Bloomsbury USA Childrens / Juvenile & Young Adult

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp

by Rick Yancey

Alfred Kropp is just trying to survive high school when his guardian

uncle ropes him into a suspicious get-rich-quick scheme that changes his

life forever: stealing Excalibur-the legendary sword of King Arthur....

The Frog Princess

by E. D. Baker

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Princess Emeralda isn't exactly an ideal princess. Her laugh is like a donkey's bray rather than tinkling bells, she trips over her own feet and she does NOT like Prince Jorge, whom...

Need

by Carrie Jones

Zara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect lipsticks. Little wonder, since she's had a pretty rough life. Her father left when she was a baby, and her stepfather just died. Her mother's pretty...

In Darkness

by Nick Lake

Winner of the 2013 Michael L. Printz Award

This is the story of "Shorty"-a 15-year-old boy trapped in a collapsed hospital during the earthquake in Haiti. Surrounded by the bodies of the dead, increasingly weak...

Dragon's Breath

by E. D. Baker

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Reviews

"As tasty as its prequel, this romantic confection ends with several ingenious twists. . . . A treat." -School Library Journal

"As magically adventurous as fantasy can get....

The Magic Half

by Annie Barrows

Miri is the non-twin child in a family with two sets of them--older brothers and younger sisters. The family has just moved to an old farmhouse in a new town, where the only good thing seems to be Miri's ten-sided...

Sophie Makes a Splash: Mermaid S.O.S.

by Gillian Shields & Helen Turner

The Mermaid S.O.S. team continues its mission to retrieve six magic crystals that will protect Coral Kingdom for another year. But the evil mermaid Mantora is up to her old tricks again, and will do anything...

The Goose Girl

by Shannon Hale

Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, spends the

first years of her life under her aunt's guidance learning to

communicate with animals. As she grows up Ani develops the skills of

animal...

Misty to the Rescue

by Gillian Shields

Meet Misty and the Mermaid Sisters of the Sea! Misty and her friends are on a very important mission: they must find the six Magic Crystals that give life and strength the Merfolk, and bring them back to Coral...

The Key

by Marianne Curley

The battle to protect the future is coming to an end as the evil Order of Chaos launches their final attack on the Named. To defeat the Order, the Named must locate the Key to a treasury of weapons hidden somewhere...

Dreams of a Dancing Horse

by Dandi Daley Mackall

Fred the Plow Horse is born with a dancing tune in his heart. When he hears music, he just has to dance -even if it means overturning the plow and wreaking havoc! When Fred gets kicked off the farm, he must...

One Tough Chick

by Leslie Margolis

Annabelle has tamed the wild boys, mastered the social hierarchy of catty mean girls, and bugged out over her first school dance. But now it's time for the school talent show. Annabelle's been asked to be a...

Dragon Spear

by Jessica Day George

With peace established between the humans and the dragons, young couple Creel and Luka are planning their wedding. But then the dragon queen, Velika, is kidnapped by a band of rogue dragons in need of a ruler....

Liar

by Justine Larbalestier

Micah is a liar. That's the one thing she won't lie about. Over the years, she's duped her classmates, her teachers, and even her parents. But when her boyfriend Zach dies under brutal circumstances, Micah sets...

The Purple Emperor

Faerie Wars Chronicles #2

by Herbie Brennan

When Henry Atherton returned to his own life in the suburbs of London,

he thought all was well in the Faerie Ream. His new friend Pyrgus, the

crown prince of Faerie, was about to be coronated as Purple Emperor....

Trolls on Vacation

by Alan MacDonald

It's summer and all of Ulrik's school friends seem to be going on something called "vacation," so Mr. and Mrs. Troll decide to investigate. Their neighbors, the Priddles, have just bought a camper, and it seems...

Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror

by Chris Priestley

This spine-tingling novel has more than enough fear factor for the most ardent fan of scary stories. Uncle Montague lives alone in a big house, but regular visits from his nephew, Edgar, give him the opportunity...

Some Kind of Wonderful

by J. Minter

After the disastrous Halloween party at Sara Beth Benny's house and a kiss from quarterback Adam, Flan Flood has decided to focus on her friendships, and is hoping to prove to best friends, Meredith and Judith,...

War of the Witches

by Maite Carranza

When her mother suddenly disappears without a trace, Anaíd is baffled. Taken in by friends, She learns a shocking truth-her mother is a witch, prophesied to be the chosen one who will end an ancient war between...

All That Glitters

by J. Minter

Flan Flood is happy to have reunited with her old best friend Camille, after having parted ways with Meredith and Judith. And now the two are ready to face private school life at the Thonet School. The problem...