26-27 Meadowlark

The Bletchley riddle

Sepetys, Ruta,


School Library Journal starred, August 2024. Booklist starred, September 2024. Pub Weekly, July 2024. Kirkus Review, August 2024. Follows siblings Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie as they find themselves at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers working to decrypt the Nazi's Enigma cipher, where the two struggle to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother's disappearance against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain and Hitler's feared invasion.
Date Published:2024

School Library Journal starred, August 2024. Booklist starred, September 2024. Pub Weekly, July 2024. Kirkus Review, August 2024. Follows siblings Jakob Novis and his quirky younger sister Lizzie as they find themselves at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers working to decrypt the Nazi's Enigma cipher, where the two struggle to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother's disappearance against the backdrop of the Battle of Britain and Hitler's feared invasion.

Date Published:2024

Bye forever, I guess

Meadows, Jodi,


Eighth-grader Ingrid runs a popular blog anonymously and has online personal more popular than she is, but when a wrong-number text message offers her a chance at connection, Ingrid opens herself to the opportunity to make a real live friend.
Date Published:2025

Exit nowhere

Brandt, Juliana,


"Ages 9-13"--Back cover. When Barret Eloise and her group project partners are locked in the haunted Raithfield Manor, the house transforms into a series of childhood games they must win to order to escape.
Date Published:2025

The no-brainer's guide to decomposition

Cuevas, Adrianna,


"Ages 8-12"--Dust jacket. Booklist, September 2024. Horn Book, December 2024. Kirkus Review, August 2024. "Frani must fight to stop the undead from rising in her father's body-farm laboratory--that is, if she can embrace the true nature of her brain and its ADHD"--OCLC.
Date Published:2024

Not nothing

Forman, Gayle,


School Library Journal starred, October 2024. Booklist starred, July 2024. Pub Weekly, May 2024. Kirkus Starred, June 2024. Horn Book, September 2024. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2024. When troubled twelve-year-old Alex is assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility, he forms a unique bond with a Holocaust survivor and learns lessons that change the trajectory of his life.
Date Published:2025

School Library Journal starred, October 2024. Booklist starred, July 2024. Pub Weekly, May 2024. Kirkus Starred, June 2024. Horn Book, September 2024. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), September 2024. When troubled twelve-year-old Alex is assigned to spend his summer volunteering at a senior living facility, he forms a unique bond with a Holocaust survivor and learns lessons that change the trajectory of his life.

Date Published:2025

Not quite a ghost

Ursu, Anne.


School Library Journal starred, January 2024. Horn Book Starred, January 2024. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, December 2023. Publishers Weekly, October 2023. Booklist, December 2023. Kirkus Review, November 2023. "The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart--whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street--very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn't enough for Violet's best friend, Paige. Everything seemed to be changing at once. But sometimes, Violet tells herself, change is okay. That is, until Violet sees her new room. The attic bedroom in their new house is shadowy, creaky, and wrapped in old yellow wallpaper covered with a faded tangle of twisting vines and sickly flowers. And then, after moving in, Violet falls ill--and does not get better. As days turn into weeks without any improvement, her family growing more confused and her friends wondering if she's really sick at all, she finds herself spending more time alone in the room with the yellow wallpaper, the shadows moving in the corners, wrapping themselves around her at night. And soon, Violet starts to suspect that she might not be alone in the room at all"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

School Library Journal starred, January 2024. Horn Book Starred, January 2024. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, December 2023. Publishers Weekly, October 2023. Booklist, December 2023. Kirkus Review, November 2023. "The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart--whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street--very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn't enough for Violet's best friend, Paige. Everything seemed to be changing at once. But sometimes, Violet tells herself, change is okay. That is, until Violet sees her new room. The attic bedroom in their new house is shadowy, creaky, and wrapped in old yellow wallpaper covered with a faded tangle of twisting vines and sickly flowers. And then, after moving in, Violet falls ill--and does not get better. As days turn into weeks without any improvement, her family growing more confused and her friends wondering if she's really sick at all, she finds herself spending more time alone in the room with the yellow wallpaper, the shadows moving in the corners, wrapping themselves around her at night. And soon, Violet starts to suspect that she might not be alone in the room at all"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2024

Quagmire Tiarello couldn't be better

Larsen, Mylisa,


"Ages 8-12"--Dust jacket. Booklist starred, September 2024. Pub Weekly, July 2024. Kirkus Starred, July 2024. When his mother's unstable mental health forces him to find shelter with an uncle he didn't know he had, fiercely independent nonconformist Quagmire must recalibrate his formidable survival skills to build a new life.
Date Published:2024

The secret language of birds

Kelly, Lynne, 1969-,


Booklist, February 2024. "Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out . . . But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible . . . all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven't nested in Texas for over a hundred years. . . . With the help of some fellow campers, Nina sets out to discover who the mystery bird really is. As she gets closer to the truth, will she find a flock of her own?"--Publisher.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, February 2024. "Nina is used to feeling like the odd one out . . . But while trying to fit in at summer camp, she discovers something even more peculiar: two majestic birds have built a nest in the marsh behind an abandoned infirmary. They appear to be whooping cranes, but that's impossible . . . all her resources tell her that those rare birds haven't nested in Texas for over a hundred years. . . . With the help of some fellow campers, Nina sets out to discover who the mystery bird really is. As she gets closer to the truth, will she find a flock of her own?"--Publisher.

Date Published:2025

Very bad at math

Larson, Hope,


"Ages 8-12"--Dust jacket flap. School Library Journal starred, January 2025. Publishers Weekly, October 2024. Kirkus Review, November 2024. "Verity 'Very' Nelson can do it all. She's student body president, debate club whiz, and first chair clarinetist. . . You could say she's pretty much the best at everything...Well, almost everything. Everything except math. And it's not like she doesn't try. Math just doesn't make sense in her brain. But it better start soon, or else she can kiss her presidency--and her campaign promises--goodbye. Soon she finds herself enrolled in a remedial math class, where, despite her best efforts, failure persists. All seems lost until a teacher helps her discover the truth: Verity has dyscalculia, a learning disability that causes her to mix up numbers. Armed with a new perspective, can Verity pass math, keep her presidentcy, and make good on her word to the student body she loves so much? Or will her presidency--and perfect reputation--all come crashing down?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

"Ages 8-12"--Dust jacket flap. School Library Journal starred, January 2025. Publishers Weekly, October 2024. Kirkus Review, November 2024. "Verity 'Very' Nelson can do it all. She's student body president, debate club whiz, and first chair clarinetist. . . You could say she's pretty much the best at everything...Well, almost everything. Everything except math. And it's not like she doesn't try. Math just doesn't make sense in her brain. But it better start soon, or else she can kiss her presidency--and her campaign promises--goodbye. Soon she finds herself enrolled in a remedial math class, where, despite her best efforts, failure persists. All seems lost until a teacher helps her discover the truth: Verity has dyscalculia, a learning disability that causes her to mix up numbers. Armed with a new perspective, can Verity pass math, keep her presidentcy, and make good on her word to the student body she loves so much? Or will her presidency--and perfect reputation--all come crashing down?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

The wrong way home

O'Shaughnessy, Kate,


School Library Journal, April 2024. Booklist starred, March 2024. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, April 2024. Kirkus Starred, February 2024. Horn Book, May 2024. When twelve-year-old Fern and her mother abruptly leave their isolated, off-the-grid community, Fern wants nothing more than to return, but things get murky as she slowly adjusts to her new life and discovers unsettling truths about her old one.
Date Published:2025

School Library Journal, April 2024. Booklist starred, March 2024. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, April 2024. Kirkus Starred, February 2024. Horn Book, May 2024. When twelve-year-old Fern and her mother abruptly leave their isolated, off-the-grid community, Fern wants nothing more than to return, but things get murky as she slowly adjusts to her new life and discovers unsettling truths about her old one.

Date Published:2025