Baseball around the world : how the world plays the game by Chris Stapleton

It might be America's favorite pastime, but baseball isn't just an American sport! From Cuba to Japan, Taiwan to Ireland, learn about the diverse melting pot of countries and cultures that have embraced the ole ballgame.

Nonfiction

Battle of the Brains : The Science Behind Animal Minds  by Jocelyn Rish

This hilarious companion to Battle of the Butts examines the way animals use their brainpower for survival in the wild and encourages readers to rank animals based on their intellectual prowess. 

Nonfiction

Ben Yokoyama and the Cookie of Doom  by Allison K. Hymas

Eight-year-old Ben takes a fortune cookie literally, and believing he has only one day left to live, tries to do everything he has always wanted to before nightfall.

Humor Series

Captain America: The Ghost Army  by Alan Gratz

In this thrilling historical adventure set during World War II, Steve Rogers (AKA Captain America) and his young sidekick, Bucky Barnes, encounter threat like none they've ever seen -- a Ghost Army. The dead of this war and wars past are coming back to life, impervious to bullets, flames, or anything else the Allies can throw at them.  

Graphic Novel

The Cassandra Curse (Muse Squad)  by Chantel Acevedo

When a young Cuban American girl discovers that she's one of the nine muses of Greek mythology, she must use her newfound powers to help a brilliant classmate who is destined to save humanity

Fantasy Series

Mission Manhattan (City Spies book 5) by James Ponti

Brooklyn,Paris, Rio, Kat, and Sydney head to the Big Apple to stop a threat made against a young climate activist.

Adventure Series

Chester Keene Cracks the Code  by Kekla Magoon

Eleven-year-old Chester and his classmate Skye, tasked with a complex puzzle-solving mission, discover the key to their spy assignment is to stop a heist, but cracking the code could mean finding out things are not always what they seem.

Realistic Fiction

Cookies and Milk  by Shawn Amos

Ellis Bailey Johnson has the summertime blues. Instead of hanging out with friends, listening to music, and playing his harmonica, Ellis has to help bring his dad’s latest farfetched, sure-to-fail idea to life: open the world’s first chocolate chip cookie store. They have six weeks to perfect their recipe, get a run-down A-frame storefront on Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard into tip-top shape, and bring in customers. But nothing goes according to plan!

Historical Fiction

Dear Student by Elly Swartz

When Autumn becomes the secret voice of the advice column in her middle school newspaper, she is faced with a dilemma—can she give fair advice to everyone, including her friends, while keeping her identity a secret? 

Realistic Fiction

Duet  by Elise Broach

Welcome to the world of Mirabelle, a young goldfinch who loves to sing and dreams of becoming a musical star and  Michael Jin is an eleven-year-old keyboard sensation, who refuses to play.  Together, they begin a secret adventure that will take them further than they ever imagined—in music, in friendship, and in solving the mystery of a lost piano that could be worth millions.  

Mystery

Escape From Atlantis  by Kate O'Hearn

The last way that Riley Evans wanted to spend spring break was studying whales on the family sailboat in the middle of the Bermuda Triangle. With only her dad, aunt, and annoying cousin Alfie for company, she is so bored staring at the waves that she’s starting to see mermaids between them. But when their boat is capsized during a sudden storm, Riley finds more excitement than she bargained for as she and Alfie are washed ashore with neither of their parents in sight. Where they’ve been shipwrecked is no deserted island, though. 

Fantasy Series

Escape From Mr. Lemoncello's Library: The Graphic Novel  by Chris Grabenstein

When Kyle learns that the world's most famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, has designed the town's new library and is having an invitation-only lock-in on opening night, he's determined to be there! But the tricky part isn't getting into the library--it's getting out. Because when morning comes, the doors stay locked. Kyle and the other kids must solve every clue and figure out every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route! 

Graphic Novel

The Explorer's Code  by Allison K. Hymas

Charlie, Anna and Emily have only three days to solve the mysteries of Idlewood Manor -- or a wrecking ball will bury its secrets forever.

Mystery

The Eyes and the Impossible  by Dave Eggers

Free dog Johannes' job is to observe everything that happens in his urban park and report back to the park's three bison elders, but changes are afoot, including more humans, a new building, a boatload of goats, and a shocking revelation that changes his view of the world.

Animal Fiction

Finally, Something Mysterious (The One and Onlys)  by Doug Cornett

Paul Marconi has always thought that Bellwood was a strange town, but also a boring one. Not much for an eleven-year-old to do. Until hundreds of rubber duckies appear on a neighbor's lawn and more  bizarre occurrences follow.  Paul is convinced that uncovering who deposited the duckies will finally bring some sense to what has become an upside-down world.   This is a  perfect summer story about friends, amateur sleuthing, and a whole lot of rubber duckies. 

Mystery

Four Eyes  by Mike Dawson

Sixth grade isn't as great as Rex thought it would be. He's the only kid who hasn't had a growth spurt, and the bullies won't let him forget it. His closest friend is unreliable, at best. With so much going on, everything is a blur -- including Rex's vision! So when he discovers that he needs glasses, and his family can only afford the ugliestpair in the store, any hope Rex had of fitting in goes completely out of focus. 

Graphic

Hide and Geek by T.P. Jagger

Eleven-year-old Gina Sparks, aspiring journalist, and her fellow GEEKs, Edgar, Elena, and Kevin, live in Elmwood, New Hampshire, a small town in serious danger of vanishing completely--unless the four friends can find the Van Houten fortune, which was supposedly promised to the town by Maxine Van Houten, a famous toymaker who loved complicated puzzles.

Mystery

Hoops  by Matt Tavares

It is 1975 in Indiana, and the Wilkins Regional High School girls’ basketball team is in their rookie season. Despite being undefeated, they practice at night in the elementary school and play to empty bleachers. Unlike the boys’ team, the Lady Bears have no buses to deliver them to away games and no uniforms! With help from a committed female coach, they push through to improbable victory after improbable victory. 

Graphic, Historical

How was That Built?: The Stories Behind Awesome Structures. by Roma Agrawal

From skyscrapers that reach astonishing heights to bridges that span deep and wide rivers, the world is filled with awe-inspiring structures. But how do they work? Discover the ingenious methods engineers have come up with to enable us to build underground, underwater, on ice, and even in space.

Nonfiction

Kid Trailblazers : True Tales of Childhood from Influencers and Leaders  by Robin Stevenson

These engaging biographies tell the true stories of young people who were brave enough to make "good trouble" for causes they believe in. Read about leaders from all over the world -- from the famous to the little known.

Nonfiction

LOL 101: A Kid's Guide to Writing Jokes By David Roth and Rinee Shah

This how-to joke book for kids proves that with a little elbow grease, anyone can write jokes that really make people LOL.

Nonfiction

Mexikid by Pedro Martin

In this graphic novel memoir, Pedro embarks on a family road trip to Mexico in a Winnebago, and shares the complexities of belonging to two cultures.

Graphic

My Lost Freedom: A Japanese American World War II Story  by George Takei

The activist and actor (of Star Trek fame) tells his story of growing up in a Japanese American internment camp during World War II.

Nonfiction

The Night War by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

Twelve-year old Miri lives in Nazi-occupied France. When her entire neighborhood -- except for Miri --is rounded up by the Nazis, Miri feels she has nothing left. With a chance to escape to freedom, she must decide if her life is worth the risk.

Historical Fiction

Parachute Kids by Betty Tang

When her parents return to Taiwan after a family vacation, Feng-Li and her siblings must remain in America and navigate everyday life without parental guidance until the family can be reunited.

Graphic

A Rover's Story  by Jasmine Warga

Meet Resilience, a Mars rover determined to live up to his name.

Res was built to explore Mars. He was not built to have human emotions. But as he learns new things from the NASA scientists who assemble him, he begins to develop humanlike feelings. Maybe there’s a problem with his programming….

SciFi

Swim Team by Johnnie Christmas

Bree can't wait for her first day at her new middle school until she's stuck with the only elective that fits her schedule, the dreaded Swim 101. The thought of swimming makes Bree more than a little queasy, yet she's forced to dive headfirst into one of her greatest fears. Lucky for her, Etta, an elderly occupant of her apartment building and former swim team captain, is willing to help. With Etta's training and a lot of hard work, Bree suddenly finds her swim-crazed community counting on her to turn the school's failing team around.

Graphic

The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels By Beth Lincoln

In this British country house mystery, Shenanigan Swift must solve a murder at a family reunion.

Mystery

Treasure Tracks by S.A. Rodriguez

12-year-old Fin joins his abuelo on a quest to find a treasure that was swept out to sea, but when his grandfather is hurt, Fin's unadventurous Dad must help Fin search for the loot.

Adventure

Who is Tibet's Exiled Leader? The 14th Dalai Lama by Teresa Robeson

Follow the Fourteenth Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel will immerse you in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader. 

Nonfiction

The Wild Robot Protects by Peter Brown

Life is great for Roz and Brightbill until they learn of the cloudy waters flowing towards their island. When all of the island inhabitants have to move inland, they have less food and resources for all. Roz looks to the sea to find a way to protect her island home and all who live on it.

Science Fiction

A Work in Progress  by Jarrett Lerner

Will is the only round kid in a school full of string beans. So he hides...in baggy jeans and oversized hoodies, in the back row during class, and anywhere but the cafeteria during lunch. But shame isn't the only feeling that dominates Will's life. He's also got a crush on a girl named Jules who knows he doesn't have a chance with--string beans only date string beans--but he can't help wondering what if?

Realistic Fiction

Your Pal Fred  by Michael Rex

Fred, a life-size toy has been programmed to be a friend and spread kindness and good will wherever he goes. When Fred is accidentally activated in a future world where only the savage survive, he decides that his first task is to get Lord Bonkers and Papa Mayhem, two warlords, to make peace and become friends.

Graphic