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As a family grows, so does its capacity for love, for dreams, and for hope. Two lions celebrate their grandchild and express all the ways this new life has expanded their world, and the hope they hold for his future.$9.99ISBN: 9781338143867Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Orchard Books - February 26th, 2019From the author of The Day the Crayons Quit comes a groundbreaking friendship series, introducing best friends Monkey and Cake as they grapple with life's biggest questions.
Meet Monkey and Cake.
They are silly and they are curious.
Sometimes they agree. Sometimes they do not.
But they are always best friends.
$17.99ISBN: 9781534421677Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Atheneum Books for Young Readers - March 5th, 2019In his eagerly anticipated debut as author-illustrator, Caldecott and Coretta Scott King honoree Christian Robinson brings young readers on a playful, imaginative journey into another world.
What if you…
encountered another perspective?
Discovered another world?
Met another you?
What might you do?$16.99ISBN: 9780316521901Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - March 5th, 2019Nikki wants to be a basketball star... but between school stress, friend drama, and babysitting woes, will she be able to make it on her new team? Judy Blume meets Mike Lupica in this pitch-perfect, action-packed, and funny novel.
$16.99ISBN: 9781524770235Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Delacorte Books for Young Readers - February 5th, 2019In the spirit of modern-day classics like Fish in a Tree and Counting by 7s comes the story of a deaf girl's connection to a whale whose song can't be heard by his species, and the journey she takes to help him.
$21.99ISBN: 9780062691200Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: HarperCollins - February 5th, 2019Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, New Kid is a timely, honest graphic novel about starting over at a new school where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real, from award-winning author-illustrator Jerry Craft.
$19.99ISBN: 9780316310352Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - January 8th, 2019The enchanting and bloodthirsty sequel to the New York Times bestselling novel The Cruel Prince.
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.The first lesson is to make yourself strong.$18.99ISBN: 9780062498564Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Balzer + Bray - February 5th, 2019This is the highly anticipated second novel by Angie Thomas, the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning The Hate U Give.
$25.95ISBN: 9780525521877Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Knopf - March 5th, 2019"An exhilarating tale delivered with the pace of a thriller." -Kirkus (Starred Review)
A BookPage 2019 Most Anticipated Book
A LitHub 2019 Most Anticipated Book$26.99ISBN: 9781250301697Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Celadon Books - February 5th, 2019The instant #1 New York Times bestseller
"An unforgettable—and Hollywood-bound—new thriller... A mix of Hitchcockian suspense, Agatha Christie plotting, and Greek tragedy."
—Entertainment Weekly$27.95ISBN: 9780525520610Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Knopf - February 12th, 2019“The novel truly becomes novel again in Luiselli’s hands—electric, elastic, alluring, new.” --Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
"Impossibly smart, full of beauty, heart and insight . . . Everyone should read this book." --Tommy Orange
Longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction$27.00ISBN: 9781524798628Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Ballantine Books - March 5th, 2019NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.
$25.95ISBN: 9780393651645Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: W. W. Norton & Company - February 12th, 2019When aspiring violinist Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman lands a job with a professional ensemble in New York City, she imagines she has achieved her lifelong dream. But the ensemble proves to be a sham. When the group "performs," the microphones are never on. Instead, the music blares from a CD.
$16.99ISBN: 9781590519080Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 DaysPublished: Other Press - February 19th, 2019A moving firsthand account of migrant landings on the island of Lampedusa that gives voice to refugees, locals, and volunteers while also exploring a deeply personal father-son relationship.
