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The In-Between
by Rebecca K. S. Ansari
Presents a dark, twisty adventure about the forgotten among us, and what it means to be seen.
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Odder
by Katherine Applegate
Odder spends her days off the coast of central California, practicing her underwater acrobatics and spinning the quirky stories for which she's known. She's a fearless daredevil, curious to a fault. But when Odder comes face-to-face with a hungry great white shark, her life takes a dramatic turn, one that will challenge everything she believes about herself--and about the humans who hope to save her.
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Freddie vs. the Family Curse
by Tracy Badua
When he discovers a century-old amulet from the Philippines that's supposed to bring good luck, Freddie couldn't be more wrong and has 13 days to break a curse or meet an untimely demise.
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The Vanquishers
by Kalynn Bayron
Idolizing The Vanquishers, vampire hunters who wiped out the undead decades before, 12-year-old Malika and her crew suspect a vampire is involved when a new student goes missing and know who to call to protect their town.
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Valentina Salazar is Not a Monster Hunter
by Zoraida Córdova
After her father is killed during a failed mission to rescue a magical creature who wandered into our world, Valerie follows in his footsteps to save a mythical egg from the dreaded monster hunters.
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The Sea in Winter
by Christine Day
After an injury sidelines her dreams of becoming a ballet star, Maisie is not excited for her blended family's midwinter road trip along the coast, near the Makah community where her mother grew up.
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Agent Stitch: a Study in Slime
by Steve Behling
Agent Stitch, who has a penchant for trouble, and his friends are sent by the United Galactic Federation to Paris where they must find Agent Cobra Bubbles while fending off snail-like aliens.
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My Nest of Silence
by Matt Faulkner
To prove that Japanese Americans are American enough, Maris brother Mak heads off to fight in WWII, where he encounters danger and racism at every turn, while Mari, refusing to talk until he comes home safely, expresses herself through drawings.
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Mixed Doubles
by John Feinstein
A nationally ranked tennis star, 11-year-old Andi Carillo, with offers coming out of the woodwork, must learn how to handle new emotions, face tough opponents including her jealous teammate and close out this match and win.
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Just Right Jillian
by Nicole D. Collier
To keep her promise to her grandmother, fifth-grader Jillian must learn to speak up, break out of her shell and show everyone her true self to win the schools biggest academic competition.
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Player vs. Player: Ultimate Gaming Showdown
by M. K. England
When Hurricane Games, the creator of the hottest battle royale game in the world, announces an epic virtual tournament with killer prizes, four gamers form an unstoppable team that could be doomed from the start.
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Singing With Elephants
by Margarita Engle
When an award-winning poet moves to town, Oriol learns that it takes courage to stay true to herself and do what she thinks is rightattempting to rescue a baby elephant in needeven if it means keeping secrets from those she loves.
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Maya and the Robot
by Eve L. Ewing
In desperate need of a friend and a science project Maya finds a robot named Ralph in Mr. Macs convenience store, and once she gets him up and running, a new world of connection opens up.
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The Rema Chronicles: Realm of the Blue Mist
by Amy Kim Kibuishi
While searching for the truth surrounding her fathers death, Tabby Simon is unexpectedly led to Rema, a distant world of magic and beauty, where she discovers she is destined for something far greater than she ever could have imagined.
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Apple Crush
by Lucy Knisley
Attending a new school, Jen is glad to have her stepsister Andy with her, but Andy is more interested in boys and crushes than hanging out with her, leaving her to navigate the sixth grade alone.
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The Firebird Song
by Arnée Flores
A youth from a frozen and decimated kingdom teams up with a lake barge girl with no memory of her past to decipher a murdered queens dying message, restore the realms protective Firebird and defeat an evil magical usurper.
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Nowhere Better Than Here
by Sarah Guillory
When her coastal Louisiana town of Boutin is hit by the worst flood in a century, 13-year-old Jillian Robichaux, determined not to lose the only home she's ever known, searches for a way to keep Boutin and its indomitable spirit alive.
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The Thirteenth Cat
by Mary Downing Hahn
Unnerved by the overgrown forest near her aunts house and the wild black cats that live there, Danni encounters a mean old woman who claims to be their owner and makes a discovery that places her life in danger.
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The Rat Queen
by Pete Hautman
As a plague of rats threatens her town and the mystery of her birthright grows, 10-year-old Annie, caught in a cycle of purging her misdeeds to thenuodeema burna, or eater of sins, travels to Litvania to finally learn the truth about her family's secret.
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Hide and Seeker
by Daka Hermon
Joining his friends for a game of hide-and-seek at the welcome back party of a young neighbor who mysteriously went missing for a year and came back rather changed, Justin watches in horror as players are pulled into a nightmarish alternate world where they are terrorized by a mysterious Seeker.
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High Score
by Destiny Howell
When his best friend is tormented by Lucky, a seventh-grade bully, Darius James, a con artist with a heart of gold, comes up with a plan to save his friendand maybe the whole schoolfrom Lucky.
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Stand Up, Yumi Chung!
by Jessica Kim
Reworking mortifying memories about her perpetual shyness and cross-cultural realities into comedy gold, an aspiring comedienne accidentally lands in a comedy camp under the instruction of a favorite celebrity.
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The Big Dreams of Small Creatures
by Gail Lerner
After saving a paper wasp nest from destruction, 10-year-old Eden is led on a grand adventure to a secret laboratory devoted to the peaceful coexistence of humans and insects where she makes an unlikely friend as they band together to protect the insect world.
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Wayward Creatures
by Dayna Lorentz
Damaging both the land and his life after accidentally causing a forest fire, lonely 12-year-old Gabe crosses paths with a coyote named Rill and discovers that sometimes it only takes one friend to find the place where you belong.
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All Four Quarters of the Moon
by Shirley Marr
Interwoven with Chinese mythology, this novel of love and resilience follows Peijing as she shoulders the burden of her fractured family while dealing with her own uncertainties and trying to find her place in the world of an ever-changing, constant moon.
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A Darkening of Dragons
by Seth Patrick
In jail for playing a forbidden spell, 13-year-old Piper discovers a deadly truth and must stop the evil Piper of Hamelyn with the help of a girl cursed to live as a rat and a fire-breathing dracogriff.
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Trouble in the Stars
by Sarah Prineas
Assuming different forms to stow away on a ship when threatening government agents arrive in town, a shapeshifter on the run from an unknown enemy becomes a member of a supportive crew, before a surprise encounter leads into an unprecedented transformation.
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Leonard: My Life As a Cat
by Carlie Sorosiak
Rescued by a young girl when a space mission gone wrong strands him on the planet Earth in the form of a cat, Leonard endeavors to make his way back home while his young friend introduces him to the beautiful, confusing world of humans.
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Skandar and the Unicorn Thief
by A. F. Steadman
When a mysterious figure tells him he must save an island where bloodthirsty unicorns roam free, Skandar Smith answers the call and, along with newfound friends and a community of riders, engages in an epic battle that will tear his world apart.
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Frances and the Monster
by Refe Tuma
Trying to prove her scientific worth to her family, Frances Stenzel instead reawakens her great-grandfathers secret and most terrible invention and must find the monster before it destroys the town and everything she loves.
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Weird Kid
by Greg Van Eekhout
Jake Foster, a shapeshifting alien of goo disguised as a human, and his spunky friend Agnes investigate the mysterious takeover of their neighbors by "imblobsters" and uncover the reason Jake is losing control of his ability to keep his human shape.
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Into the Heartlands
by Roseanne A. Brown
Shuri and T'Challa set out to remove a curse from Wakanda in this action-packed, totally original graphic novel.
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Wingbearer
by Marjorie M. Liu
When a sinister force threatens the life-giving magic of the Great Tree, Zuli, along with her guardian owl, Frowly must get to the root of it, and so embark on an epic journey to find the truth.
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Growing Pangs
by Kathryn Ormsbee
After her so-called BFF ditches her during summer camp, Katie returns home and cannot stop worrying about everything friends, the sixth grade, getting braces and feels that no one will like her due to her anxiety.
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Garlic & the Vampire
by Bree Paulsen
Garlic must believe in herself to confront a bloodthirsty vampire who has moved into a nearby castle, in this humorous and heartwarming story that reminds readers that strangers are not always as scary as they seem.
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Elmhurst Public Library 125 S Prospect Ave. Elmhurst, Illinois 60126 (630) 279-8696
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