After years of writing, two authors return to their award-winning, popular breakout books:
WHEN CLOUDS TOUCH US by Thanhha Lai. Sequel to Inside Out and Back Again, the 2012 award-winning tender novel in verse telling the story of Vietnamese boat people from the 1970s as they struggle to make a new life in the USA.
FALLING OUT OF TIME by Margaret Peterson Haddix. Haddix is best known for her suspenseful sci fi often featuring false realities and frightening premises in utopias turned dystopias beginning with Running Out of Time. A descendant of the original protagonist, Jessie, also discovers that her reality is just an illusion.
Two by the powerhouse duo also responsible for the Mr. Lemoncello’s Library series:
THE SMARTEST KID IN THE UNIVERSE (3): EVIL GENIUS by Chris Grabenstein
TREASURE HUNTERS (9): THE GREATEST TREASURE HUNT by James Patterson/Chris Grabenstein.
MILES MORALES: SUSPENDED by Jason Reynolds. Further misadventures of black teenage Miles aka Spidey. Reynolds elevates the superhero adventure story with his varied writing styles, interspersing poetry with prose.
THE LAST FALLEN REALM by Graci Kim. Conclusion of Korean folklore fantasy.
THE FORGOTTEN FIVE (3): REBEL UNDERCOVER by Lisa McMann. Spies/secret agents with supernatural powers join the fight where the good guys are bad and the bad guys are good.
EXPLORER ACADEMY (7): THE FORBIDDEN ISLAND by Trudi Trueit. Global adventures combining suspense, action, and high-tech science fiction as a group of young people are trained to be a new generation of explorers.
KATIE THE CATSITTER (3): SECRETS AND SIDEKICKS by Colleen AF Venable. Katie’s super-powered cats are at it again in this funny, page-turning graphic novel.
ONCE UPON A TIME (3): THE SEA OF TERROR by Stuart Gibbs. Awkward and nerdy peasant Tim joins up with a cowardly knight and less-than-powerful magician as they blunder their way through medieval times.
DREW LECLAIR CRUSHES THE CASE by Katryn Bury. Follow-up to Drew LeClaire Gets a Clue. Modern day, younger Nancy Drew.
MIDDLE SCHOOL AND OTHER DISASTERS: WORST BROOMMATE EVER! By Wanda Coven. Heidi Heckelbeck grows up to be a tween.
MIHI EVER AFTER: A GIANT PROBLEM by Tae Keller. Sequel to Mihi Ever After. She may not fit the standard fairy tale princess profile, but Mihi doesn’t let that stop her, along with some magical help.
MARISOL RAINEY (3): ONLY, ONLY MARISOL RAINEY by Erin Entrada Kelly. Sweet elementary chapter book series about a girl with a big imagination who learns how to conquer some fearful things in her life, such as climbing trees and scary dogs.
DINOSAUR CLUB (7): ESCAPING THE LIOPLEURODON by Rex Stone. Two paleontology enthusiasts find a portal back to the Land of the Dinosaurs!
DRAGON KINGDOM OF WRENLY (9): LEGION OF LAVA by Jordan Quinn. Spin-off graphic novel series featuring a popular dragon from the elementary series Kingdom of Wrenly.