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	Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano	Pre-Kindergarten Plus Dec 2019	$15.25 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Pre-Kindergarten Plus Just in Case You Want to Fly by Julie Fogliano Just in case you want to fly here's some wind and here's the sky here's a feather here's up high and here's a wing from a butterfly. This tender, contemplative picture book is about growing up. It's about parents giving their children the gifts, no matter how quiet or small, to succeed and to navigate the world on their own. And it's about the connection that binds a parent and child...because no matter how far they fly or who they become, they will always have home. Full-color illustrations were created with paint and collage. ISBN 9780823443444 Potentially Sensitive Areas None Topics Love. Support. Encouragement. View Details
	Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe by Josh Allen	High Interest Middle Plus Dec 2019	$16.80 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
High Interest Middle Plus Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe by Josh Allen The everyday world is full of sinister secrets, and these page-turning stories show that there’s darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open… Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight. Thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Black-and-white illustrations created with pencil, pen, and ink. ISBN 9780823443666 Potentially Sensitive Areas None Topics Horror. Short stories. Schools. Friendship. View Details
	Rafi and Rosi Music! by Lulu Delacre	Easy Reading Plus Dec 2019	$15.25 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Easy Reading Plus Rafi and Rosi Music! by Lulu Delacre In this new book in the popular Dive Into Reading: Rafi and Rosi chapter book series, Rafi and his younger sister, Rosi, are excited to learn about and participate in the traditional forms of music of their native Puerto Rico. They drum and dance to the rolling and rippling beats of bomba instruments. They sing and sway with the rhythms of plena songs. And they attend a party where they eat paella and warm corn fritters, and dance to the hot, spicy beat of la salsa! Engaging and informative, the book is perfect for independent readers in kindergarten through second grade. Children will enjoy joining Rafi and Rosi on their new adventures while they learn about Puerto Rico's musical traditions and culture. Sources. Glossary. Further information on bomba, salsa, and plena music. How to make a güiro. Full-color illustrations rendered in watercolor and colored pencil. ISBN 9780892394296 Potentially Sensitive Areas None Topics Tree frogs. Frogs. Brothers and sisters. Music. Puerto Rico. Dance. View Details
	Light It Up by Kekla Magoon	City High School Dec 2019	$17.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
City High School Light It Up by Kekla Magoon A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying. She never makes it home. In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and killed an unarmed thirteen-year-old girl. The community is thrown into upheaval, leading to unrest, a growing movement to protest the senseless taking of black lives, and the arrival of white supremacist counter demonstrators. Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Light It Up is a powerful, layered story about injustice and strength. ISBN 9781250128898 Awards & Honors SLJ Best Books - 2019 CPL Best Books - 2019 Potentially Sensitive Areas Racism, Sexual assault, Strong language, Strong sexual themes, Violence, Bullying, Alcohol, Police violence, Racist slur, Ableist language Topics Death. Police shootings. Race relations. African Americans. View Details
	The Tornado by Jake Burt	Upper Elementary & Junior High Plus Dec 2019	$16.30 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Upper Elementary & Junior High Plus The Tornado by Jake Burt Bell Kirby is an expert at systems, whether he’s designing the world’s most elaborate habitat for his pet chinchilla, recreating Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest inventions in his garage, or avoiding Parker Hellickson, the most diabolical bully Village Green Elementary has ever seen. Since third grade, Parker has tormented Bell, who’s spent two long years devising a finely tuned system that keeps him out of Parker’s way. Sure, it means that Bell can’t get a drink when he wants to, can’t play with his best friend on the playground, and can’t tell his parents about his day, but at least he’s safe. Until Daelynn Gower touches down in his classroom like a tornado. Bell’s not sure why the new girl, with her rainbow hair, wild clothes, and strange habits, is drawn to him, but he knows one thing—she means trouble. It’s bad enough that she disrupts Bell’s secret system, but when Daelynn becomes the bully’s new target, Bell is forced to make an impossible decision: Finally stand up to Parker—or join him. ISBN 9781250168641 Potentially Sensitive Areas Mild language Topics Friendship. Bullying. Schools. Creative ability. Clubs. View Details
	Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares by Aarti Namdev Shahani	Biography High Plus Dec 2019	$17.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Biography High Plus Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares by Aarti Namdev Shahani Who really belongs in America? That question has chased every newcomer and many native-born since the founding of the republic. In this heart-wrenching, vulnerable, and witty memoir, journalist Aarti Shahani digs deep inside herself and her family for an answer—one that she finds in an unlikely place. The Shahanis came to Queens—from India, by way of Casablanca—in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few years, and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This memoir is the story of how they did, and didn't. Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares follows the lives of Aarti, the precocious scholarship kid at one of Manhattan's most elite prep schools, and her dad, the shopkeeper who mistakenly sells watches and calculators to the notorious Cali drug cartel. Together, the two represent the extremes that coexist in our country, even within a single family, and a truth about immigrants that gets lost in the headlines. It isn’t a matter of good or evil; it's complicated. ISBN 9781250204752 Awards & Honors LJ Best Books - 2019 NPR’s Book Concierge - 2019 Potentially Sensitive Areas Discrimination; Racism; Strong language; Violence; Attempted suicide Topics Aarti Namdev Shahani. India. Pakistan. India Partition, 1947. Asian Americans. Queens, New York. Family life. Undocumented immigrants. US justice system. Prisons. Biography and autobiography. Cultural heritage. View Details
	The 117-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths	Humor Elementary Plus Dec 2019	$14.80 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Humor Elementary Plus The 117-Story Treehouse by Andy Griffiths Andy and Terry live in a 117-story treehouse. Or, at least they WILL live in a 117-story treehouse once they finish building all 13 new levels! The upgrades to the treehouse are still under construction and therefore super-duper top secret, but The 117-Story Treehouse is sure to be the zaniest adventure yet from New York Times–bestselling dynamic duo Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton. Black-and-white illustrations. ISBN 9781250317209 Series The Treehouse Books Potentially Sensitive Areas None Topics Treehouses. Imagination. Authors. Illustrators. Inventions. Procrastination. Writing process. Jokes. Adventure and adventurers. Humorous stories. View Details
	Earth: By the Numbers by Steve Jenkins	Independent Readers Dec 2019	$15.25 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Independent Readers Earth: By the Numbers by Steve Jenkins Through infographics, illustrations, facts, and figures, readers will learn about the complex and wonderful place we call home, Earth. Discover some of the most fascinating aspects of our planet through astonishing numbers: the stretch of time from Earth's formation to the present, the misleading way the surface area of a continent can appear on a map, the angle of Earth's axis that creates the seasons, what percentage of Earth's land is covered in deserts or forests or cities, and so much more. With his signature style, Steve Jenkins explores the most fascinating fields of natural science. Glossary. Bibliography. Full-color maps, graphics, and cut- and torn-paper collage illustrations. ISBN 9781328851017 Series By the Numbers Potentially Sensitive Areas None Topics Time. Nature. Concepts. Counting and numbers. Science and nature. Earth science. Animals. Infographics. View Details
	The Brain Is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk	Science Nonfiction Elementary Plus Dec 2019	$17.55 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Science Nonfiction Elementary Plus The Brain Is Kind of a Big Deal by Nick Seluk Have you ever thought about everything your brain does for you? It is always working to keep you alive and safe. (Plus it lets you think about funny stuff, too.) So why is the brain such a big deal? Because it makes you YOU, of course! This funny and factual picture book from Heart and Brain creator Nick Seluk explains the science behind everything the brain helps you do: keeping your heart beating, telling you when you are sleepy, remembering stuff, and more. The brain is in charge of everything you do, every minute of every day for your entire life. That's kind of a big deal. Glossary. “Wild Facts About Animal Brains.” Full-color illustrations. ISBN 9781338167009 Potentially Sensitive Areas None Topics Brain. Nervous system. Life science. Biology. Humor. View Details
	Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm	Graphic Novels Middle Plus Dec 2019	$17.30 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Graphic Novels Middle Plus Sunny Rolls the Dice by Jennifer L. Holm Too cool for school…or the least groovy girl in the grade? Sunny's just made it to middle school…and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying, it's hard to worry about whether you look cool or not. Especially when it's your turn to roll the 20-sided die. Trying hard to be cool can make you feel really uncool…and it's much more fun to just have fun. Full-color illustrations. ISBN 9781338233155 Awards & Honors NPR’s Book Concierge - 2019 Potentially Sensitive Areas None Topics Coming of age. The 1970s. Middle schools. Dungeons and Dragons. Family. Popularity. Friendship. View Details
	Caster by Elsie Chapman	Current Trends High Plus Dec 2019	$17.85 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Current Trends High Plus Caster by Elsie Chapman If the magic doesn't kill her, the truth just might. Aza Wu knows that real magic is dangerous and illegal. After all, casting killed her sister, Shire. As with all magic, everything comes at a price. For Aza, it feels like everything in her life has some kind of cost attached to it. Her sister had been casting for money to pay off Saint Willow, the gang leader that oversees her sector of Lotusland. If you want to operate a business there, you have to pay your tribute. And now with Shire dead, Aza must step in to save the legacy of Wu Teas, the teahouse that has been in her family for centuries. When Aza comes across a secret invitation, she decides she doesn't have much else to lose. She quickly realizes that she's entered herself into an underground casting tournament, and the stakes couldn't be higher. Real magic, real consequences. As she competes, Aza fights for her life against some very strong and devious competitors. ISBN 9781338332629 Potentially Sensitive Areas Violence Topics Fantasy and magic. Sisters. Contests. Competitions. Dystopia. Underground tournaments. Magic casters. Magic users. View Details
	La formasombras (Shadowshaper) by Daniel José Older	Spanish Middle Dec 2019	$12.00 Member Price	Add to Wishlist
Spanish Middle La formasombras (Shadowshaper) by Daniel José Older Sierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging with her friends. But then a corpse crashes their first party. Her stroke-ridden grandfather starts apologizing nonstop. And when the murals in her neighborhood start to weep tears… Well, something more sinister than the usual Brooklyn ruckus is going on. Map. ISBN 9781338359176 Potentially Sensitive Areas Mild language, Mild sexual themes, Racism, Violence, Mentions of alcohol and cigarettes Topics Magic. Hispanic and Latino Americans. Puerto Rican families. Paranormal fiction. Occultism. Brooklyn, New York. Spanish language materials. View Details

Just in Case You Want to Fly

by Julie Fogliano

Dec 2019

Pre-Kindergarten Plus

$15.25 Member Price

Just in case you want to fly
here's some wind
and here's the sky
here's a feather
here's up high
and here's a wing from a butterfly.

This tender, contemplative picture book is about growing up. It's about parents giving their children the gifts, no matter how quiet or small, to succeed and to navigate the world on their own. And it's about the connection that binds a parent and child...because no matter how far they fly or who they become, they will always have home.

Full-color illustrations were created with paint and collage.

Out to Get You: 13 Tales of Weirdness and Woe

by Josh Allen

Dec 2019

High Interest Middle Plus

$16.80 Member Price

The everyday world is full of sinister secrets, and these page-turning stories show that there’s darkness even where you least expect it. Readers will sleep with one eye open…

Get ready for a collection of thirteen short stories that will chill your bones, tingle your spine, and scare your pants off. Debut author Josh Allen masterfully concocts horror in the most innocent places, like R.L. Stine meets a modern Edgar Allan Poe. A stray kitten turns into a threatening follower. The street sign down the block starts taunting you. Even your own shadow is out to get you! Spooky things love hiding in plain sight. Thirteen eerie full-page illustrations by award-winning artist Sarah J. Coleman accompany the tales in this frightful mashup that reads like a contemporary Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.

Black-and-white illustrations created with pencil, pen, and ink.

Rafi and Rosi Music!

by Lulu Delacre

Dec 2019

Easy Reading Plus

$15.25 Member Price

In this new book in the popular Dive Into Reading: Rafi and Rosi chapter book series, Rafi and his younger sister, Rosi, are excited to learn about and participate in the traditional forms of music of their native Puerto Rico. They drum and dance to the rolling and rippling beats of bomba instruments. They sing and sway with the rhythms of plena songs. And they attend a party where they eat paella and warm corn fritters, and dance to the hot, spicy beat of la salsa!

Engaging and informative, the book is perfect for independent readers in kindergarten through second grade. Children will enjoy joining Rafi and Rosi on their new adventures while they learn about Puerto Rico's musical traditions and culture.

Sources. Glossary. Further information on bomba, salsa, and plena music. How to make a güiro. Full-color illustrations rendered in watercolor and colored pencil.

Light It Up

by Kekla Magoon

Dec 2019

City High School

$17.85 Member Price

A girl walks home from school. She's tall for her age. She's wearing her winter coat. Her headphones are in. She's hurrying.

She never makes it home.

In the aftermath, while law enforcement tries to justify the response, one fact remains: a police officer has shot and killed an unarmed thirteen-year-old girl. The community is thrown into upheaval, leading to unrest, a growing movement to protest the senseless taking of black lives, and the arrival of white supremacist counter demonstrators. Told in a series of vignettes from multiple viewpoints, Light It Up is a powerful, layered story about injustice and strength.

The Tornado

by Jake Burt

Dec 2019

Upper Elementary & Junior High Plus

$16.30 Member Price

Bell Kirby is an expert at systems, whether he’s designing the world’s most elaborate habitat for his pet chinchilla, recreating Leonardo da Vinci’s greatest inventions in his garage, or avoiding Parker Hellickson, the most diabolical bully Village Green Elementary has ever seen. Since third grade, Parker has tormented Bell, who’s spent two long years devising a finely tuned system that keeps him out of Parker’s way. Sure, it means that Bell can’t get a drink when he wants to, can’t play with his best friend on the playground, and can’t tell his parents about his day, but at least he’s safe.

Until Daelynn Gower touches down in his classroom like a tornado. Bell’s not sure why the new girl, with her rainbow hair, wild clothes, and strange habits, is drawn to him, but he knows one thing—she means trouble. It’s bad enough that she disrupts Bell’s secret system, but when Daelynn becomes the bully’s new target, Bell is forced to make an impossible decision: Finally stand up to Parker—or join him.

Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares

by Aarti Namdev Shahani

Dec 2019

Biography High Plus

$17.85 Member Price

Who really belongs in America? That question has chased every newcomer and many native-born since the founding of the republic. In this heart-wrenching, vulnerable, and witty memoir, journalist Aarti Shahani digs deep inside herself and her family for an answer—one that she finds in an unlikely place.

The Shahanis came to Queens—from India, by way of Casablanca—in the 1980s. They were undocumented for a few years, and then, with the arrival of their green cards, they thought they'd made it. This memoir is the story of how they did, and didn't. Here We Are: American Dreams, American Nightmares follows the lives of Aarti, the precocious scholarship kid at one of Manhattan's most elite prep schools, and her dad, the shopkeeper who mistakenly sells watches and calculators to the notorious Cali drug cartel. Together, the two represent the extremes that coexist in our country, even within a single family, and a truth about immigrants that gets lost in the headlines. It isn’t a matter of good or evil; it's complicated.

The 117-Story Treehouse

by Andy Griffiths

Dec 2019

Humor Elementary Plus

$14.80 Member Price

Andy and Terry live in a 117-story treehouse. Or, at least they WILL live in a 117-story treehouse once they finish building all 13 new levels!

The upgrades to the treehouse are still under construction and therefore super-duper top secret, but The 117-Story Treehouse is sure to be the zaniest adventure yet from New York Times–bestselling dynamic duo Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton.

Black-and-white illustrations.

Earth: By the Numbers

by Steve Jenkins

Dec 2019

Independent Readers

$15.25 Member Price

Through infographics, illustrations, facts, and figures, readers will learn about the complex and wonderful place we call home, Earth.
Discover some of the most fascinating aspects of our planet through astonishing numbers: the stretch of time from Earth's formation to the present, the misleading way the surface area of a continent can appear on a map, the angle of Earth's axis that creates the seasons, what percentage of Earth's land is covered in deserts or forests or cities, and so much more.
With his signature style, Steve Jenkins explores the most fascinating fields of natural science.

Glossary. Bibliography. Full-color maps, graphics, and cut- and torn-paper collage illustrations.

The Brain Is Kind of a Big Deal

by Nick Seluk

Dec 2019

Science Nonfiction Elementary Plus

$17.55 Member Price

Have you ever thought about everything your brain does for you? It is always working to keep you alive and safe. (Plus it lets you think about funny stuff, too.) So why is the brain such a big deal? Because it makes you YOU, of course!

This funny and factual picture book from Heart and Brain creator Nick Seluk explains the science behind everything the brain helps you do: keeping your heart beating, telling you when you are sleepy, remembering stuff, and more. The brain is in charge of everything you do, every minute of every day for your entire life. That's kind of a big deal.

Glossary. “Wild Facts About Animal Brains.” Full-color illustrations.

Sunny Rolls the Dice

by Jennifer L. Holm

Dec 2019

Graphic Novels Middle Plus

$17.30 Member Price

Too cool for school…or the least groovy girl in the grade?

Sunny's just made it to middle school…and it's making her life very confusing. All her best friend Deb wants to talk about is fashion, boys, makeup, boys, and being cool. Sunny's not against any of these things, but she also doesn't understand why suddenly everything revolves around them. She's much more comfortable when she's in her basement, playing Dungeons & Dragons with a bunch of new friends. Because when you're swordfighting and spider-slaying, it's hard to worry about whether you look cool or not. Especially when it's your turn to roll the 20-sided die. Trying hard to be cool can make you feel really uncool…and it's much more fun to just have fun.

Full-color illustrations.

Caster

by Elsie Chapman

Dec 2019

Current Trends High Plus

$17.85 Member Price

If the magic doesn't kill her, the truth just might.

Aza Wu knows that real magic is dangerous and illegal. After all, casting killed her sister, Shire. As with all magic, everything comes at a price. For Aza, it feels like everything in her life has some kind of cost attached to it. Her sister had been casting for money to pay off Saint Willow, the gang leader that oversees her sector of Lotusland. If you want to operate a business there, you have to pay your tribute. And now with Shire dead, Aza must step in to save the legacy of Wu Teas, the teahouse that has been in her family for centuries.

When Aza comes across a secret invitation, she decides she doesn't have much else to lose. She quickly realizes that she's entered herself into an underground casting tournament, and the stakes couldn't be higher. Real magic, real consequences. As she competes, Aza fights for her life against some very strong and devious competitors.

La formasombras (Shadowshaper)

by Daniel José Older

Dec 2019

Spanish Middle

$12.00 Member Price

Sierra Santiago planned an easy summer of making art and hanging with her friends. But then a corpse crashes their first party. Her stroke-ridden grandfather starts apologizing nonstop. And when the murals in her neighborhood start to weep tears… Well, something more sinister than the usual Brooklyn ruckus is going on.

Map.

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