Fresh Reads, Honest reviews, Educator-approved
In A Soft Place to Land, Janae Marks delivers a deeply moving, relatable story of resilience that upper elementary and pre-teen readers will truly root for. Facing sudden financial struggles and family tension, Joy Taylor must redefine her meaning of home while navigating a secret neighborhood mystery.
Looking for a breathless, action-packed survival story that your high school readers won’t be able to put down? Cold the Night, Fast the Wolves delivers a fierce, modernized, and feminized twist on classic adventure tales like The Call of the Wild.
Rescue is a spectacular, World War II adventure of espionage and unmatched courage. Tasked with guiding a family of German refugees across Nazi-occupied France to save her imprisoned father, young Meg Kenyon enters a dangerous game of survival and codes.
The Fort is a gripping, realistic fiction novel that follows a middle school “band of brothers” who discover an underground bomb shelter after a major hurricane. What begins as a secret hideout quickly transforms into a vital sanctuary for a friend fleeing an abusive home.
Clean Getaway is a phenomenal, middle-grade road-trip mystery that loops together past and present American race relations. Following eleven-year-old Scoob and his eccentric G’ma through the segregation history of the American South, this layered novel balances historical realities with contemporary suspense.