juvenile fiction

"Senior year at Ellingham Academy for Stevie Bell isn't going well. With the cold case of the century solved, Stevie is adrift. There is nothing to distract her from the questions pinging around her brain--questions about college, love, and life in general. Relief comes when David invites Stevie and her friends to join him for study abroad, and his new friend Izzy introduces her to a double-murder cold case. In 1995, nine friends from Cambridge University went to a country house and played a drunken game of hide-and-seek. Two were found in the woodshed the next day, murdered with an ax. The case was assumed to be a burglary gone wrong, but one of the remaining seven saw something she can't explain. This was no break-in. Someone's lying about what happened in the woodshed"--Provided by publisher.

When the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo on September 1, 1923, twelve-year-old Fumiko must navigate the ensuing chaos and confusion in her fight for survival. Includes information about the Great Kanto Earthquake, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.

Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.

After Nate Haregraves finds out that his ex-boyfriend will be at his cousin's lavish destination wedding in South Africa, his best friend and secret crush Jai Patel--who hopes to convince spotlight-shy Nate to front his band at a music contest--volunteers to be his plus-one.

"Magically transported back to ancient Greece by the goddess Athena, the reader must brave a host of perils to find Zeus, the king of Olympus, in a multiple-plot adventure based on the ancient Greek myths"--Amazon.

"Hercules discovers he has a place on Mount Olympus with his dad Zeus, but in order to earn it, he has to endure his growing pains and move from 'zero' to true hero"--Provided by publisher.

"[A story without words in which] at home in his igloo, Freddy's quiet morning gets interrupted when a tennis ball crashes through the window. A tennis ball?! Who would dream of playing tennis in an icy wilderness? Freddy's penguin friends that's who"--Back cover.

"Micah Summers runs a popular Instagram full of drawings of his numerous imaginary boyfriends (ninety-nine so far)--though he's never had a real boyfriend before. But when a meet-cute with Boy 100 goes wrong, Micah embarks on a Prince Charming-like quest throughout Chicago to find true love--for real this time"--Provided by publisher.

"Two lost souls cut off from their heritage find solace in each other in this remix of the gothic novel 'Wuthering Heights'"--Provided by publisher.

High school juniors and best friends Blair and Cameron start a true crime podcast to investigate a twenty-year-old unsolved murder in their hometown of Oreville, Washington, and after making a startling discovery, they accuse a potentially innocent man of murder on one of their episodes.