recital, Cupcake is
nervous that she
won’t be able to do
it. Follow Princess
Cupcake Jones
as she learns that
with practice and
determination there isn’t anything
she can’t do.

when his father will join the family in Virginia.

But playing baseball means navigating
relationships with the guys, and with Jordan,
the only girl on the team—the player no one
but Bilal wants to be friends with.

The Littlest Bigfoot
By Jennifer Weiner
Fitting in isn’t easy,
and that’s true
whether you’re human
or a not-so-mythical
Bigfoot. Weiner, the
bestselling author
of numerous books
for adults, makes her
children’s book debut
with an entertaining
yet empathetic story of cross-species
friendship set at a boarding school in the
country. AGES 10-13
Maxi’s Secrets
By Lynn Plourde
When a big, lovable,
does-it-her-way dog wiggles her
way into the heart
of a loudmouth
pipsqueak of a boy,
house, and a whole host of new adventures
awaiting him at school, sophomore year will
be anything but boring.

I’m Not Your
Manic Pixie
Dream Girl
By Gretchen McNeil
When math brainiac
Beatrice Maria
Estrella Giovannini’s
boyfriend throws
her over for the
loveable and quirky
Toile, the epitome of the manic pixie dream
girl archetype, Bea decides to take action.

Using The Formula, a mathematic path to
social success, Bea sets out to become just
like Toile in order to win him back. But things
don’t go according to plan, and the casualties
of The Formula may be too numerous to
wonderful things
count. happen that allow
AGES 14+
him to become a bigger, better person.

Our Chemical
Hearts The Misadventures of Max
Crumbly: Locker Hero
By Rachel Renee Russell
Max Crumbly is about
to face the scariest
place he’s ever been:
South Ridge Middle
School. There’s a lot
that’s great about
his new school, but
there’s also one big
problem—Doug, the school bully
whose hobby is stuffing Max in his locker.

Unfortunately, Max’s uncanny, almost
superhuman ability to smell pizza from a
block away won’t exactly save any lives or foil
bad guys. But that doesn’t mean Max won’t
do his best to be the hero his school needs!
A Long Pitch Home
By Natalie Dias Lorenzi
Ten-year-old Bilal
liked his life back
home in Pakistan.

But when his father
suddenly sends the
family to live with
their aunt and uncle
in America, nothing
is familiar. While Bilal
tries to keep up with
his cousin Jalaal by joining a baseball league
and practicing his English, he wonders
By Krystal Sutherland
John Green meets
Rainbow Rowell
in this irresistible
story of first love,
broken hearts and
the golden seams
that put them back
together again.

A Torch Against the Night
By Sabaa Tahir
A Torch Against the
Night takes readers
into the heart of the
Empire as Laia and
Elias fight their way
north to liberate
Laia’s brother from
the horrors of Kauf
Prison. Hunted
by Empire soldiers, manipulated by the
Between Worlds
Commandant and haunted by their pasts,
By Skip Brittenham
confront the treacherousness of their own
Lost inside a
hearts. mysterious forest,
teen outcasts
discover their own
magical powers they
Laia and Elias must outfox their enemies and
The Boys in the Boat
By Daniel James
Brown didn’t know they
The astonishing tale
had. Together, they
of nine working-
must find a way to control their new powers,
class boys who at
escape their enemies and get back home.

the 1936 Olympics
showed the world
Sophomores and Other
Oxymorons By David Lubar
Scott Hudson has
somehow managed
to survive freshman
year. But with a new
baby brother in the
what true grit really
meant. With rowers
who were the sons
of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers, the
University of Washington’s eight-oar crew
was never expected to defeat the elite east
coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock
the world by challenging the German boat
rowing for Adolf Hitler.

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