blown panic attack, he finds some key allies in teachers and friends and learns tools that will help him cope.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, Seventh grader Andrew is trying to keep his anxiety and OCD in check on picture day at his school, but one thing after another seems to heighten his angst, including a basketball to the face in gym class and news that his grandmother with Alzheimer's is missing. As his anxiety builds and threatens to pop into a full-blown panic attack, he finds some key allies in teachers and friends and learns tools that will help him cope.

Date Published:2024

The Sherlock society

Ponti, James,


Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, Twelve-year-old Alex Sherlock, his thirteen-year-old sister Zoe, and their friends Lina and Yadi decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter--first up, Al Capone and a buried treasure.
Date Published:2024

Trouble at the Tangerine

McDunn, Gillian,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Simon Hyde's family is always on the move, and every few months, they load up their van, "Vincent Van Go," and set off for a new adventure. But Simon desperately wants a place to call home, so he comes up with a plan to make their latest apartment in the Tangerine Pines building their permanent home. When a priceless necklace is stolen, clues indicate the thief might actually be another neighbor, and Simon worries he'll have to move again because his parents are concerned about the safety of their new home. So with the help of his neighbor Amaya, pet-sitter, plant-waterer, and podcaster extraordinaire, Simon sets out to find the necklace and unmask the thief in order to finally get the chance to put down roots.
Date Published:2024

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, Simon Hyde's family is always on the move, and every few months, they load up their van, "Vincent Van Go," and set off for a new adventure. But Simon desperately wants a place to call home, so he comes up with a plan to make their latest apartment in the Tangerine Pines building their permanent home. When a priceless necklace is stolen, clues indicate the thief might actually be another neighbor, and Simon worries he'll have to move again because his parents are concerned about the safety of their new home. So with the help of his neighbor Amaya, pet-sitter, plant-waterer, and podcaster extraordinaire, Simon sets out to find the necklace and unmask the thief in order to finally get the chance to put down roots.

Date Published:2024

Will's race for home : a western /

Rhodes, Jewell Parker,


School Library Journal starred, November 2024. Booklist starred, January 2025. Pub Weekly, October 2024. Kirkus Starred, December 2024. Horn Book, March 2025. During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.
Date Published:2025