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September had some of the BEST releases!

✨Classroom library glow-up alert!✨
Looking for fresh reads that will spark imagination, build empathy, and get your students talking? 📚 From time-traveling adventures to football phenoms and future leaders, these new favorites are perfect for engaging readers across grade levels.

Swipe ➡️ to see why The Curiosity Chronicles, Hairiette of Harlem, The Dark Times of Nimble Nottingham, The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze, and Millie Magnus for Mayor deserve a spot on your shelves! 🌟

👩‍🏫 Teacher tip: These stories make amazing mentor texts for class discussions on history, perseverance, identity, and leadership.

🎉 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉
I’m so excited to share these incredible new middle grade reads with you! Here’s a quick peek at each title:

📚 A Field Guide to Broken Promises – Evie uses her cryptozoology skills to uncover secrets, bullies, and the truth about herself.
📚 A Hero’s Guide to Summer Vacation – A boy + his grandfather hit the road on a book tour that becomes a journey of healing.
📚 This Way to Happy – Reilly works to save her family’s amusement park while finding friendship + hope.
📚 All the Blues in the Sky – A powerful story of grief, forgiveness, and healing after the loss of a best friend.
📚 Huda F Wants to Know – Junior year takes an unexpected turn when Huda’s parents divorce, pushing her to find herself.
📚 Isle of Ever – Benny must solve riddles + find a vanishing island to claim her inheritance.

✨ Perfect for fans of heartfelt, adventurous, and real-life stories.
📖 Which one are you most excited to read?

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⏰ Contest ends September 4 at 7 PM CST. Winner announced shortly after!

Bye birthday month ✌🏼
👋🏼 BER MONTHS 🙌🏻
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🌊 Dive by John David Anderson

📖 Kass starts over at a new school, juggling family struggles, drifting friendships, and the pressure of the dive team… 👀 until an unlikely friendship teaches her to look deeper and find her own courage.

✨ A heartfelt, hopeful story about belonging, resilience, and discovering treasure in unexpected places. We know and love for his EMOTION and Dive is no different. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

🔑 Themes:
• Finding your identity
• Friendship & empathy
• Breaking free from expectations
• Seeing worth where others don’t

👥 Perfect for middle school readers (ages 10+)

Back at it with some and titles either OUT or coming in September! You don’t want to miss these! 👀
The Ravenous Sky by K. D. Kirchmeier

Themes: survival, destiny, friendship, intuition, post-apocalyptic fantasy
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The Firefly Crown by Yxavel Magno Diño

Themes: friendship, courage, magic, Filipino folklore, identity, rising above expectations
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Class Pet Ghost Detective: What Happened to the Naked Mole Rat? by Akeem S. Roberts

Themes: mystery, friendship, humor, death, grief, supernatural, problem-solving
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Holding on for Dear Life by Dusti Bowling

Themes: family, grief, resilience, identity, healing, letting go vs. holding on
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A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans

Themes: friendship, family, belonging, paranormal mystery, q***r identity, trust, self-discovery
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Make Me a Monster by Kalynn Bayron

Themes: grief, love, death, rebirth, family bonds, Black identity, supernatural thriller, romance, Frankenstein reimagining
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Let’s go 4th and 2nd grade 🥹

👻 Deepwater Creek by Michael Regina

A spine-tingling middle-grade horror graphic novel where two brothers and their friends uncover lurking terrors in their local creek near the end of summer. : 8–12 years; Out: August 26

🌊 Junius Leak and the Spiraling Vortex of Doom by Allan Wolf

A rollicking adventure blending swashbuckling pirate action, time-travel mystery, and nuanced depictions of neurodiversity as a boy uncovers his family’s ties to a haunted lake. and lower 10–14 years; OUT NOW!

🫶🏻Weird Sad and Silent by Alison McGhee

A quietly powerful middle-grade novel in vignettes following a fifth grader nicknamed “Weird Sad and Silent” who learns to find her voice amid trauma, friendship, and healing. 9–12 years; Out now!!

🔥 The Burning Season by Caroline Starr Rose

A lyrical, novel-in-verse middle-grade tale of a 12-year-old girl who trains as a fire lookout in New Mexico’s wilderness and learns about legacy, courage, and resilience. 10 and up; Out now!!

🦦 Safe Harbor by Padma Venkatraman

A moving verse novel chronicling the journey of Geetha, a newcomer to the U.S., as she navigates identity, belonging, and the power of her own voice. OUT NOW!

👿 The Nightmares of Finnegan Quick by Larry Hayes

A horror-comedy middle-grade adventure about a boy whose nightmares come alive, forcing him to face monsters—and his fears—to protect his remaining family. and ; Out now!!

💘 Tell Me Every Lie by Ellen Hagan & David Flores

A dual-voice YA romance set at an elite resort: two recent grads reinvent themselves through deception, only to confront truths about love, pain, and authenticity. Out now!

🩸 Blood Moon by Britney S. Lewis

A darkly romantic YA paranormal novel about a freshman who uncovers werewolf legends, dangerous mysteries, and the truth about her past and her heart. ; Out Sept. 9!

Welcome to August!! You’re either or about to head back! I want to share some top 4-5 star reads the rest of the month to add to your classroom libraries, or recommend to your students! I will include YA and MG!

The Sherlock Society: Hurricane Heist – When Hurricane Clyde strikes Miami Beach, the Sherlock siblings uncover a decades-old cold-case linked to a buried body and a mysterious jewel heist! Fast-paced, clever middle-grade mystery. Out Sept. 2

The Devil’s in the Dancers: Sixteen-year-old Mars earns a scholarship to an elite ballet academy, but when asked to sabotage a classmate, she finds herself entangled in ambition, ethics, and dangerous secrets in this tense YA thriller. Out Aug 26.

Tyger - In an alternate history where the British Empire still reigns, two children encounter a mythical, immortal “tyger,” embarking on a powerful adventure.A richly illustrated, thought-provoking fantasy.

Schoolbot 9000 – Eleven-year-old James’s middle school is taken over by robotic teachers… and it’s up to him and his unlikely allies to save humanity from being replaced by gadgets in this humorous graphic novel.

The Scott Fenwick Diaries – In this funny, heartfelt middle-grade comedy, a seventh-grader navigates first crushes, school drama, and growing up with all the raw authenticity of a tweens’ diary.

This Way to Happy – After the death of her grandfather, young Reilly grapples with grief and family expectations while working at her family’s amusement park… her journey toward joy and resilience shines in this moving Out Sept. 23

Wildlife Rescue: How to Save an Otter by Kate Messner takes young readers behind the scenes of real-life wildlife rehabilitation, following experts as they rescue, care for, and release an injured otter back into the wild. This engaging nonfiction inspires animal lovers to protect our planet’s creatures. Out Sept. 2

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