August 2026 list by K. Pearson |
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Diary of a Dinoghost #1: Unlikely Friends
by Monica Arnaldo
This hilarious, friendship-themed series follows a ghost-dinosaur named Cobble who's been roaming the world alone for millions of years. Cobble starts a diary because he has begun losing track of the passing days. He has a set routine everyday: He commutes on the bus, visits the haunted lighthouse, and observes a seven-year-old boy named Kevin who's obsessed with ketchup. But Cobble's world gets turned upside-down when he meets Bonny, a goldfish ghost (who's forever trapped in the fishbowl where she died by ketchup ).
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Dragon Masters #32: Heart of the Ruby Dragon
by Tracey West
The royal family is under attack At the royal baby naming ceremony, King Roland, Queen Rose, and their new baby are captured by an evil fairy queen named Agrona. It's up to Drake and his friends to rescue them The Dragon Masters soon discover that a spell had been keeping Agrona asleep for many years. But that spell has now been broken, and three magical dragon gems are needed to recapture the evil fairy queen. Drake, Worm, Bo, and Shu travel to the Land of Peace to find a Ruby Dragon. But it won't be easy to obtain the dragon's special heart gem. Can Drake and Bo solve the Ruby Dragon's riddle and secure the first gem?
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Fatal Glitch: Camp Zero
by Erin Entrada Kelly
Eleven-year-old gamer Sofia Mendoza expects a miserable summer at camp, but Camp Forestjaw is far more dangerous than she imagined. As a deadly elimination game begins, Sofia must survive a place where every past mistake comes back to haunt her.
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Fear Files: Hide and Seek
by Christopher Edge
Nobody knows who started the Darkive. It's a database filled with first-hand accounts of strange, unexplained experiences. Ghosts; paranormal entities; weird anomalies. Each one is stored with a bank of evidence to prove the story. Are you ready to dive in? Adam didn't think his summer holiday could get any worse. His camping trip with his best friend, Sol, seems to be doomed. They've been arguing, and now they find themselves in a strange, abandoned town, where they are told to take part in a game of hide-and-seek. But the rules are hard to follow. And who, or what, are they hiding from?
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The Heart of the Weird Wood
by Jordan Lees
When dark magic spreads from Wreathenwold into his own world, Benjamiah returns to stop the evil mage Manfred Tarr from freeing the powerful Widow. But as the search for a magical key unfolds, Benjamiah learns he may be destined to unleash the very evil he's trying to defeat.
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Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales! Yarn Is Everything!
by Aaron Reynolds
Jasper Rabbit tells the tale of Winona Mole, a crochet enthusiast whose life begins to unravel after a cursed crochet hook increases her talent overnight, winning her a spot on the television show Yarn Is Everything!
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Level Up
by Daka Hermon
Keenan is used to running. He loves it. He is good at it. He is a track star, after all. Now he and his mother are escaping his father, trying to start a new life in Tennessee. But he has never been on the run like this before. This new town has monsters of its own. The students in his school seem to be under some sort of trance, and Keenan is the only one who isn't affected. Which means he is the only one who can do anything about it. It's time for Keenan to stop running and face his fears. He cannot let the monsters win.
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The Lost Jewels of Room 713
by Jo Beckett-King
It's springtime in New York, and Bea can't wait for her cousin C line and Aunt Juliette to visit. The girls are looking forward to a fun week of sightseeing, while Aunt Juliette is there to write a profile on a famous French actress, Eva, who's starring in a stage adaptation of Agatha Christie's The Mystery of the Blue Train. But when the priceless diamond necklace Eva plans to wear on opening night is stolen from her hotel suite, Bea and C line find themselves once again at the center of a mystery.
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Maggie the Dread
by Austin Gilkeson
Seventh-grader Sebastian Onizuka accidentally frees Maggie, a vampire-goddess destined to destroy the universe during the upcoming solar eclipse. The problem? Maggie would rather make friends than end reality. With just six days left, Sebastian and Maggie must find a way to stop the apocalypse—while surviving middle school.
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Maud and the Very Eventful Week
by Lisa Anchin
Maud has a very unusual week, from finding a haunted teapot and selling spiders to outsmarting ghosts, visiting a witch, and hosting a yard sale. This quirky, slightly spooky story follows her delightfully strange adventures through each day of the week.
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Monster and Apprentice
by Jessica Khoury
When street orphan Rolan is taken as the apprentice of a legendary monster hunter, he must learn to battle Cryptics—deadly creatures born from people's secrets. But as a long-hunted beast proves tied to Rolan's own past, he'll have to confront the truth to decide what kind of person he wants to become.
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Monsters of Fife: Terror Birds
by Jane Yolen
When Cat Douglas dreams of the legendary Black Dog, it signals a new monster threat to her Scottish village. As giant terror birds begin attacking, Cat and her fellow young monster hunters must uncover the truth before disaster strikes again.
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Nando
by McCall Hoyle
After a tropical storm separates border collie Nando from his family, he teams up with a boy named Levi to find their way home. Along the journey, Nando learns that love and belonging don't depend on being perfect.
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Remember Me, Daphne
by Celia Krampien
When sixth-grader Flora befriends her new neighbor Mac, she hopes for a fresh start. But as strange events and family secrets surround Mac's eerie old house, Flora begins to suspect it may really be haunted.
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Royalslinger
by Graci Kim
After successfully passing the Annual Royal Slinger Trials, Aria is about to kick off her second year of training at the Royal League of Dreamslingers. All she and her bloom dragon, Rio, have to do is pass the final Fellowship exam and they'll finally become fully-fledged Fellows. But before training can begin, the king of Royal Hanguk cancels the exam, and instead commands Aria and the other novices to reclaim the Touch of Death—a powerful ancient relic that was stolen from the kingdom. And by Aria's mother, no less.
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Thunder and Mercy
by Jennifer Robin Barr
When twelve-year-old Thunder spends the summer at her aunt's crumbling mansion once owned by Benedict Arnold, she discovers a diary that draws her into a Revolutionary War mystery of spies, secrets, and hidden treasure spanning two centuries.
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Transylvania County
by Jenny Howard
The Hardy Boys meets Gravity Falls in this delightfully spooky middle grade adventure about a small town with secrets, the monster lurking in its shadows, and the misunderstood new kid who has to believe the unbelievable to save them all.
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Unicornia: Camping in the Clouds
by Ana Punset
What could be more magical than a camping trip in the sky? Claudia and Pippa can hardly wait . . . but something is troubling Sara. Can she overcome her fears in time to help her friends solve a sky-high mystery? Find out in this star-studded, cloud-camping adventure!
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