Hitting bookshelves next week are a picture book about a library invasion, a middle grade mystery featuring gamers on a treasure hunt, and a YA novel that pits cheerleaders against aliens.
Saturday by Ian Lendler, illus. by Serge Bloch. Roaring Brook/Porter, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-59643-965-8. Lendler (the Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue books) and Bloch (The Big Adventure of a Little Line) make hay of moments when exhausted parents are at odds with their energetic children.
Signs of You by Emily France. Soho Teen, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-61695-657-8. Four teenagers bond over grief and the possibility of finding something greater than themselves in this debut novel.
Coyote Moon by Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Bagram Ibatoulline. Roaring Brook, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-62672-041-1. Quietly poetic text and show-stopping artwork create a tense account of a coyote’s nocturnal search for food. The book earned a starred review from PW.
Flying by Carrie Jones. Tor Teen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-7653-3657-6. With nods to numerous science fiction and fantasy works (including Dr. Who, Heroes, and World of Warcraft), this tongue-in-cheek series opener from Jones (the Need series) follows cheerleader Mana, who is confronted with the existence of aliens.
Click Here to Start by Denis Markell. Delacorte, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-101-93187-5. In this debut, Markell takes readers on a clue-filled adventure featuring three 12-year-olds in search of a treasure lost since the waning days of WWII.
The Not So Quiet Library by Zachariah OHora. Dial, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-8037-4140-9. OHora (My Cousin Momo) brings his playful wit and retro-kitchen-appliance paletteLOVE THIS! to the story of Theodore and Oskar, whose weekly library visit takes a green and scaly turn.
A World Without You by Beth Revis. Razorbill, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-59514-715-8. Through two gripping and very different narrative voices, Revis (the Across the Universe trilogy) examines a family struggling with a child’s severe mental illness. The book earned a starred review from PW.
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