The One and Only IvanBy Katherine Applegate Ivan is not your typical gorilla. Although he is massive and strong like other silverbacks, he doesn’t have the opportunity to use his power to protect his family. Ivan doesn’t live in the lush forests with other gorillas. He lives at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall – […]
The Glass SentenceBy S.E. Grove Sophia lives with her Uncle Shadrack, a famous cartologer, in the era after the Great Disruption. Now, different time periods, from both past and future, have emerged in the present. Now, different regions of the world belong to different Ages. Sophia’s parents have long ago gone missing and Shadrack is […]
By: Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera Meet Arthur, Broadway enthusiast, glass half full optimism, and favourite person of everyone he meets. He’s in New York for the summer interning at his mom’s law firm and couldn’t be happier. Meet Ben, closet writer, glass half empty pessimist, and cool guy who seems not to try too […]
Moon of the Crusted Snow By Waubgeshig Rice Waubgeshig Rice’s novel Moon of the Crusted Snowopens in the crisp autumn chill of a northern Ontario reserve. Evan Whitesky, a young husband and father, prepares his home for impending winter. Even in these times of modern conveniences, Evan uses his knowledge of hunting to feed his […]
CopyboyBy Vince Vawter In this sequel to Paperboy, Victor is now 17 years old. He has changed a lot since he was an 11-year-old paperboy, and although he still stutters, he has come to terms with his disability. He doesn’t stutter as much as he used to, but he also isn’t bothered by it as […]
PaperboyBy Vince Vawter Victor is an 11-year-old boy with two traits that make him stand out: He’s got a fantastic pitching arm. He stutters. It’s 1959 in Memphis. Kids and adults alike admire Victor’s ability on the baseball field. But Victor keeps most people at arm’s length because of his disability. It’s just so hard […]
Royal Bastards by Andrew Shvarts Tilla is a Royal Bastard. Her father is Lord Kent of the Western Province, who doted upon Tilla until his trueborn children came along. In this world, the bastard children of nobles can be legitimized if their noble parent wishes. This is something Tilla secretly longs for – to sit […]
The Best We Could Do Thi Bui Upon becoming a first time mother, Thi Bui reflects on the lives of her Vietnamese parents. In an effort to understand her tense relationship with her parents, the author explores her family’s story and recreates it in this beautiful graphic memoire. During the fall of South Vietnam in […]
by Ally Carter Maddie and Logan are best friends who both live at the White House. Logan’s dad is the president and Maddie’s is the head of the Secret Service charged with protecting the president. At a party one night, trouble erupts and suddenly Maddie is torn away from everything she knows when her […]
By Philip Reeve This is a steam punk industrial revolution sci-fi fantasy story set in a time when the major cities of the world are individual self-contained entities that travel across the barren earth. This is a world eat world time and bigger, stronger cities chase after smaller, weaker cities and towns and devour them, […]