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“Rick Riordan Presents Ballad & Dagger”: Daniel José Older & Meagan Albright

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Bestselling author Rick Riordan presents Daniel José Older’s Ballad & Dagger, a music-and-magic-filled YA urban fantasy about two teens who discover each other and their powers during a political battle within a unique diaspora community. While the rest of his tight-knit Brooklyn community dreams of someday finding a way back home to the lost island […]

Rainbow Rowell on Scattered Showers: Stories: Young Adult Fiction

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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell comes Scattered Showers: Stories. Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. […]

“Rivalries & Responsibilities”: B. B. Alston & Julie C. Dao

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B. B. Alston returns to his Supernatural Investigations trilogy with Amari and the Great Game. Between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to become its new leader, […]

Yarrow & Carrie Cheney on Superworld: Save Noah: Middle Grade Fiction

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Husband-and-wife creative team Yarrow and Carrie Cheney join forces to present Superworld: Save Noah, a new series that breaks the mold with gorgeous black-and-white art on every page, and a cinematic, blockbuster feel. Every 12-year-old kid feels like they don’t fit in sometimes – but Noah takes it to a whole new level. When a meteor […]

Mary Pope Osborne on Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House: Middle Grade Fiction

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Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the #1 New York Times bestselling series with Memories and Life Lessons from the Magic Tree House, which offers heartfelt advice from beloved creator Mary Pope Osborne’s own childhood and her magical adventures with Jack and Annie – perfect for Magic Tree House fans of all ages! Look for heroes, […]

Desiree Cooper on Nothing Special: Picture Book

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Six-year-old Jax can’t wait to leave Detroit and spend a week with his grandparents in coastal Virginia, where he’s sure he’ll be spoiled with the kinds of special things he enjoys at home: toys, movies, and hamburgers. As he dreams of the adventures he’ll have, his PopPop has other ideas. He fills their days with […]

Singing Even in the Dark Times: Four YA Authors on Historical Fiction

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In Tahereh Mafi’s An Emotion of Great Delight, Shadi tries to navigate her crumbling world in the wake of 9/11 by soldiering through, until one day, everything changes, and she explodes. In One of the Good Ones by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, two sisters embark on a journey to honor the memory of their […]

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Brendan Kiely Presents The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege

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Talking about racism can be hard, but ... Most kids of color grow up talking about racism. They have “The Talk” with their families – the honest talk about survival in a racist world. But white kids don’t. They’re barely spoken to about race at all – and that needs to change. Because not talking […]

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It Takes Two: Graphic Novels on Family & Friendship

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In Just Roll With It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie and Veronica Agarwal, Maggie just wants to get through her first year of middle school, but she’s having a tough time navigating new friendships, after-school clubs, and the rumored monster on school grounds. Jennifer L. Holm and Savanna Ganucheau join forces in the graphic novel adaptation of […]

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Virtual Pachanga: The Middle-Grade Fantasy Edition

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In Chantel Acevedo’s Muse Squad #2: The Mystery of the Tenth, Callie is finally getting the hang of being one of the nine muses of Greek mythology, when she gets news of an unprecedented tenth. In Donna Barba Higuera’s The Last Cuentista, Petra wakes on a new planet, the only person who remembers the Earth, […]

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Young Trailblazers: The Book of Black Inventors and Scientists

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Get ready for a fun presentation that will help your kids learn about science and history in an engaging, exciting way! Writer M.J. Fievre, illustrator Kim Balacuit, and host Thomas B. Logan will take your child on an adventure, traveling through time to meet some of the historical Black trailblazers who have impacted the world […]

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