Recommendations from Katie
“Fast-paced and full of wonder, this is a powerful, gripping must-read.”—Kirkus (starred review)
“A lush and mysterious fable, full of beauty, full of wonder.”—Rebecca Stead, Newbery Medal–winning author of When You Reach Me
A 2019 Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner!
It's been five years since the Sweep disappeared. Orphaned and alone, Nan Sparrow had no other choice but to work for a ruthless chimney sweep named Wilkie Crudd. She spends her days sweeping out chimneys.$7.99ISBN: 9781536215151Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Walker Books US - April 14th, 2020“Fans of Lemony Snicket or Pseudonymous Bosch will find their next adventure here.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review)
$16.99ISBN: 9780062747808Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Balzer + Bray - May 28th, 2019New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book!
A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed.
$7.99ISBN: 9780545952781Availability: Usually Ships from Wholesaler in 1-5 DaysPublished: Arthur A. Levine Books - June 25th, 2019A Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor winner!
"Powerful.... Johnson writes about the long shadows of the past with such ambition that any reader with a taste for mystery will appreciate the puzzle Candice and Brandon must solve." -- The New York Times Book Review
$17.99ISBN: 9780525555568Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Dutton Books for Young Readers - April 21st, 2020★ “Historical fiction at its finest.” –The Horn Book
“There has never been a better time to read about healing, of both the body and the heart.” –The New York Times Book Review
Echo Mountain is an acclaimed best book of 2020!$8.99ISBN: 9781416905882Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - April 24th, 2007Something extraordinary is about to happen to Charlotte Mielswetzski.
It's not the very cute kitten that appears out of nowhere. It's not the arrival of her cousin Zee, who believes he's the cause of a mysterious sickness that has struck his friends back in England. And it's not the white-faced, yellow-eyed men in tuxedos who follow Charlotte everywhere.$8.99ISBN: 9780062104908Availability: On Our Shelves Now (Subject to Availability)Published: HarperCollins - September 4th, 2018Soon to be a major motion picture from Netflix!
The New York Times bestselling School for Good and Evil series is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. Start here to follow Sophie, Agatha, and everyone at school from the beginning!
