Dragon’s Keep
By Janet Lee Carey Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 302 Age Range: 12 – 17 Years ABOUT By learning to accept the dragon claw that mars her hand, a princess fulfills her destiny and saves her country from war. REVIEWS *”Stunning, lyrical prose . . . Carey smoothly blends many traditional fantasy tropes here, but her telling is fresh as well as thoroughly compelling.” —Booklist, starred review “Carey (Wenny Has Wings) has written a romantic fantasy steeped in the Arthurian tradition of knights, dragons and lost kingdoms. After eloping with an outlaw, King...
Read MoreDirt Bikes, Drones, and Other Ways to Fly
By Conrad Wesselhoeft Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 352 Age Range: 12 – 17 Years ABOUT Seventeen year-old dirt-bike-riding daredevil Arlo Santiago catches the eye of the U.S. military with his first-place ranking on a video game featuring drone warfare, and must reconcile the work they want him to do with the emotional scars he has suffered following a violent death in his family. Adios, Nirvana author Conrad Wesselhoeft, takes readers from the skies over war-torn Pakistan to the dusty arroyos of New Mexico’s outback in this young adult novel about daring to live in...
Read MoreThe Mesmer Menace (Gadgets and Gears)
By Kersten Hamilton Illustrations by James Hamilton Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 160 Lexile: 770L Age Range: 7 – 10 Years ABOUT Welcome to the Amazing Automated Inn, home of twelve-year-old inventor Wally Kennewickett, his genius scientist parents, and his dashing dog, Noodles. From the lightning harvester on the roof to the labs full of experiments in the dungeon, the inn is a wonderful place for a curious boy and his loyal dog to live. That is, until President Theodore Roosevelt himself calls the elder Kennewicketts away, leaving Wally and Noodles to face the evil...
Read MoreBrothers at Bat: The True Story of an Amazing All-Brother Baseball Team
By Audrey Vernick Illustrated by Steven Salerno Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 40 Lexile: AD780L Age Range:4 – 8 Years ABOUT The Acerra family had sixteen children, including twelve ball-playing boys. It was the 1930s, and many families had lots of kids. But only one had enough to field a baseball team . . . with three on the bench! The Acerras were the longest-playing all-brother team in baseball history. They loved the game, but more important, they cared for and supported each other and stayed together as a team. Nothing life threw their way could stop them. Full of...
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