May 2025 list by Angie R. |
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Candle Island
by Lauren Wolk
Lucretia Sanderson has a secret. Lucretia and her mother have come to tiny Candle Island, Maine to escape--escape memories of the car accident that killed her father and escape the journalists that hound her mother, a famous and reclusive artist. But Candle Island has secrets of its own--a hidden room in her new house, a mysterious boy with a beautiful voice--and just like the strong tides that surround the shores, they will catch Lucretia in their wake.
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The Colt of the Clouds
by K. George
Banished from Mount Olympus, Pippa and her horse, Zephyr, must adapt to life on the ground, but when she finds a winged colt she realizes she must return it to Olympus, only to learn that the gods and goddesses are fighting and all the other winged horses have disappeared
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Courage & Defiance
by Deborah Hopkinson
An introduction to the Danish Resistance during World War II describes the invasion of Denmark by the Nazis and the determined movement that saved ninety-five percent of the nation's Jewish citizens.
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Finn and the Subatomic Slip-and-Slide
by Michael Buckley
Finn and his friends travel to the Subatomic, a microscopic world where Finn hopes to find his father and defeat the Plague once and for all.
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The Gods' Revenge
by Katherine Marsh
After Layla is banished from school for asserting her beliefs, Ava and her friends travel to the underworld to rescue Layla and uncover the truth about their fiendish ancestors.
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Harlem Honey
by Tamron Hall
For Moses, Harlem couldn't be any more different than the Texas he moved away from, but when his neighbor suggests he help her deliver jars of honey, he makes friends and sees the magic that echoes throughout Harlem.
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The Little Butterfly That Could
by Ross Burach
An extremely confused and frightened butterfly turns to a whale for guidance on how to reach the flowers--and encouragement as the whale advises him to never give up on his migration.
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The Playmakers
by Chad Morris
After being cut from the middle school basketball team, twelve-year-old Jax forms his own team with an unlikely group of students to prove themselves to the whole school.
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The Poison Waves
by Sayantani DasGupta
Returning to the Kingdom Beyond at the behest of the magical Princess Pakkhiraj, twins Kiya and Kinjal are tasked with finding out who is poisoning the pari-winged merpeople and why before the evil serpent king knows they've reentered the Kingdom.
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Rosie Frost: Ice on Fire
by Geri Halliwell
On the brink of discovering who--or what--lies behind her mother's death, Rosie Frost begins a new adventure with a murder to solve, revenge on her mind, and more questions than she has answers.
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We Own the Sky
by W. R. Philbrick
In 1924 Maine, with the Ku Klux Klan on the rise, orphans Davy and Jo Michaud are taken in by a famous aviator relative and spend their days doing dangerous stunts until they cross paths with the KKK, prompting them to run for their lives.
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