fiction

"Sky Patel-Baum, Area 51's latest arrival, thought she had finally figured out her strange new home. Sure, there are aliens everywhere, and her new BFF Elvis is from the planet Galzoria. But it turns out things can still get weirder. Because some special visitors just arrived with a warning: Area 51 is in danger! A hunk of space junk is headed right for the base! And it's not just any hunk of junk! It's a giant toilet! Even worse? A traitor on base is working with angry aliens to coordinate the attack. With one case already under their belts, Sky and her friends are on a mission to save Area 51. But what happens if their investigation goes down the toilet? That would stink!"--Provided by publisher.

"A playful, feminist retelling of Rapunzel with a Chinese-cuisine twist. The story of Rapunzel where she's being locked in a tower by a witch is a good one-but it's not totally the truth. The real story is about a young princess in China named Ra Pu Zel who doesn't want to talk to princes or look proper. What Pu Zel wants is to cook and eat in peace, her long hair neatly braided to keep it out of her food. And when she gets tired of everyone telling her what to do, she locks herself in a tower with her dog Bao. Although princes from everywhere try to convince her to come down, it's not until a young chef arrives with an intriguing food to share that Ra Pu Zel finally has a reason"--Provided by publisher.

"Recognizes the beauty of the bodegas, subways, and playgrounds that characterize everyday life in the Bronx and pays homage to the ways that its residents have shaped pop culture through music, visual art, and dance"--Provided by publisher.

"Stitch is good at sniffing out a lot of things . . . including trouble! After the events of Lilo and Stitch, paranormal mysteries start popping up across the globe. The United Galactic Federation reluctantly assigns the only alien they know up for the task: Experiment 626. Now, Agent Stitch and his friends are sent off to Paris to uncover the disappearance of one of the federations best operatives, Cobra Bubbles, and rumors of a snail-like aliens known as Snailiens spotted in the city"--Provided by publisher.

"Stitch and his friends are off to the big apple. People have been disappearing all over New York City, and the Galactic Detective Agency suspects that a group of shapeshifting aliens are to blame. Now it is up to Stitch to figure out what has happened to the missing people and save the day. But how do you a solve a mystery when the suspects can disguise themselves to look like anyone, maybe even your best friends?"--Provided by publisher.

"The threads on Zlata's beautiful birthday blouse were knotted by her mother's hands. 'Red is for love, and black is for sadness,' her Papa says. Her mama warns her not to show it off. Ever since the Communists came from Russia to Ukraine, they prohibited the teaching of Ukrainian culture. They've even taken the grain from Zlata's family's fields. But despite the danger, her parents refuse to give up their art, language, or beliefs. As Zlata works to help her community survive, she finds that the dream of freedom is stitched deeper into the Ukrainian spirit than she could ever imagine"--Provided by publisher.

Set in dictatorial South Korea in 1984, a group of teens experience a taste of freedom on a winter retreat with no parental supervision.

Told in alternating timelines, African American Atlas learns of her ancestral powers and their connection to the Great Dismal Swamp which shielded her grandmother as a formerly enslaved girl in the 1700s.

When a ghost from the spirit world transforms her sister, Ruby Chen confronts the dark upheaval in Vancouver's Chinatown as she enters into an ancient battle over the gateway to the underworld as she attempts to save her sister and her community.

While staying in the strange town of Slumbering Giant and discovering her missing mother is actually a demon slayer, 11-year-old Jerry ventures into the forbidden woods in her trusty wheelchair to unravel the truth about the town to save her mom.