Gr 6 Up–Fifteen-year-old Amani Kendall receives the shock of her life when she discovers her parents are secret undercover agents of the Factory—an international organization of spies protecting people of color. She and her Mom are forced to move suddenly when their cover is blown, and they settle with a family friend, Sister Niema. Amani, using the name Imani, struggles to adapt to the abrupt cultural differences in being surrounded by Black students at her new public school in contrast ...| School Library Journal
Gr 4-7–Korman’s latest delivers a Rear Window premise for the middle grade set, complete with exotic animals, amateur sleuthing, and a screen-addicted protagonist stuck at home. After a ski accident leaves 12-year-old Carter Peregrine with two broken legs, he discovers he can access public surveillance cameras around his small town...and then goes a step further. What begins as boredom-fueled snooping escalates into a full-blown investigation involving cryptic vans, a red panda, and a sus...| School Library Journal
Gr 5-8–Ever since her 11th birthday, Mystery James could smell ghosts; they have a noxious skunk smell that leaves a sour, metallic taste in her mouth. The scent even plagues Mystery where she lives and works, helping her aunt Lucy (who discovered her as a newborn in the Olde Ellis Town Cemetery) run the Garcia Graves & Funeral Home. She keeps her secret from everyone except her good friend Garrett. After Lady Ellis, a wealthy member of a prominent family, passes away, Mystery suddenly can ...| School Library Journal
Join usMay 22ndfor our School Library JournalDay of Dialog virtual event! Our day-long program of author panels, in-depth conversations, and keynote talks will leave you informed, inspired, and entertained.Come hear about the hottest forthcoming titles for children, tweens, and teens, from nonfiction and romance to picture books and graphic novels. You can also visit the virtual exhibit hall to network with leading publishers and download digital galleys and other free resources.| School Library Journal
In the latest censorship legislation tracker, North Carolina moves to charge librarians with a Class 1 misdemeanor, and a Florida bill seeks to make it easier to remove books and punish schools, while Nevada and Colorado legislators take steps to protect collections.| School Library Journal
In time for Latinx Heritage Month and the publication of Fall of the Fireflies, García McCall presents a guide to the supernatural gods, monsters, and fiends from the Aztec Pantheon that appear in her new series.| School Library Journal
Learn how to track library-related legislation and testify in front of legislators from grassroots advocates and librarians who have successfully lobbied for libraries in their states.| School Library Journal
For more than 60% of children in the U.S., walking into a school or library represents their first encounter with books. If we make that experience as welcoming as possible, we're giving them fuel for success.| School Library Journal
The accolades keep coming for nonfiction picture books that dare to offer facts and true stories to elementary-aged readers. We cannot wait for autumn, when it's time for a whole other harvest of titles that keep children reading and learning.| School Library Journal
Gripping fantastical journeys, family secrets, unbridled joy, and inconceivable loss: in these pages, tweens are facing it all. These 26 middle grade titles are exemplars across genre of the power of truth telling and embracing one's authentic self, even when it seems impossible.| School Library Journal
This great resource for readers of all ages who are interested in comics, graphic novels, and manga, has just added more picture books to its collection.| School Library Journal
