Asteroid vs. Comet  by Marc Kuchner

There's a comet speeding in from the outer solar system, and it's about to slam into an asteroid. Who will be left standing after this interplanetary smackdown? The pockmarked asteroid, a veteran fighter who's already seen some action? Or the dazzling comet, with its incredible velocity and a tail that stretches millions of miles?

Nonfiction

AWAY by Megan Freeman

When an imminent threat alert causes a midnight evacuation in Colorado, four kids relocated to the same shelter become unlikely friends. After they stumble onto evidence casting doubt on the legitimacy of the evacuation, they begin an investigation that causes them to question everything and everyone around them. Through a series of covert and courageous endeavors, the friends uncover the facts behind the “imminent threat” and must decide how—and if—they can expose the truth.

Companion novel to Freeman's bestselling novel ALONE. 

Adventure/Mystery

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

Big book of who women in sports : the 101 stars every fan needs to know. 

Read about the best women athletes-past and present-including Billie Jean King, Serena Williams, Nadia Comaneci, Simone Biles, and dozens superstars,  cultural icons, trail blazers, record breakers, and champions.

Nonfiction

Bog Myrtle by Sid Sharp

Two sisters, one stubbornly cheerful (Beatrice) and one relentlessly grumpy (Magnolia), live in a drafty old house with a family of helpful spiders. When Beatrice is gifted magic yarn from a giant forest spider obsessed with sustainability named Bog Myrtle, she and the spiders set to work knitting up a perfectly warm sweater. But greedy Magnolia sees only the opportunity for profit, and quickly converts the old house into a magic sweater factory. The exhausted spiders are driven to strike, and Bog Myrtle is not pleased . . .

Graphic

Bon Appetit!: The Delicious Life of Julia Child by Jesse Hartland.

Meet Julia Child, the exuberant chef from Pasadena, California who joined a spy mission during World War II, moved to Paris to learn to cook, wrote a French cookbook still in demand today, and starred in a first-of-its kind TV cooking show. Along the way she played some pranks, laughed heartily, and learned to say "I'm hungry" in several languages.

Graphic Nonfiction

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

Carter Avery's Tricky Fourth-Grade Year  by Rob Buyea

No teacher has ever liked Carter Avery. So he doesn’t expect that Ms. Olivia Krane will be any different. And since Carter has a hard time sitting still and not blurting stuff out, he’s sure he’s in for rough times being sent to the principal’s office. Making things worse: annoying know-it-all Missy Gerber is in his class!

A disruption, heated words with Missy, and trouble outside of school test Carter’s plan, heart, and courage, as he navigates an especially tricky school year. 

Realistic Fiction

Escape from Atlantis  by Kate O'Hearn

Riley and her family are stranded on the mythical island of Atlantis. Can they uncover its secrets in order to find a way home? Book one in the series.

Fantasy

Escape from East Berlin  by Andy Marino

Marta is a young girl who saw thirty miles of barbed wire appear across her city overnight, separating Berlin into West and East--with Marta's home on the Communist Bloc-controlled Eastern side. Then, just a month ago, Marta's brother became a victim of schiessbefehl, the standing order to fire upon anyone who dared pass into the West. With her family and nation both fractured, Marta will soon be faced with a promising--but dangerous--opportunity. Is the desire for freedom enough to risk more death?

Historical Fiction

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 Fairy Tale Fan Club  by Richard Ayoade

C.C. Cecily, Secretary to the Fairy Tale Fan Club, shares fan mail letters to fairy tale idols  (and villains). Find out what happens after the "happily ever after".

Humor

Hands by Torrey Maldonado

Twelve-year-old Trevor has an adult problem to deal with: how to protect himself, his sisters, and his mother from his abusive stepfather (currently in prison) and he thinks the way to do that is to take up boxing--although he would really rather draw.

Realistic Fiction

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

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

The Incredible Octopus: Meet the Eight-Armed Wonder of the Sea by Erin Spencer

Packed with mesmerizing undersea photography and in-depth facts, this book invites kids to explore the fascinating behavior and intelligence of this remarkable creature of the deep.

Nonfiction

Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller

Join Magnolia Wu in this charming story about friendship and community as she ventures to solve the mystery of the socks left behind in her parents’ NYC Laundromat.

Realistic Fiction

The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science by G. Edwina Candlestank as told to Kate McKinnon

When sisters Gertrude, Eugenia and Dee-Dee Porch get kicked out of the last etiquette school that would take them, they receive a mysterious invitation to a new school run by the infamous Millicent Quibb -- a mad scientist with worms in her hair and oysters in her bathtub.

Humor

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

It’s 1942. German Nazis occupy much of France. And twelve-year-old Miriam, who is Jewish, is not safe. With help and quick thinking, Miri is saved from the roundup that takes her entire Jewish neighborhood. She escapes Paris, landing in a small French village. But Miri’s life is no fairy tale. Her parents are gone—maybe alive, maybe not. Taken in at the boarding school near the chateau, pretending to be Catholic to escape Nazi capture, Miri is called upon one night to undertake a deadly task, one that spans the castle grounds, its bridge, and the very border to freedom. 

Historical Fiction

Salem Witch Trials (History Smashers)  by Kate Messner

 In 1692, a few paranoid Puritans accused their neighbors of being witches sending the town flying off the (broomstick) handle. Before it was all over, dozens of women in Salem, Massachusetts were executed—burned at the stake. RIGHT?

WRONG! There was some serious witch worry, but no one in the United States was put on a pyre (though the truth isn't much better). And women weren’t the only ones caught in crossfire…maybe don’t read this one aloud to your dog.

What really happened? The truth is historians aren’t totally sure. But it is certain that religious beliefs, a changing world, and a few super nosy neighbors collided to spell disaster for one New England town. No joke!

Nonfiction

The Sherlock Society  by James Ponti

In book 1 of this new series, twelve-year-old Alex Sherlock, his sister Zoe, and two friends decide to spend their summer in Miami investigating the many "cold cases" their grandfather accumulated during his years as a reporter--first up, Al Capone and a buried treasure. 

Mystery

The Snips: A Bad Buzz Day  by Raul the Third

A fun and zany early graphic novel series starring a crew of scissors-wielding hairdressers who must save the city from evildoers bent on tonsorial destruction

Graphic

Stranded  by Nikki Shannon Smith

Nature-loving Ava yearns to leave the noise of New York City behind for a real adventure in the great outdoors―that’s why she’s thrilled when her parents allow her to move in with her Auntie Raven in the Adirondack Mountains!

It’s a dream come true . . . until Auntie Raven is called away and Ava's stay is cut short. But when wires get crossed, Ava finds herself alone in her aunt's secluded cabin. It’s the ultimate test . . . and her newly-developed survival skills may not be enough for her to last through the winter. Ava might not be able to fight the cold and the storms that come her way, but can she work with nature long enough to survive it?

Action/Adventure

What is Color?  by Steven Weinberg

So what is color? A red apple? A yellow banana? The purple goo from a squished sea snail? Once you start digging, color turns out to be a lot of things--it’s messy, stinky, and even a little bit dangerous. You may already know that it’s art, but it’s science, too! What Is Color? will take readers all over the world, introducing them to talented, brilliant, creative people from scientists to famous artists and everyone in between as we take the color wheel for a spin.

Nonfiction