New York Times-bestselling author Aiden Thomas returns to the beloved world of Cemetery Boys, this time following Julian—chaos magnet extraordinaire. With restless spirits vanishing and a dark demon from their past emerging, he and Yadriel might be the only ones reckless enough to stop a threat that could tear their world apart.Julian used to be a ghost and now he can’t stop seeing them.Ever since Julian was sacrificed as part of ...

In this extraordinary companion to Newbery Honor winner Mexikid, hilarious family hijinks, immigration patrols, and musical daydreams shape a year of growth and change for a Mexican American boy and his family.Pedro Martín is sick of strawberries. Since he was seven, he’s spent every weekend and summer picking berries with his family under the hot sun. Sometimes it’s not so bad—Pedro’s an ace at “strawberry wars” with his siblings, and when a good song com...

**This program includes a bonus conversation with the author.A trans boy determined to prove his gender to his traditional Latinx family summons a ghost who refuses to leave in Aiden Thomas's paranormal YA debut Cemetery Boys, described by Entertainment Weekly as "groundbreaking**."Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can't get rid of him.When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his true gender, Yadriel becomes determi...

Black Beauty is born with a fine coat, a white foot, and a silver star on his forehead. As a foal he spends the days with his mother in an idyllic paradise until a vicious groom injures him, and his beloved owners have no choice but to sell him.As he passes from owner to owner he faces cruelty and hardship, as well as compassion and kindness. Through it all – all his struggles to survive – Black Beauty refuses to let his spirit be broken. Will he ever find the happiness and peace h...

Quinn spends the morning in their workshop, and emerges with Something Great!But everyone wants to know … what is it?First their mom, then their sister. No one seems to understand: Something Great isn’t supposed to be anything. Look at all the fun things it can do!Swing like a pendulum!Fly through the air!Make rainbows!Can’t Quinn just share the joy of their new invention without a label?Jeanette Bradley brings the wonders of imaginatio...

Visit a future where you can rent out your body, just like an apartment … join a robot dog repurposed for mining as it fights to stay alive after being judged as defective … follow a woman who must race across the surface of an alien world alone and through deadly flora and fawna to save the life of her mentor …discover what happens when an autonomous undersea drone sent to find life on Enceladus begins demonstrating signs of an emerging consciousness … find out what happens when yo...

A warm book that introduces the concept of gender identity to the youngest listener from writer Theresa Thorn.Some people are boys. Some people are girls. Some people are both, neither, or somewhere in between.This sweet, straightforward exploration of gender identity will give children a fuller understanding of themselves and others. With child-friendly language, It Feels Good to Be Yourself provides young listeners and parents alike with the voca...

Edited by activist and former San Francisco 49ers Super Bowl quarterback Colin Kaepernick, Abolition for the People is a manifesto calling for a world beyond prisons and policing.Abolition for the People brings together thirty essays representing a diversity of voices—political prisoners, grassroots organizers, scholars, and relatives of those killed by the anti-Black terrorism of policing and prisons. This collection presents readers with a moral ...

What happens when your dream mission to Mars is a reality television nightmare?For the six lucky scientists selected by the Destination Mars! corporation, a one-way ticket to Mars - in exchange for a lifetime of research - was an absolute no-brainer. The incredible opportunity was clearly worth even the most absurdly tedious screening process. Perhaps worth following the strange protocols in a nonsensical handbook written by an eccentric billionaire. Possibly even ...

Winner of the Rainbow Book of the Year“I know of no other book that so tenderly, convincingly, and completely authentically captures the quest of a young, queer character. Beautiful!”—Benny LindelaufJip has an assignment from school for spring break: draw a self-portrait. That should be easy for someone who can draw so well. Yet Jip's thoughts keep wandering. To the new boy in class, to beetles and fireflies, to twilight dreaming, to the party next Friday,...

She deserved more. They all did. A gripping and emotional new suspense novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends**.**A terrible accident. A horrible loss. A regrettable tragedy. That's all anyone in Fenix can talk about when a fire consumes the local high school, taking the life of a student. The town mourns, except who really knew—let alone cared about—...

A mysterious noise emanating from the ocean depths — nicknamed “the Song” — triggers a global marine catastrophe: the end of sea life as we know it. In a marine acoustics lab, a pregnant single mother-to-be tries to decipher the riddle while holding on to hope for the world her child will be born into.Meanwhile, a US Navy officer troubleshoots an obscure bug in a sophisticated submarine AI system with secrets of its own.