Kids Fiction

It has been a year since Kiki started her new life as an honest-to-goodness witch, but fame comes with it's own challenges. (9/8)

In 1943 Sparhawk Point, Michigan, the Swedish Ahlstrom girls and Ojibwe Robicheaux boys claim to see Mishipeshu, a creature from Ojibwe legend, to attract tourists and save their families, but when the story backfires, they must find a way to undo the damage. (9/8)

Chris Cleevy's out-of-this-world imagination has always been fueled by his love of sci-fi. Thankfully, simple routines like tying his shoelaces and picking out his socks have kept him grounded right here on Earth. But his carefully constructed world is shattered when his mom brings home her new boyfriend, Phil. Despite Phil's friendly demeanor, Chris becomes convinced Phil's a member of the mind-controlling alien race from one of his science-fiction stories. Chris believes, however, that his routines will shield his mind from Phil's alien influence. As the world becomes harder and harder to navigate, Chris discovers the source controlling his behaviors may have a different, more earthly origin. (9/8)

Mia and Willow are dogs and best friends and they'd have it no other way--but Mia's giant crush on a skateboarding cat named Jesse is ruining Willow's life! The two buddies come together and apart as all BFFs do--riding bikes, complaining about homework, eating ice cream, and getting up to all kinds of hijinks. In fourteen delightful bite-size chapters drawn in comics-style panels, Dog Days is a new graphic novel series perfect for ages 8-12. (9/8)

Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny are brothers and sisters. They're orphans too, and the only way they can stay together is to make it on their own. When the children find an abandoned boxcar in the woods, they decide to call it home--and become the Boxcar Children! (9/8)

Nugget and Tenders are super-big, super-smart, talking chickens. When evil scientists trap them in a time machine, they land in the age of the dinosaurs. Not ones to be easily discouraged, these adventurous avians see their chance to change the course of chicken-kind. Can they change the past and get back to their future--or is the duo doomed to be a dinosaur's dinner? (9/8)

A young girl named Copenhagen must save a library full of memories from falling apart, all while searching for her own memories and clues to her forgotten past (9/8)

Sam Sanchez, a hardworking Chilean teen, pursues her dream of becoming Chile's first weightlifting gold medalist, even if it means training behind her parents' back. (9/8)

Jasper Rabbit tells the tale of Winona Mole, a crochet enthusiast whose life begins to unravel after a cursed crochet hook increases her talent overnight, winning her a spot on the television show Yarn Is Everything!

Kevin Aurelius is just like any other almost eleven-year-old. Well, apart from his fangs obviously. And that he's immortal. Oh and did I mention he's a vampire? Together with his vampire parents and annoying older siblings, Kevin's on his way to Monstros City when, due to dodgy batnav, they get stranded in a strange, quiet place full of humans called Lower Drudging. With empty coffers in need of filling, their only choice is to put on an impromptu carnival to earn the gold they need to get back on their way. But Lower Drudging has a monstrous secret of its own. A secret that is old, very hungry and has just woken up! It's up to Kevin and his new best friend Susie to save the town - or else!

Timid sixth-grader Flora befriends Mac, her charismatic new neighbor, but as eerie events unfold in the old house across the street, she begins to suspect that her new friend's family is hiding a chilling secret.

Inspired by legendary witches like Circe, Baba Yaga, Marie Laveau, and La Lechuza, each story is sure to keep you up late into the night. A girl receives a Christmas gift far worse than coal. An sideshow lures in new recruits. A birthday party turns into a grisly scavenger hunt. A werewolf stalks a ghostly graveyard. A train ride proves quite deadly. These stories are as enchanting as they are eerie, shining a light on the magical world of these legendary witches.

You and your family just moved out of the city, leaving all your friends behind for an old house in the country. Tomorrow is Halloween, but today you are bored so bored that you decide to make a fairy house. Silly, right? But before you know it, the house has summoned Beezle, an apprentice fairy tasked with saving Halloween. His magic sometimes gets mixed up, but maybe you can help him the only question is do you want a day full of tricks? Or treats?

A lot of things have changed in twelve-year-old Dahlia Reid's life. Her best friend moved away, her mom got remarried, and now Dahlia has a stepbrother, Levi, who isn't very nice. The one thing she can count on staying the same is Harvest Festival--the big scary event held every Autumn Equinox in the town of Wilcott Head. When a new family arrives and grows a massive pumpkin patch, some people in town think it's bad news, even saying the pumpkin farm is cursed. Dahlia, on the other hand, thinks it's great. She even befriends the new girl, Penelope. After all, they're both being bullied by the same boy, Julian, at school. But on the evening of the equinox, the famous jack-o'-lanterns that line the path to the bonfire begin to disappear, and then people begin to disappear too. Dahlia thinks the pumpkins might be cursed after all...especially when they come to life. Dahlia, Penelope, and Levi band together to fight the jacks, undo the curse, and save the town before it's too late.

Count down to Halloween with 13 sealed short stories! Bump in the Night features 13 chilling tales to tingle kids' spines...without keeping them up all night. Perfect for reading in the lead-up to Halloween, each story features full-color artwork and is sealed with a sticker for kids to peel open and reveal the frights and delights within. Whether readers open one story per day, or tear into them all at once, this collection will set the stage for a very special spooky season.

An unexpected hurricane hits the coast of Puerto Rico, where you are staying with your cousin for the summer. When you find yourself lost and alone in the aftermath of the storm, you must navigate the historic streets of Old San Juan and find your way home. But as you explore the neighborhood and search for your cousin, you discover that the legendary chupacabra is terrifyingly real ... and no one is safe. Will you end up lost in a haunted cemetery, stalked by a bloodthirsty creature? Or will you set sail with pirates and fight to see another day? Can you solve the mystery of the chupacabra before it's too late?

When seventh grader Adam reluctantly agrees to help his pumpkin-fanatic classmate, Molly, with Friday Night Fright Night, he soon finds himself facing his greatest fear, pumpkins, when mind-controlling pumpkins begin to possess the people in town.

A boy discovers a magical deck of wizard cards... but will they spell chaos for his school talent show? Two siblings believe that the best way to beat their bullies is to become monsters... but what happens when they can't change back? A boy gets a strange call on his second-hand cell phone... but when the creatures on the other end of the line find him, he gets much more than he bargained for.

Twelve-year-old Edgar Alden, also known as "Poe," has always been an outcast. Obsessed with the macabre, he's never remotely hit it off with other kids. Only Grandma ever really understood his love for the supernatural, but when she dies and his parents move into a dilapidated house on the other side of town, things for Poe quickly go from bad to worse. You see, Poe has a roommate. A dead one. A 12-year-old ghost named Violet, who's been stuck haunting Poe's room for longer than she can remember. Violet is territorial, kind of annoying, and tethered to the human world by her doll, Baby Jessica. But Poe quickly discovers that Violet isn't the only spirit haunting his house. There's a vengeful, violent entity in his basement. And it's up to Poe to find a way to help them both cross to the other side.

Riz Choudhry lives for two things: movies and anything spooky. His dad? Not so much. While Riz dreams of filmmaking and jump scares, his father dreams of Riz going to med school or law school--and neither one includes ghosts. The film club is Riz's safe haven, a place where other supernatural-obsessed kids swap scary stories from their cultures. So, when the group decides to film a documentary about the creepy old mansion in town, Riz is all in. But there's a problem. His dad wants Riz to quit the club. And the building is about to be demolished. Now Riz and his friends must use the power of filmmaking to save the mansion before it vanishes forever. (9/22)

When Agnes and her family move into the cottage across the street from the Grimsdarks' spooky castle, Greta Grimsdark, a human child in a family full of monsters and spooky creatures, sets out to find out more about Agnes and discovers a new friend. (10/9)

When thirteen-year-old Kit Devlin finds herself in a competition against her devious family to inherit her late grandfather's fortune, she discovers the puzzles and clues he left behind in his mysterious gothic manor are actually tied to an ancient family curse. (10/9)

After a hard seventh grade year full of misunderstandings, face plants, and bullies, all she wants is a hassle-free summer. Her ticket to a summer of fun? Joining the club track team! However, Shayla struggles to fit in with new friends, to set a personal best that will secure her a spot in the exclusive Junior Olympics and reluctantly earns the title of "Prank Queen." But Shayla discovers that sometimes trying so hard to stay out of trouble ends up making things a whole lot worse. Will she risk new friendships by owning up to a big mistake? And is she ready to speak out against another social injustice? (10/9)

All Mac wants is to go on fun buddy adventures, preferably in the open ocean, while what Croc wants is to win at chess and read about the ocean from a comfortable chair. When Mac wins a bet and convinces Croc to join him on a sailing trip to find a lost underwater city, things quickly take a wrong turn that not even hot chocolate can fix. And that's when the fun really begins. With quirky and appealing characters, a bright color palette, and tons of silly little details in the art, this early graphic novel about two opposite best friends is one for all kids -- whatever level of adventure they prefer. (10/9)

Pursued by Imperial forces, a young girl named Bia must flee her home planet of Coruscant and find her mother. All the time, she is hunted by a figure in black, a presence more horrifying than she has ever encountered before. Can Bia escape--and what does she have that the Empire wants so badly? Horror readers and Star Wars fans of all ages will thrill to this fright-filled middle grade novel. (10/9)

The Cottonwood middle school's undefeated football team, the Coyotes, are on the field, working to maintain their record. But suddenly the game comes to a halt. A hard hit has taken a player down--and he's been injured so badly he'll never play again. And then the very next day, the athletic office and coach's computer are found totally trashed. A culprit is found almost immediately: Brian Miller, "the Destroyer," one of the best players on the team. Except ... why would such a loyal and talented player do something like that to his own team? Unless he didn't actually do it. Three kids decide to figure out what really happened. But as they start to ask questions, the threats start arriving. (10/9)

A delightful early-reader graphic novel that captures adventures in imagination and creativity at comics camp Fox River Comics Camp is an early-reader graphic novel that follows five young artists who are excited to learn all about comics! (10/9)

Science-loving Nova is back and ready to hit the lab! But cleaning her room and doing other tasks is taking up all her time. When she hears about a robot-building contest, she knows exactly what to do. She gets to work and invents the perfect robot, using coding from her AI assistant Comet, and programs Buddy to do her chores so she can get back to her experiments. But Buddy is a little too efficient. He quickly moves on from chores and starts helping Nova with her lab work. Before she knows it, he won't listen to her and has completely taken over! What has she created? And can she stop him before it's too late? (10/9)

Enter the cozy, creative and colorful world of the March sisters as they each negotiate the path from childhood to womanhood. Meet beautiful, traditional and kind Meg; Jo, the rebellious tomboy writer; gentle and shy peacemaker Beth; and feisty artist Amy, the baby of the family. The girls live in Massachusetts with their adored mother Marmee, in genteel poverty, while their father is far away fighting in the American Civil War. As the story unfolds, the girls meet new characters and must face the challenges and opportunities life will hold for them, including marriage, work, domesticity and education. Travel with Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy as they leave girlhood behind to become little women, in this classic of American realism that has become a perennial favorite for readers of all ages. (10/9)

In the heart of the forest, Ellie cherishes the ancient tree. But one night, the tree explodes with starlight, showering the forest in a glittering avalanche! Faced with mountains of stars, Ellie and her animal friends must put their creativity to the test. Can they turn this starry chaos into a dazzling celebration? Join Ellie in this heartwarming comic of friendship, resourcefulness, and the magic that happens when a community shines together. (10/9)

In a quiet hill town full of order and straight lines, Kabir struggles to fit in. At school, he's too different. At home, he's misunderstood. And one day, he disappears, leaving his family and his community scrambling to find him and, perhaps for the first time, truly see him. (10/9)

Clay knows deep down in his bones that his mother was NOT killed by her dolls. An infamous toy maker, she disappeared eight years ago, sparking rumors of hauntings and creations come to life. But to Clay, his mom is just your average runaway. At least until her cryptic plea for help arrives, one that sends Clay on a twisted investigation exposing creepy, cult-like doll collectors, disturbing online urban legends, and a mysterious figure following Clay's every move only known as the Button-Eyed Man. Clay won't abandon his mom like she did to him--he'll leave no road untaken to bring her back. Even if that road is paved with his own bones. (10/9)

When eleven-year-old Griff, a kid with innumerable allergies, meets an axolotl at a pet shop, he learns that he is destined to save the world from its evil animal overlords: pets. (10/13)

Timothy B. Quibble's grandpa has a saying: The best way to deal with bullies is to wump 'em. But Timothy wouldn't hurt a fly-- and not just because he genuinely loves bugs. So even though he's facing bullies at school, on the bus, and at home (even the family dog doesn't like him), Timothy just keeps his head down. But his shadow has other ideas. Timothy's shadow suddenly starts moving on its own, growing and feeding on Timothy's darkest thoughts and manifesting into a shadowy creature known as the Wump. Facing bullies both at home and at school, Timothy cocoons himself in the monster's shadows and loves the newfound confidence the Wump gives him so he can finally stand up for himself. Then he and the Wump becomes consumed by a desire for revenge. But how much of himself can Timothy give up before he is completely transformed? This creepy, deliciously dark supernatural middle-grade coming-of-age story is a poignant reflection of the darkness--and light--inside of all of us. It features two-color illustrations throughout.