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1) Ahoy!
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventureall without leaving the living room! This imaginative romp of a picture book is filled with glorious illustrations from a beloved Caldecott Medalist and New York Times bestselling creator.
Author
Series
Dragon Masters volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
When the king decides to take the dragon masters to Arkwood to visit Queen Rose, Rori, Drake, and their dragons are left behind, so when the evil wizard Maldred attacks the castle riding a giant four-headed dragon that spits poison, the two young dragon masters and their dragons are forced to defend the castle by themselves.
Author
Series
Secret Explorers volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"... space expert Roshni leads a mission that's out of this world - literally! With rainforest expert Ollie, she isset the task of fixing the space probe orbiting Jupiter before a comet hits the planet. With the clock ticking, it'sa race against time for the Secret Explorers as they dodge asteroids, complete daring spacewalks, and use all their skills to complete their mission"--Amazon.
4) Survival
Author
Series
The deadlands volume 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seeking to escape carnivorous pursuers, a band of exiled prehistoric herbivores find themselves trapped inside the volcanic heart of the Carrion Kingdom where they must free fellow plant eating prisoners and gather proof of the carnivores' vicious plans.
Author
Series
Toto the ninja cat volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Toto the cat and her brother, Silver, live footloose and fancy-free in a townhouse in London. Toto is almost totally blind and learned to trust her senses from a ninja cat-master who taught her back in Italy, where they were born. By day Toto and Silver seem to be ordinary cats, but by night they love to have adventures! One evening, news reaches Toto that a king cobra has escaped from London Zoo! Together with help from a very posh rat and two hungry...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"The people of northern California were used to living with the threat of wildfires. But nothing could have prepared them for the devastating 2018 fire season, the deadliest in 100 years and the most destructive in history. In the 20th 'I Survived' book, readers join eleven-year-old Josh as he leaves his affluent New Jersey home for the rural northern California town where his mother was born and raised. Still reeling from the life-changing challenges...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Jake Potter is back on Dewees Island for another summer with his beloved grandmother, Honey. This time, Jake is excited that his dad will be there as he continues to recover from his injuries sustained in Afghanistan. But Jake also knows they both need get used to a new normal, which isn't easy. Jake also discovers that his two best friends, Macon and Lovie, are struggling as well. Macon is adjusting to being a big brother, while Lovie is navigating...
Author
Series
The fifth hero volume 2
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Five climate hero kids with special powers try and save animals left out in the cold by the evil Calamity Corporation--and readers must make a choice in scenarios that change the course of the adventure.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Ésta es la historia de un hombre, tres mujeres, una revolución y un tesoro. La revolución fue la de México en tiempos de Emiliano Zapata y Francisco Villa. El tesoro fueron quince mil monedas de oro de a veinte pesos de las denominadas maximilianos, robadas en un banco de Ciudad Juárez el 8 de mayo de 1911. El hombre se llamaba Martín Garret Ortiz y era un joven ingeniero de minas español. Todo empezó para él ese mismo día, cuando desde...
Author
Series
Wings of fire volume 4
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
When Starflight, one of the dragonets of destiny, is kidnapped by the NightWings he finds that the kingdom of his birth is a miserable place, full of terrible secrets--and that, with his fellow dragonets too far away to help, the fate of two kingdoms rests in his talons.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Goku and Vegeta are both struggling to master their respective ultra forms, which they'll need to defeat Gas, now the strongest warrior in the universe. Can Granolah rejoin the battle and help turn things around? Later, back at home, a pair of superheroes are making headlines"--
12) The ghost forest
Author
Series
Secrets of the sky volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Twins Kiya and Kinjal must help the flying horses with a sudden invasion of their lands. It turns out that the tree ghosts are losing their forest! To save the trees, and the Kingdom, they must use their collective knowledge of this world and of course their magic!"--Amazon.
13) This dreamer
Author
Series
Chronicles of the marked volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A mortal life is but a mist ... When Evie, an immortal Watcher turned reluctant assassin, finds herself captivated by her intended target, Adan the Dreamer, is it worth the cost to prevent his untimely end?"--
14) Golden kamuy: 30
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Lieutenant Tsurumi's men begin their all-out assault on the Goryokaku Fortress under the cover of naval bombardment. Hijikata still has some tricks up his sleeve and an old cannon provides needed support. But now, getting Asirpa and the deed for the Ainu land out of the fortress and to safety is the goal. In this battle, scores will be settled and old enemies will come face-to-face. Although often at odds, Hijikata and Sugimoto will find themselves...
15) James: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...
16) Lotería
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
In Oaxaca City, Mexico, ancient friends Life and Death discuss free will while engaged in a game of chance, with eleven-year-old Clara as the protagonist of their theories and a pawn in their game, moving inevitably towards her ultimate fate.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs, and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate...
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After hearing Inui's heartfelt plea, Takemichi agrees to become the eleventh-generation leader of the Black Dragons, but there's no time to reflect on his newfound responsibility. The final showdown between Tenjiku and Toman is looming closer, and every day that goes by, the odds get worse and worse for Toman. Tenjiku is like no other enemy they've fought before--eager to fight dirty, ready to go to any lengths to take all of Toman's toughest fighters...
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