LibraryAware March 2025

Recent Releases

Bree Boyd is a legend
by Leah Johnson

Seventh-grader Bree Boyd loves rules and order, but when a storm delivers a bolt of lightning into Bree and she develops the power to move things with her mind, her predictable life is twisted upside down and inside out.

Available on hoopla and Cloud Library

Lost in the Empire City
by Avi

Santo, a young immigrant from Italy, gets separated from his mother and siblings at Ellis Island and is left in Manhattan, knowing no English, to fend for himself, and he soon discovers that America is not what he envisioned.

Available on Cloud Library

Mallory in full color
by Elisa Stone Leahy

Mallory Marsh's true feelings come out in her sci-fi web comic, but when it goes viral, classmates recognize the unflattering characters, leading Mallory to reckon with her lies, in a story about identity and friendship.

Available on Cloud Library

The sign of the five
by Ali Standish

In the second installment of the mystery series from an award-winning author, Arthur must battle new foes and journey to find answers in order to save a poisoned Sherlock Holmes and others before it's too late.

Available on Cloud Library

Bat and the business of ferrets
by Elana K. Arnold

Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed “Bat”) is starting fourth grade, and he and his best friend, Israel, want to convince the teacher to have a class pet, in a story featuring an unforgettable boy on the autism spectrum.

Available on Cloud Library

The gorgon's fury
by Brandon Mull

Satyrs Newel and Doren travel from Fablehaven to Key West to seek counsel from the Listening Doll on how to stop a dangerous gorgon--and win the annual Satyrs Games.

Available on hoopla

Written in Verse

Starfish
by Lisa Fipps

After a lifetime of being treated badly by everyone from classmates to her own mother, 11-year-old Ellie decides to ditch their unspoken "Fat Girl Rules." After all, it's not being fat that makes her unhappy, it's being bullied.

Available on Libby and Cloud Library

What about Will
by Ellen Hopkins

Afraid of further fracturing his family, 12-year-old Trace Reynolds covers for his older brother, who is recovering from a tragic accident and now addicted to pain medicine, until Trace realizes that some secrets cannot be kept if we ever hope to heal.

Closer to nowhere
by Ellen Hopkins

Told in two voices, sixth-grade cousins Hannah and Cal learn a lot about family when circumstances throw them together under one roof and Hannah's love of order clashes with Cal's chaotic behavior.

Other words for home
by Jasmine Warga

Sent with her mother to the safety of a relative's home in Cincinnati when her Syrian community is overshadowed by violence, Jude worries for the beloved family members who were left behind and forges a new sense of identity shaped by friends and changing perspectives.

Available on Libby and Cloud Library

Mid air!
by Alicia Williams

After their friend is killed in a hit-and-run, Isaiah and Drew find their friendship fading and Isaiah, desperate to keep them together, comes up with a plan, but when it backfires and something unspeakable happens, he wonders how much he can keep inside before he explodes.

Available on Libby and Cloud Library

Alone
by Megan E. Freeman

When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned. With no one to rely on, no power, and no working phone lines or internet access, Maddie slowly learns to survive on her own. As months pass, she escapes natural disasters, looters, and wild animals. But Maddie's most formidable enemy is the crushing loneliness she faces every day.

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