“A wildly imaginative world and a plot full of unexpected twists and turns, not to mention plenty of witty banter.” —Sarah Prineas, author of the Magic Thief series“Out-of-this world magic, laugh-out-loud humor, and a cast of lovable characters.” —Sage Blackwood, author of the Jinx series“A solid fantasy adventure with several laugh-out-loud moments.” —School Library JournalA thrilling new middle grade fantasy from ...

Joel Ross debuts a thrilling steampunk adventure series in which living in the sky is the new reality and a few determined slum kids just might become heroes. This Texas Bluebonnet selection—a fantasy filled with daring and hope and a wonderfully imaginative world—is perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Brandon Mull.Once the Fog started rising, the earth was covered with a deadly white mist until nothing remained but the mountaintops. Now humanity clings to its highest peaks, calle...

A Legacy: 100 Years in the Life of a Successful Family Business chronicles the Rosses and their company that spanned into the fourth generation. From the rural Allegheny Mountains to Silicon Valley, their business grew from a Depression Era mom-and-pop shop to a phenomenally successful multinational corporation. Against shirtsleeve-to-shirtsleeve odds, this entrepreneurial family overcame heartbreaking setbacks with a powerful moral compass and matriarchal (not just patriarchal) spirit. Th...

An unflinchingly honest, big-hearted novel in verse about a boy living in poverty who refuses to let the world’s expectations define him, perfect for fans of Crenshaw.Everyone calls it Garbage Court because nothing good ever happens there. Still, Mason and his family are doing their best to make their apartment in the condemned building feel like home. Mason is used to people deciding who he is before he even speaks: the angry troublemaker who’ll never suc...

Sail across sand dunes and streams on a handmade boat in Book 3 of the Challenge Island series!Finding themselves transported to a magical island once again, Daniel, Joy, and Kimani emerge from a mysterious cave to see blue waters—they’re by the beach! And in the near distance, across large sand dunes and up a hill, stands a familiar tall tower. There, the pirate Captain Wei awaits with all the answers to their questions… if they ever reach the tower in time.

In the high-stakes sequel to the acclaimed The Fog Diver—which was named a Texas Bluebonnet selection and winner of the 2015 Cybils Award for Speculative Fiction and the Michigan Library Association’s 2016 YouPer Award—thirteen-year-old Chess and his crew must stop the deadly and mysterious Fog from enveloping the city of Port Oro and destroying their world.Chess and his crew—Hazel, Swedish, Loretta, and Bea—may have escaped the slums, but they cannot escape the Fog that threatens ...

Fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Wayside School will love this first book in a new, off-the-wall middle grade series about two boys—one with the heart of a lion and the test scores of a baked potato, the other a shy boy genius in a bunny suit—finding their strengths and true friendship.Sixth-grader Alley Katz is innocently trying to help a bunch of kindergarteners when the burrito hits the fan. Literally. A burrito. A ceiling fan. A hail of beans. Now he has to get...

Loveable prankster Alley and bunny-suited brainiac Rex team up again, this time to help each other survive PE and save breakfast, one mutant bagel at a time in this hilarious story that’s perfect for fans of Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Wayside School!Rex can rock a bunny suit like no one else. But his PE teacher insists that all students must wear gym clothes—or face a punishment worse than dodgeball. Alley vows to help his pal Rex. And to save the free breakfast cart...

From Texas Bluebonnet Award winner Joel Ross, author of The Fog Diver, comes the second book in his sweeping fantasy duology.Ji and his friends Roz, Sally, and Chibo have gone into hiding following the disastrous Diadem Rite, where they were transformed from humans into half-beasts. It’s their hope that they will survive the epic journey to the Ice Witch to be restored to humans again before they run out of time.But they know the evil Summer Queen’s soldiers are tracking th...

The Foundational Hands-On Skills You Need to Dive into Data Science“Freeman and Ross have created the definitive resource for new and aspiring data scientists to learn foundational programming skills.”–From the foreword by Jared Lander, series editorUsing data science techniques, you can transform raw data into actionable insights for domains ranging from urban planning to precision medicine. Programmi...

In the high-stakes sequel to the acclaimed The Fog Diver—which was named a Texas Bluebonnet selection and winner of the 2015 Cybils Award for Speculative Fiction and the Michigan Library Association's 2016 YouPer Award—thirteen-year-old Chess and his crew must stop the deadly and mysterious Fog from enveloping the city of Port Oro and destroying their world.Chess and his crew—Hazel, Swedish, Loretta, and Bea—may have escaped the slums, but they cannot escape the Fog that t...

From the author of A Tangle of Knots and Absolutely Almost, a touching story about a boy who won't let one tragic accident define him.Everyone says that middle school is awful, but Trent knows nothing could be worse than the year he had in fifth grade, when a freak accident on Cedar Lake left one kid dead, and Trent with a brain full of terrible thoughts he can't get rid of. Trent’s pretty positive the entire disaster was his fault, so for him mid...