The globetrotting naturalists of the eighteenth century were the geeks of their day: innovators and explorers who lived at the intersection of science and commerce. Foremost among them was Carl Linnaeus, a radical thinker who revolutionized biology.

In What Linnaeus Saw, Karen Magnuson Beil chronicles Linnaeus’s life and career in readable, relatable prose...

Two children must risk everything to escape their fate and find the impossible . . . A brave, thought-provoking adventure by award-winning author, Sita Brahmachari.

Shifa and her brother, Themba, live in Kairos City with their father, Nabil. The few live in luxury, whilst the millions like them crowd together in compounds, surviving on meagre rations and...

Alongside her best friend Leah, Amanda is in Holland to see the all the sights: tulips, canals, Anne Frank House, windmills, and even a wooden shoe factory. She is also keen to find out what happened to her great uncle, who never returned from World War II. What she doesn’t expect is to find and fall in love with an abandoned puppy named Joey. While trying...

Cole just wants to play football...but he can't even get off the bench!

Seventh-grade running back Cole Patterson is sure he could make big plays for the Oak Valley Middle School Mustangs, but the coach won't even put him into the game--and the coach is his dad!

Now star linebacker Jack Riley is saying Cole wouldn't even be on the team if his dad wasn't the...

Live a life filled with adventure with Abi Elphinstone in this brand NEW series where a whole new world is waiting to be discovered...

Eleven-year-old Casper Tock hates risks, is allergic to adventures and shudders at the thought of unpredictable events. So, it comes as a nasty shock to him when he accidentally stumbles into Rumblestar, an Unmapped Kingdom...

Abandoned by her white father, thirteen-year-old Red Dove faces another lean winter with her Lakota family on the Great Plains. Willful and proud, she is presented with a stark choice: leave her people to live in the white world, or stay and watch them starve. Red Dove begins a journey to find her place in the world and discovers that her greatest power...

Some people think that I’m a problem child, that I’m lazy and never pay attention in lessons. But the thing is, I’m not a problem child at all. I’m just a child with a problem.

Felix is struggling at school. His ADHD makes it hard for him to concentrate and his grades are slipping. Everyone keeps telling him to try harder, but no one seems to understand...

If there's one thing everyone knows, it's that Trevor Lee and school don't mix. Like pickles and peanut butter. When his new teacher announces everyone must read on-stage in front of everyone at Parents Night, Trevor Lee and his best friend Pinky take action before his secret of not being able to read gets out. After several over-the-top attempts at getting...

At the heart of her family’s war against the wraith king, Anna makes the only decision she can—to fight back.

Humans have always called the land of Istamba home, yet Roland, King of the Wraiths, is intent on claiming it for himself. When Fort Lieay is attacked, thirteen-year-old Anna Lieay is the only survivor. Distraught from the death of her parents, she...

** 2016 Moonbeam Book Award Winner**

**2017 Midwest Book Award Winner**

"Intrigue in Istanbul: An Agnes Kelly Mystery Adventure" is set in 1961, a time of the cold war and space race. But that isn t on Agnes' radar. Her dad has died and during a trip with her grandmother to Istanbul, she accidentally finds out it was under suspicious circumstances, but...

Addie B. and her cousins are back in the second book of the Heath Cousins series!

The Heath Cousins and the Moonstone Cave introduced readers to Addie B. and her cousins, Jack, Bodie, and Beanie, when the kids traveled to the otherworldly Garden of Choice and encountered new friends and adventures.

The Heath Cousins and the Kingsgate Bridge brings Addie B...

Troublesome but loveable pets turn Hugo’s world upside down, almost as much as family life does.

Hugo adores Nan. He adapts to her odd ways, such as having two goats in her home, better than Mum does. He worries Nan doesn’t always pay for things, and thinks something will happen to her one day.

Hugo has no idea why slipping him bars of chocolate is so...

A charming and magical graphic novel adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's LITTLE WOMEN!

Jo, Beth, Amy, and Meg March are four sisters living in Concord with their parents—Father, who's tending to soldiers fighting in the Civil War, and Marmee, who teaches the girls simple but effective witchcraft. The Marches have to keep their craft quiet, as there are...

James’ and Mandy's neighborhood has taken first place in the holiday lights Best Block contest. But will Rosco’s attempts to help, wreak havoc and wreck Opening Night? And will Mandy’s insistence on working independently be her downfall at the school train parade? Find out in this heartwarming Christmas adventure, the fifth installment in the Rosco the...

Evaline only knew bad days until a tragic crash- a seemingly terrible event- brought hope and restored life.

After Evaline awakes from the crash, she finds herself in the World of Darkness, unable to remember anything about the day before her arrival. She meets the Sun who asks what the one thing is that she desires the most. Evaline wants to find a home, a...

The Math Kids Club is back! After solving the case of the prime-time burglars, The Math Kids, Jordan, Justin, and Stephanie are ready to return to the original purpose of their club: solving math problems. And the district Math Olympics is the perfect opportunity to do just that. But before they can enter the competition, they need a fourth teammate. The...

Twelve-year-old Julian Newcomber knows he has a fitting—what the smart folks call apropos—last name. His family moves constantly due to his Dad's quirky inventions, which have a habit of misbehaving and blowing up the family home. So he's always been the new kid in school.

Now firmly settled in a peaceful and close-knit community, Julian believes he's...

A middle grade bedtime story book for the whole family. Written and illustrated in the tradition of classics like Peter Pan, Treasure Island, and The Alchemist. While adventures teach boys and girls importance of family and friendship in their lives, adults will love the good lessons about not making the wrong decisions when life offers challenges.

Levend is...

Young Theo Paxstone aspires to a better life. A mechanic at a steam mech repair shop, he slaves away under the sharp eye of the ruthless Master Grimes, along with dozens of other orphan boys. The biggest and meanest of them, Grant, has in it for Theo and his best friend, Ollie, the shop’s parts-spotter cockatoo. The chatty bird helps keep Theo going, as...

Have you crossed paths with the creature who likes to eat children? If your answer is no, then you are one lucky kid.

Because there is a creature lurking. It began in your nightmares. But now, it’s real. It has no name.

And it likes to eat children!

***** 2018 NYC Big Book Award Winner in Juvenile Fiction *****

Thrill, terror, and sheer excitement await Magdalena and the rest of the gang as they venture into another fantasy fiction thriller written for middle grades up through young adulthood. Magdalena Gottschalk: The Slippery Slope, book #2 of the coming of age series, blends suspense, intrigue, and...

Alfie is off school after an accident in which he lost both his hand and his confidence. He's lonely all day on his own. So when he comes across Eric, a one-legged robot in need of a friend, he brings him home with him. But a ban on humanoid robots has just been passed, which means Alfie is breaking the law by sheltering Eric. Can he keep his new...

How did Jason defeat the dreaded farting Harpies? Was Hercules's hair really that great, really? And why did Perseus love fish milkshakes so much?

It's fractured fairy tales meets Homer in this hysterical collection of rollicking classic tales aimed squarely at 7 to 13 year olds who like to laugh, and laugh a lot. You might even become an Ancient Greek...

Hold on to your witch hat as Magdalena and friends travel to the enchanted forest in Lindtzl Kingdom! While this coming of age middle grade to preteen fantasy fiction adventure will challenge friendships found within the pages of the book, an underlying faith-based support system that combines the magical world of the enchanted and belief in a higher power...

Centuries ago, Terra, the world, was nearly destroyed by humans. In the wake of that destruction, Terra created the Guardians—a group sworn to protect Her. But humans have returned to their plundering ways and Terra needs the Guardians. The Guardians are now fractured, their leader murdered years before. They need a new leader—a new Terra Protectorum—but...

My name is Calvin Sinclair, I'm eleven years old and I have a confession: I killed my brother. 

It's the summer before grade six and Calvin Sinclair is bored to tears. He's recently moved from a big city to a small town and there's nothing to do. It's hot, he has no friends and the only kid around is his six-year-old brother, Sammy, who can barely throw a...

When twelve-year-old Bobby Wright answers a wild-looking boy's plea for help, he begins an adventure that will take him to the far reaches of a strange world and the limits of his courage.

The boy has come from a land called Erla, having passed through Eon's Door, an ancient tree portal. The soul of Nature is in peril, and he needs Bobby's help to save it...

The stage crew at St. Genesius Prep—or Backstagers, as they like to call themselves—are ready for whatever the theater world can throw their way: the madness of tech week, inevitable prop malfunctions, and all the paranormal activity that goes on behind the scenes. Luckily Jory, Hunter, Sasha, Beckett, and Aziz are up for the job!
 
But lately, someone—or...

Late for school, a young cartoonist accidentally microwaves his notebook while trying to heat his breakfast. This releases a radioactive cloud of awesomeness that makes the drawings in his notebook come to life. Now he has to make it through a typical teenage day of schoolwork, bullies, and general awkwardness while trying to hold on to his sanity. Dud, a...

Fourteen-year-old Ronan Boyle is the youngest and lowliest recruit to the secret Garda, an Irish police force that handles the misdeeds of numerous magical creatures. Ronan’s parents are in jail, but Ronan is convinced that they were framed by the wee people. So, despite his small size, poor eyesight, and social awkwardness, he’s determined to learn all he...

Things aren't going so well for fifteen-year-old Dylan Maples. He's sick of his own reflection, his parental units are driving him nuts, and, worst of all, he's trying to come to terms with the unexpected death of one of his best friends. Now, to top things off, he's been roped into a family trip to stay with family friends in New Brunswick. After just a...

This book is about the Stonewall Riots, a series of spontaneous, often violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBTQ+) community in reaction to a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The Riots are attributed as the spark that...