By Mike Jung, Mike Maihack (illustrator) Arthur A. Levine Books, $16.99, 309 pages Copperplate City is defended by Captain Stupendous, and nobody knows more about him than Vincent Wu and his pals Max and George, members of the (Unofficial) Captain …
By Lisa McMann Scholastic Inc., $12.99, 192 pages With the Infinity Ring, Sera, Riq, and Dak time travel to periods in history to fix “breaks” in history caused by a mysterious organization called SQ. This time they find themselves in …
By Will Hobbs HarperCollins, $16.99, 224 pages Nick Thrasher, a fifteen-year-old Inuit, hunts for a caribou to feed his family, especially for the organ meat for his grandfather Jonah, who is dying from cancer. After Nick butchers his kill, he …
By Marissa Moss Amulet Books, $16.95, 385 pages Frank Thompson has a secret. Army nurse, postmaster, spy, orderly, known for his valor on the battlefield, Frank is a woman. “I’ve been in the Army for sixteen months, have seen countless men die, …
By Rebecca Rupp Candlewick Press, $15.99, 256 pages Everybody loved Eli, and Danny grew up in the vast shadow Eli cast, but he didn’t mind. He loved Eli too. And Danny remembered Eli’s promise to come back. But he didn’t Instead, he died, blown up …
By Matthew Cody Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 298 pages Around his friends in Noble’s Green, Daniel feels less than spectacular. Eric and Molly can fly. Rohan hears and sees things far away. Louisa reaches through solid objects and makes herself …
By Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis, illustrator Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 541 pages When Mac, Prue Mkeel’s brother, is swept up by a flock of crows, Prue is forced to trail them into a forest aptly named the “Impossible Wilderness.” Rescuing one baby …
By Gillian Cross, Neil Packer (illustrator) Candlewick, $19.99, 178 pages Homer’s great story of Odysseus’s journey home after the Trojan War is well known to nearly every teenager and adult, but for young children, it is new. Many versions of …
By Dianna Dorisi Winget Harcourt Children’s, $16.99, 208 pages Piper Lee DeLuna is about to get a new family. It’s not her idea; she’s happy when it’s just her and Mama. Piper Lee misses her father like crazy and thinks …
By Michael D. Beil Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 274 pages When Madame Zurandot reads the palms of Sophie and her friends, little do they realize a new mystery is revealed in her predictions: An old man with a …
By Laura Amy Schlitz Candlewick Press, $17.99, 400 pages Puppet master Grisini’s helpers Lizzie Rose and Parsifal are slaves to his bidding. Parsifal was plucked from the workhouse. Lizzie Rose’s actor parents died from diphtheria and an actor referred her to Grisini. …
By Rebecca Stead Wendy Lamb Books, $15.99, 192 pages Georges is going through a tough time. His dad lost his job and his mom works double shifts at the hospital. Worse, they have to sell their house and move to an …
By Marissa Moss Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, $12.99, 205 pages Mira’s mother has been missing for six months. Then a faded postcard signed by her arrives from Paris. Mira’s father, a renowned photographer, has received a fellowship to photograph Wonders of the …
By Gordon Korman Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 288 pages Donovan Curtis is a screwup of the first order. Everything he touches turns to, well … you know. When he decides it will be fun to whop the Atlas statue that looms …
By James Patterson, Chris Tebbetts Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 288 pages Rafe Katchadorian knows that life in middle school is full of drama — some good, some not so great. But it’s a life full of surprises, frustrations and excitement …
