Eudora loves living on the Athena, an Astro-liner ship in space! Sure, sometimes she gets into trouble, like the time she told the ship robot officer Walter to run on stage and steal the show during her sister's lead part in the school play, but Eudora loves the Athena. Yet, when everyone else is busy, it can get a little boring sometimes for Eudora. One day, Eudora decides that she would like to play the game Woggle, but everyone Eudora asks says that they are busy! Luckily, someone suggests that Eudora ask Walter to play, and Walter is available. However, Eudora forgets one thing!
Leighton is an imaginative eight-year-old who makes forts and goes on pretend adventures. In this picture book, Leighton is taking a bubble bath and begins to think about the time she won a prize at the bottom of a cereal box. Leighton uses her imagination to pretend she swims in cereal to the bottom of the cereal box, which is the bottom of her bathtub. She is careful as she looks for her treasure because she imagines an evil octopus is following her and trying to trick her into losing her prize. Luckily, she is helped along the adventure by her toys, a doll, and a rubber ducky.
Emily Brown is happy with her life in New York City... or at least that's what she tells herself. She has a great job in one of the best libraries in the world and gets to experience the big city during its magical holiday season. But Emily just doesn't quite feel happy. Maybe it's her recent breakup with Dan, the man she thought she would marry, or the strain the break-up has caused on her relationship with her parents. Even though she is surrounded by people in the city, Emily feels lonely.
Back to the Bright Before by Katherine Nolte is a smooth and poignant children’s adventure story that features the journey of Perpetua or Pet and her little brother Simon. Although Pet’s family has never been rich, things go well until one day an accident casts a dark shadow over their lives. Pet’s dad, the breadwinner of the family, breaks his arm, and Pet holds herself responsible for the misfortune.
G.D. Brown's novel, Sinners Plunged Beneath the Flood, is a crime story mixed with some spirituality. This is the story of a high school senior named Jenn who wants to find out what happened to her best friend Ava. She seeks help from another best friend by the name of Matthew, nicknamed Scribbles, who just happens to have his own problems and issues to deal with like his parents leaving him behind. They live in a small town named Branch Creek in Mayes County.
Calling the Moon is a collection of 16 realistic fiction stories that celebrate menstruation and spotlight different communities’ traditions around it. The characters are all different, but they are bound together by the experience of their first period. Some are prepared, and some are surprised. Some are disappointed, and some are excited. Nonetheless, each of their experiences enlightens the reader.
Piki, "the mischievous and independent" service dog, goes on her second adventure in the new picture book Piki Goes Flying. Piki's first adventure took her to college. In Piki's second book, she is learning all about airports, airplanes, and how to be a well-behaved service dog when taking your first flight. Piki takes the flight with her favorite human, her owner Joan, and along the way they meet concerned travelers and see many new strange things.
Bathtime turns into an adventure as the bathtub turns into a cereal box! Like most cereal boxes, it has a treasure at the bottom. During her adventure to find the treasure, Leighton meets lots of new friends between cereal pieces and is having so much fun! Suddenly, an evil octopus tricks her! Can she and her new friends find the treasure and save the day?
Cassie and her best friend Donovan have always dreamed of filming their horror own film. Maybe it's the fact that they both love horror movies or that they grew up in LA. Either way, they are both thrilled when they discover that they can make a horror short film as their graduation project based on some of their favorite horror movies. Cassie is excited after they film their first kill. Everything is going great, and with the whole class helping out, the film is looking awesome.
In Summertime and the Livin’ is Easy by Edwina Dorch, we meet Jasmine, a 10-year-old, bright, spunky Black-American child and her 11-year-old brother, Frankie. We are led to surmise that they are growing up in the American South, perhaps sometime in the 40’s or 50’s. Her mother works as a housekeeper for a Caucasian family and Jasmine sees the stark contrast between her family and the family of her mother’s employer.
