By Lisa Yee, illustrated by Dan Santat

If you have kids that love spy stories, you don’t want to miss this one! It follows Olive, a girl who feels invisible at home and school and assumes it will be the same at her new boarding school. Come to find out, this boarding school is an undercover academy for special crime-fighting kids!

By Nedda Lewers

Sahara has her summer plans all mapped out and she can’t wait to get started. But her plans get upended when she has to go with her dad to a family wedding in Cairo. To make matters worse, the necklace her mother gave her before passing on starts to glow, then quickly vanishes. As she goes on the hunt to retrieve the necklace, things get stranger and stranger.

By Misa Sugiura

Momo’s mother tells her magical stories of goddesses and evil spirits, which she doesn’t believe until a monster attacks her publicly, and a talking fox comes to her rescue. After that, everything goes from completely ordinary to surreal as she learns her mother’s stories are true and that she is half human, half goddess.

By Adam Gidwitz

Set during WWII, this story follows Max, a boy who must leave his family in Germany and move to London. He is determined to find a way back to his family in Berlin and discovers that becoming a British spy is the only way to make this happen.

By Megan E. Bryant

Too much is changing in nine-year-old Abby’s world. Her best friend moved away, her mom started working full time, she has to do the dreaded after-school running program, and don’t get her started on the changes happening in her body without her permission. Being stuck between being a little kid and a full-blown teenager is hard.

By Adam Rubin

If you have a child who loves a good book series and all things wacky, check out The Human Kaboom! All six books have the same title, each with new illustrators and different stories that will keep your kid hooked!

By Beth Lincoln, illustrated by Claire Powell

The much-anticipated sequel to the beloved The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels has arrived. Now that Shenanigan Swift’s family is safe from the murderer, she anticipates spending time outdoors and working on projects. This is short-lived when she and a few family members are called to Paris to solve a string of art museum crimes.

By Lisa McMann

Eight supernatural criminals fled to an isolated island to wait until it was safe to rejoin society. But after their unexplained disappearances, all that’s left on the island is their five superhero children. In one of their father’s belongings, the kids find a map and a note explaining to find her mother and give her the map. Will the children be able to leave all they’ve ever known and trust this simple note?

By Deeba Zargarpur

If you have a mythology or fantasy lover, this book will be a hit. When 12-year-old Farrah makes a birthday wish for her dad to be around more, it backfires and traps him in a magical ring. Follow Farrah through this story as she tries to free her father from this mysterious ring magic.

By Scott Reintgen

All Indira has ever wanted is to become a character in a story, so when she is asked to travel to Fable and attend Protagonist Preparatory, she cannot believe her luck. Her excitement fades when her audition goes poorly, and she ends up on the side-character track. Will she ever get the chance to be a hero?

By Christina Soontornvat

We read this story aloud as a family and were blown away by how good it is. Sai works for the most famous mapmaker in the world but is constantly on edge because she fears they will find out she doesn’t have the proper rank. This tale is full of fast-paced adventure and unexpected twists and turns.

By Tae Keller

This Newbery Medal winner is a sure bet for any child who loves fantasy and folklore. Lily and her family move into her grandmother’s house to care for her. Then, a magical tiger approaches Lily, offering to make her grandmother healthy again in exchange for something valuable.

By Yarrow Cheney and Carrie Cheney

There are typically only one or two superheroes in most stories. However, in Superworld, Noah is the ONLY person who didn’t get a superpower after a meteor hit the earth five years ago. Talk about being unlucky. Can he stop the city’s villains as a regular kid?

By Lakita Wilson

Sparkle Moore is a natural-born superstar, but her life takes a turn when she starts losing her hair and is diagnosed with alopecia. As she navigates middle school, her family's financial troubles, and her mom's ambitions, Sparkle learns to accept herself and embrace her talents, with or without hair, in this relatable and heartwarming story.