CHILDREN'S
Released: May 15, 2013
"A genuine mystery with occasional horror elements. (Historical mystery/horror. 13-18)"
Originally published in Spain, this chilling book follows the mysterious events that take place in a sleepy French coastal village in 1937.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"An uneven U.S. debut for Atak, easy peasy for fans of the I Spy genre. (Picture book. 6-8)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Strong stomachs are a prerequisite. Even the strongest will be left both queasy and sore from laughter. (Graphic short stories. 7-10)"
Ivory Coast–born Abouet (
Aya, 2007, for adults) dishes out bursts of simultaneous hilarity and horror in African vignettes aimed at a younger audience.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Lacking in everything but length. (Fiction. 14 & up)"
Sixteen and never-been-kissed Elle is unprepared for the fallout from her brief stint working in a kissing booth.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
""If a monster is tired and grumpy, send it to bed and say, ‘GO TO SLEEP!' " Like that would work. (Picture book. 3-5)"
A blatantly psychotherapeutic variation on
Where the Wild Things Are and like empowerment fare
.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"An intimate encounter with nature lit not just by stars and fireflies, but also an affecting dose of daddy-daughter warmth. (Picture book. 4-6)"
On a summer's night, a child sails out into her yard to gather (and then release) lightning bugs.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Fantasy readers should devour this well-crafted mix of action and setup, enriched by a thoroughly detailed cultural and historical background and capped by a distinctly unsettling twist. (Fantasy. 10-13)"
The inhumanly prolific author of the Mistborn trilogy conjures similarly baroque magic for a lapidary series opener aimed at a somewhat younger audience.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"An enjoyable and provocative exploration of the clash between "normal" and "different" and how similar the two really are. (Fiction. 12-15)"
Summer is supposed to be about lazy days, but for Johnny, summer doesn't quite turn out the way he expects.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Another enthusiastic embrace of silliness from Antarctica. (Picture book. 3-6)"
CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"An intriguing premise, but it's too cramped and cryptic to reach its full potential. (Graphic fantasy. 10-13)"
From a floating, dream-proof Safe House, a diverse squad intrepidly issues forth to rescue children from attacks of nightmares in this melodramatic, rather confusing graphic outing.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Definitely goofy. (Graphic science fiction. 10-14)"
Hakata Soy and his fellow students at Astronaut Academy return from break to an academy in lockdown.
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CHILDREN'S
Released: May 14, 2013
"Hallelujah! A paranormal tale of angels that's not a romance, making it a novel that breaks the mold. (Paranormal fiction. 13 & up)"
For 13-year-old Jenna Samuels, things have been going really badly: She's pretty sure she's dying, her father has mysteriously abandoned the family, her mother is nearly catatonic with depression, and then her brother dies and becomes an "A-word."
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