Fiction

Gr 5–8—Thousands of children are sleeping, ready to be activated as perfect fighter pilots and gunners, controlled by the completely unhinged Mal Gorman...

Gr 3–6—At a time when "even the idea of women wearing pants was scandalous," Louise Boyd explored the Arctic; Ynes Mexia lived with headhunters while collecting plant specimens in the Amazon; Alexandrine Tinné searched for the source of the Nile River; and the knowledge gained by Freya Stark's travels into remote areas of the Middle East benefited the British War Office during World War II...

Gr 4–6—Move over "Goosebumps," another horror series has entered the book world, and now it's a live-action film...

Gr 2–4—A former search-and-rescue dog, J...

Gr 8 Up—Subtitled "original story, poems, and anarchic bestiaries," this book features adorable and gruesome illustrations and captures the mood of an Edward Gorey collection as seen through the prism of Tim Burton...

Gr 6 Up—O'Connor explores the story of overprotective Demeter; her spirited daughter, Kore (aka Persephone); and Hades, Lord of the Dead...

Gr 5–7—After Makis's father is killed in an earthquake that destroys most of their Greek island, the boy and his mother board a ship to London where she can find work to support them...

PreS-Gr 1—As in his completely wordless Foxly's Feast (Templar, 2010), Davey creates images as timeless as fairy tales to transport children to the enchanted forest of Imagination...

Gr 2–4—The Goofballs are four fourth-grade friends who love a bad pun almost as much as they love a good mystery...