Random House 2016 Summer Reading Catalog

BOOKS FOR WITH CCSS THEMES & COMPANION TITLES

SUMMER READING 2016

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Books for Summer Reading 2016

Contents Science Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Current Events/Social Justice. . . . .4 LGBTQ Stories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Immigrant Journeys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Coming-of-Age Fiction . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Fiction for Young Readers . . . . . . . . .8

Horror. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Graphic Novel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Additional Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 Teacher Awards for Literacy . . . . . . 14 Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Legend HC = Hardcover TR = Trade Paperback MM = Mass Market Audio CD/DL = Audio Edition, CD and/or Download

N = Books on Tape Library CD and/or Download EB = e-Book = Teacher’s Guide

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= Reading Level (Flesch-Kincaid)

Common Core State Standards (CCSS) All the featured books have been integrated with universal themes and companion titles that support the following CCSS anchor standards: KEY IDEAS AND DETAILS: Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND IDEAS: Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.

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Examination Copies are available to high school instructors seeking titles

Books by Pat Conroy

for classroom adoption. Turn to page 15 for ordering information.

Beloved Books by Pat Conroy (1945 – 2016) The Water is Wide: A Memoir

Dial Press • TR • 978-0-553-38157-3 • 320 pp. $16.00/$19.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00

The Lords of Discipline: A Novel

Dial Press • TR • 978-0-553-38156-6 • 592 pp. $17.00/$22.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00

My Losing Season: A Memoir

Winner of the ALA Alex Award Dial Press • TR • 978-0-553-38190-0 • 432 pp. $17.00/$22.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-553-89818-7 • N

The Great Santini: A Novel

Dial Press • TR • 978-0-553-38155-9 • 512 pp. $16.00/$18.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00

The Prince of Tides: A Novel

Dial Press • TR • 978-0-553-38154-2 • 704 pp. $17.00/$22.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00 Dial Press • MM • 978-0-553-26888-1 • 688 pp. $7.99/$10.99 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00

Beach Music: A Novel

Dial Press • TR • 978-0-553-38153-5 • 800 pp. $18.00/$24.00 Can. • Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-307-80473-0 • N

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Science Fiction

A mission to Mars. A freak accident.

One man’s struggle to survive.

The Martian: Classroom Edition

by ANDY WEIR

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• Winner of the ALA Alex Award • A School Library Journal “Best Adult Book 4 Teens”

his new edition has classroom-appropriate language and includes discussion questions and activities, as well Now a as a Q&A with Andy Weir. m motion ajor pictu After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his starrin re crew to evacuate while assuming him dead, astronaut Matt Damg on Mark Watney finds himself stranded on Mars and completely alone with no way to signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death.

The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plainold “human error” are much more likely to kill him first. But he isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his “A book I just couldn’t put down! engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit— It has the very rare combination Mark steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable of a good, original story, interestingly obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to real characters and fascinating overcome the impossible odds against him? technical accuracy.”

—Astronaut Chris Hadfield, Commander of the International Space Station and author of An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

Broadway Books 0 TR 0 978-0-804-18935-4 400 pp. 0 $15.00/$18.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00

ALSO AVAILABLE:

= 6th grade

The Martian: A Novel

CCSS

Teacher’s Guide Available

Broadway Books 0 TR 0 978-0-553-41802-6 400 pp. 0 $15.00/$18.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 0 EB: 978-0-8041-3903-8

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Universal Themes: Survival; The Journey; Courage Companion Titles: The Right Stuff; Life of Pi; Alas, Babylon

“Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.” —USA Today

Ready Player One A Novel

Major Moti Picture on in Develo pment*

by ERNEST CLINE • Winner of the ALA Alex Award • A School Library Journal “Best Adult Book 4 Teens”

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t’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune—and remarkable power—to whoever can unlock them.

Broadway 0 TR 0 978-0-307-88744-3 0 384 pp. 0 $14.00/$17.00 Can. Exam Copy: $3.00 0 EB: 978-0-307-88745-0 0 N * In Development: Major motion picture to be directed by Steven Spielberg.

ALSO AVAILABLE: Armada: A Novel

by ERNEST CLINE

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Broadway Books 0 TR 0 978-0-8041-3727-0 384 pp. 0 $16.00/$22.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-8041-3726-3 0 N

Universal Themes: Overcoming Adversity; Standing Up to Corruption Companion Titles: Fahrenheit 451; Ender’s Game

“Cline’s imaginative and rollicking coming-of-age geek saga has a smashhit vibe.” —Booklist (starred review) “Ridiculously fun and large-hearted, and you don’t have to remember the Reagan administration to love it. . . .

You’ll wish you could make it go on and on just by inserting more quarters.” —NPR.org = 7th grade Teacher’s Guide Available

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Current Events/Social Justice

A bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history.

Between the World and Me

by TA-NEHISI COATES • Winner of the National Book Award in Nonfiction • Winner of the ALA Alex Award

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n a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’s attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son.

Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward.

Spiegel & Grau 0 HC 0 978-0-8129-9354-7 176 pp. 0 $24.00/$31.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-679-64598-6 0 N

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“Powerful and passionate . . . profoundly moving . . . a searing meditation on what it means to be black in America today.”

—Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times = 7th grade Teacher’s Guide Available

Universal Themes: African American Identity; Fathers and Sons; Injustice Companion Titles: A Raisin in the Sun; Black Boy; Things Fall Apart; The New Jim Crow; Song of Solomon

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice.

Just Mercy

A Story of Justice and Redemption

by BRYAN STEVENSON • A Top Common Reading Selection at Colleges/ Universities • Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Nonfiction

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ryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn’t commit. The case drew Stevenson into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship—and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.

Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer’s coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.

“Every bit as moving as To Kill a Mockingbird, and in some ways more so . . . a searing indictment of American criminal justice and a stirring testament to the salvation that fighting for the vulnerable sometimes yields.”

—David Cole, The New York Review of Books

Spiegel & Grau 0 TR 0 978-0-8129-8496-5 0 368 pp. $16.00/$21.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-8129-9453-7 0 N

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“Searing, moving . . . Bryan Stevenson may, indeed, be America’s Mandela.”

—Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times = 6th grade Teacher’s Guide Available Read the author’s message to educators: tiny.cc/stevensonessay Watch a video of the author: tiny.cc/stevensonvid

Universal Themes: Overcoming Adversity; Social Justice Companion Titles: The Pact; Mountains Beyond Mountains; My Own Country

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LGBTQ Stories

“A profoundly moving true story about one remarkable family’s evolution.” —People

Becoming Nicole The Transformation of an American Family

by AMY ELLIS NUTT

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he inspiring true story of a transgender girl, her identical twin brother, and an ordinary American family’s extraordinary journey to understand, nurture, and celebrate the uniqueness in us all, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning science reporter for The Washington Post.

“Becoming Nicole is a miracle. It’s the story of a family struggling with—and embracing—a transgender child. But more than that, it’s about accepting one another, and ourselves, in all our messy, contradictory glory. The Maines family is as American as they come.

In the journey they take toward authenticity and justice, we see a model for the future of our country, a future in which all of us— mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters—somehow find the courage, and the love, to become our best selves.”

—Jennifer Finney Boylan, co-chair of GLAAD and author of She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders

Random House 0 TR 0 978-0-8129-9543-5 0 320 pp. $16.00/$22.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-8129-9542-8 0 N

“Exceptional . . . ‘Stories move the walls that need to be moved,’ Nicole told her father last year. In telling Nicole’s story and those of her brother and parents luminously, and with great compassion and intelligence, that is exactly what Amy Ellis Nutt has done.”

—The Washington Post = 10th grade

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Universal Themes: Gender; Identity; Sibling and Family Relationships; LGBTQ Companion Titles: Twelfth Night; Orlando; Middlesex

Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx.

More Happy Than Not A Novel

by ADAM SILVERA

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• A New York Times Editors’ Choice • A Booklist Top 10 Novel for LGBTQ Youth

n the months after his father’s suicide, it’s been tough for sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto to find happiness again—but he’s still gunning for it. With the support of his girlfriend Genevieve and his overworked mom, he’s slowly remembering what that might feel like. But grief and the smile-shaped scar on his wrist prevent him from forgetting completely.

When Genevieve leaves for a couple of weeks, Aaron spends all his time hanging out with this new guy, Thomas. Aaron’s crew notices, and they’re not exactly thrilled. But Aaron can’t deny the happiness Thomas brings or how Thomas makes him feel safe from himself, despite the tensions their friendship is stirring with his girlfriend and friends. Since Aaron can’t stay away from Thomas or turn off his newfound feelings for him, he considers turning to the Leteo Institute’s revolutionary memory-alteration procedure to straighten himself out, even if it means forgetting who he truly is.

Why does happiness have to be so hard?

Soho 0 TR 0 978-1-61695-677-6 0 336 pp. $10.00/$13.99 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-1-61695-561-8

“A beautiful debut novel [that] manages a delicate knitting of class politics through an ambitious narrative about sexual identity and connection that considers the heavy weight and constructive value of traumatic memory. . . . Aaron’s Bronx universe [is captured] with a precision that feels at once dreamy and casually reportorial. . . .

Mandatory reading.”

—The New York Times Book Review = 6th grade

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Universal Themes: Coming-of-Age; Identity; LGBTQ Companion Titles: Slaughterhouse-Five; A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; Flowers for Algernon

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Immigrant Journeys

“A remarkable novel that every American should read.”

—Minneapolis Star Tribune

The Book of Unknown Americans A Novel

by CRISTINA HENRÍQUEZ • Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction

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hen fifteen-year-old Maribel Rivera sustains a terrible injury, her family leaves behind a comfortable life in Mexico to go to the United States where Maribel can have the care she needs. Once they arrive, it’s not long before Maribel attracts the attention of Mayor Toro, the son of the Riveras’ new neighbors, who sees a kindred spirit in this beautiful, damaged outsider. Their love story sets in motion events that will have profound repercussions for everyone involved. Here, Henríquez seamlessly interweaves the story of these star-crossed lovers, and of the Rivera and Toro families, with the testimonials of men and women who have come to the United States from all over Latin America.

Vintage 0 TR 0 978-0-345-80640-6 0 304 pp. 0 $14.95 Exam Copy: $3.00 0 EB: 978-0-385-35085-3 0 N

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Universal Themes: Multiculturalism; Immigration; Community; Family Relationships Companion Titles: The House on Mango Street; The Women of Brewster Place; Romeo and Juliet

“Gripping, memorable. . . . A novel that can both make you think and break your heart.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Vivid. . . . Striking. . . . A ringing paean to love in general: to the love between man and wife, parent and child, outsider and newcomer, pilgrims and promised land.” —The Washington Post = 5th grade

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“Should be required reading in our schools.”

—Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies

Undocumented

A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League

by DAN-EL PADILLA PERALTA • Winner of the ALA Alex Award

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s a boy, Dan-el Padilla Peralta arrived in the United States legally with his family. But when his family’s visas lapsed, his mother chose to stay without papers, and they faced tremendous obstacles, eventually joining the ranks of the city’s homeless. With the help of a local library volunteer, Dan-el was accepted on scholarship to Collegiate, the oldest private school in the country. There, he thrived, rising to the top of his class and eventually gaining admission to Princeton. Just a few months before he gave the salutatorian’s traditional address in Latin at his Princeton commencement, he made the momentous decision to come out as an undocumented student in a Wall Street Journal profile. Undocumented is essential reading for the debate on immigration, but it is also an unforgettable tale of a passionate young scholar coming of age in two very different worlds.

“Undocumented. . . . should be required reading in our schools, not just to educate the new leaders of America on these issues, but to inspire them to tell lively stories that captivate the imagination, inform the mind, and move the heart to act.”

—Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies and A Wedding in Haiti

Penguin Press 0 HC 0 978-1-59420-652-8 0 320 pp. $27.95/$32.95 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $14.00

“Compulsively readable as a novel, an all-American tall tale that just happens to be true. . . . Through the grace not only of his own hard work but his mother’s discipline and care, he documents the America we should still aspire to be.”

—Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, President of the New America Foundation = 9th grade (Mature Language) Teacher’s Guide Available

Do not order paperback before 6/7/2016.

Penguin Books 0 TR 0 978-0-14-310933-4 0 320 pp. $17.00/$23.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $14.00 EB: 978-0-698-19568-4 Universal Themes: Immigration; Coming-of-Age;

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Multiculturalism Companion Titles: Enrique’s Journey; Breath, Eyes, Memory; The Namesake; The Kite Runner

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Dodgers A Novel

by BILL BEVERLY

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odgers is a dark, unforgettable coming-of-age journey that recalls the very best of Richard Price, Denis Johnson, and J. D. Salinger. It is the story of a young LA gang member named East, who is sent by his uncle along with some other teenage boys—including East’s hothead younger brother—to kill a key witness hiding out in Wisconsin. The journey takes East out of a city he’s never left and into an America that is entirely alien to him, ultimately forcing him to grapple with his place in the world and decide what kind of man he wants to become.

Written in stark and unforgettable prose and featuring an array of surprising and memorable characters rendered with empathy and wit, Dodgers heralds the arrival of a major new voice in American fiction.

Crown 0 HC 0 978-1-101-90373-5 0 304 pp. 0 $26.00/$35.00 Can. Exam Copy: $13.00 0 EB: 978-1-101-90374-2 0 N “A dazzling crime novel that’s equal parts coming-of-age tale à la Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye and travelogue à la Kerouac . . . Readers won’t soon forget East and his bloody journey of self-discovery and, ultimately, salvation.”

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Not only is the fast-paced and masterfully plotted Dodgers one of the greatest literary crime novels you will read in your lifetime, Bill Beverly has also created, in the teenage boy, East, one of the most unforgettable and heartbreaking characters ever encountered in American fiction.”

—Donald Ray Pollock, author of Knockemstiff and The Devil All the Time = 7th grade

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Universal Themes: Race; The Hero’s Journey; Crime and Punishment; Family Relationships Companion Titles: On the Road; In Cold Blood; Native Son; East of Eden

A powerful debut novel about a girl’s coming of age—and how her sense of family, friendship, love, and belonging is profoundly shaped by war.

Girl at War A Novel

by SARA NOVIĆ • Winner of the ALA Alex Award

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agreb, 1991. Ana Jurić is a carefree ten-year-old, living with her family in a small apartment in Croatia’s capital. But that year, civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, splintering Ana’s idyllic childhood. Daily life is altered by food rations and air raid drills, and soccer matches are replaced by sniper fire.

Neighbors grow suspicious of one another, and Ana’s sense of safety starts to fray. When the war arrives at her doorstep, Ana must find her way in a dangerous world.

Moving back and forth through time, Girl at War is an honest, generous, brilliantly written novel that illuminates how history shapes the individual. Sara Nović fearlessly shows the impact of war on one young girl—and its legacy on all of us. It’s a debut by a writer who has stared into recent history to find a story that continues to resonate today.

Random House 0 TR 0 978-0-8129-8639-6 0 368 pp. $16.00/$21.00 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00 0 EB:978-0-8129-9635-7 0 N

“Outstanding . . . Girl at War performs the miracle of making the stories of broken lives in a distant country feel as large and universal as myth.”

—The New York Times Book Review (Editor’s Choice) = 10th grade Read the author’s message to educators: tiny.cc/novicessay

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Coming-of-Age Fiction

“A thrilling cross-country journey that takes on the poetry and resonance of myth.” —Adam Sternbergh, author of Shovel Ready and Near Enemy

Fiction for Young Readers

Believe in the possible.

The Fourteenth Goldfish

by JENNIFER L. HOLM

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alileo. Newton. Salk. Oppenheimer. Science can change the world . . . but can it go too far?

Eleven-year-old Ellie has never liked change. She misses fifth grade. She misses her old best friend. She even misses her dearly departed goldfish. Then one day a strange boy shows up. He’s bossy. He’s cranky. And weirdly enough . . . he looks a lot like Ellie’s grandfather, a scientist who’s always been slightly obsessed with immortality. Could this gawky teenager really be Grandpa Melvin? Has he finally found the secret to eternal youth?

With a lighthearted touch and plenty of humor, Jennifer L. Holm celebrates the wonder of science and explores fascinating questions about life and death, family and friendship, immortality . . . and possibility.

Random House Children’s Books 0 TR 0 978-0-375-87114-6 240 pp. 0 $7.99/ $10.50 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00 EB: 978-0-307-97436-5 0 N Educators’ Guide Available: visit RHTeachersLibrarians.com for more information

“Written in a clean, crisp style, with lively dialogue and wit, this highly accessible novel will find a ready audience.”

—Booklist (starred review) = 3rd–7th grade

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Universal Themes: STEM; Family Relationships; Fate Companion Titles: Seven Stories Up; A Tangle of Knots; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

“Stylish, exciting, funny, and just slightly macabre.”

—Publishers Weekly

Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye A Novel

by TANIA DEL RIO Illustrated by WILL STAEHLE

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eet Warren the 13th. He’s the lone bellhop, valet, groundskeeper, and errand boy of his family’s ancient hotel. It’s a strange, shadowy mansion full of crooked corridors and mysterious riddles—and it just might be home to a magical treasure known as the All-Seeing Eye. But if Warren is going to find the hidden treasure, he’ll need to solve several other mysteries first: What is the strange creature lurking in the hotel boiler room? Who is the ghostly girl creeping around the garden’s hedge maze? And why is the hotel’s only guest covered in bandages? Full of puzzles, secret codes, outrageous inventions, and hundreds of intricate illustrations, Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye will delight and confound readers of all ages.

Quirk 0 HC 0 978-1-59474-803-5 0 224 pp. 0 $16.95/$17.95 Can. Exam Copy: $8.50 0 EB: 978-1-59474-825-7

“Beautifully and amusingly designed and illustrated, featuring a plot filled with twists and riddles, this clever tale of mysterious goings-on at a run-down hotel proves to be an unlikely winner.”

—Common Sense Media, 4 out of 5 stars = 5th grade Teacher’s Guide Available

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Universal Themes: Mystery; Adventure; The Hero’s Journey Companion Titles: Harry Potter; Holes; The Westing Game; From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

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Fiction for Young Readers

“Deeply moving and powerful: unforgettable.”

—Kirkus Reviews

Adam and Thomas

by AHARON APPELFELD Translated by JEFFREY GREEN Illustrated by PHILIPPE DUMAS

• Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award

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dam and Thomas is the story of two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive World War II by banding together in the forest. They are alone, visited only furtively, every few days by Mina, a mercurial girl who herself has found refuge from the war by living with a peasant family. She makes secret journeys and brings the boys parcels of food at her own risk.

Adam and Thomas must learn to survive and do. They forage and build a small tree house, although it’s more like a bird’s nest. Adam’s family dog, Miro, manages to find his way to him, to the joy of both boys. Echoes of the war are felt in the forest, and the boys meet fugitives fleeing for their lives and try to help them. They learn to disappear in moments of danger.

They barely survive winter’s harshest weather, but when things seem to be at their worst, a miracle happens.

Seven Stories 0 HC 0 978-1-60980-634-7 0 160 pp. 0 $18.95/$18.95 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $9.50 0 EB: 978-1-60980-652-1

“The story is one of quiet perseverance and growing friendship between two very different boys experiencing the world together in a horrific time and place.”

—Booklist = 5th grade

CCSS

Universal Themes: Survival; Holocaust; Friendship Companion Titles: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas; The Book Thief ; The Diary of Anne Frank; Number the Stars

Horror

A boy with extraordinary powers. An army of deadly monsters. An epic battle for the future of peculiardom.

Library of Souls

The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

by RANSOM RIGGS

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he adventure that began with Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children and continued in Hollow City comes to a thrilling conclusion with Library of Souls. As the story opens, sixteen-year-old Jacob discovers a powerful new ability, and soon he’s diving through history to rescue his peculiar companions from a heavily guarded fortress. Accompanying Jacob on his journey are Emma Bloom, a girl with fire at her fingertips, and Addison MacHenry, a dog with a nose for sniffing out lost children.

They’ll travel from modern-day London to the labyrinthine alleys of Devil’s Acre, the most wretched slum in all of Victorian England. It’s a place where the fate of peculiar children everywhere will be decided once and for all. Like its predecessors, Library of Souls blends thrilling fantasy with never-before-published vintage photography to create a one-of-a-kind reading experience.

Quirk 0 HC 0 978-1-59474-758-8 0 464 pp. 0 $18.99/$20.99 Can. Exam Copy: $9.50 0 EB: 978-1-59474-778-6 For more books by Ransom Riggs, go to: tiny.cc/ransomriggs

“The challenge Riggs faces in Library of Souls is to match the remarkably high standard set by the first two books in the series, either the mind-bending bafflements of the first book or the edge-of-your-seat action of the second.

Riggs succeeds, delivering a thrilling conclusion to Jacob’s trilogy.”

—Paste Magazine

Read the author’s message to educators: tiny.cc/riggsessay Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is coming to theaters as a major motion picture directed by Tim Burton.

Watch the movie trailer: tiny.cc/riggsmovie

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= 8th grade

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Universal Themes: The Hero’s Journey; Identity; Courage; Community; Modern Epic Companion Titles: The Hobbit; The Golden Compass; Great Expectations

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Graphic Novel

“Readers will stand up and cheer.”

—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Roller Girl

by VICTORIA JAMIESON • A Newbery Honor Book

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or most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid’s life as she struggles to keep up with the older girls at camp, hang on to the friend she feels slipping away, and cautiously embark on a new friendship. As the end of summer nears and her first roller derby bout (and junior high!) draws closer, Astrid realizes that maybe she is strong enough to handle the bout, a lost friendship, and middle school . . . in short, strong enough to be a roller girl.

In her graphic novel debut, real-life derby girl Victoria Jamieson has created an inspiring coming-of-age story about friendship, perseverance, and girl power.

Dial Books 0 TR 0 978-0-803-74016-7 0 240 pp. $12.99/$14.99 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $3.00

“The story will engage readers. . . . Offer this comic to fans of Telgemeier’s Smile and Laura Lee Gulledge’s Page by Paige.”

—School Library Journal (starred review) = Middle grade (ages 8–12)

Science

Universal Themes: Coming of Age; Friendship; Perseverance Companion Titles: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; When You Reach Me

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52 inspiring and insightful profiles of history’s brightest female scientists.

Headstrong

52 Women Who Changed Science— and the World

by RACHEL SWABY

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overing Nobel Prize winners and major innovators, as well as lesser-known but hugely significant female scientists who influence our every day, Rachel Swaby’s vibrant profiles span centuries of courageous thinkers and illustrate how each one’s ideas developed, from their first moment of scientific engagement through the research and discovery for which they’re best known. This fascinating tour reveals these 52 women at their best—while encouraging and inspiring a new generation of girls to put on their lab coats.

“Headstrong is a true gem. So many amazing women have had an incredible impact on STEM fields, and this book gives clear, concise, easy-to-digest histories of 52 of them—there’s no longer an excuse for not being familiar with our math and science heroines. Thank you, Rachel!” —Danica McKellar, actress and New York Times bestselling author of Math Doesn’t Suck

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The Wrong Wrights

by CHRIS KIENTZ and STEVE HOCKENSMITH Illustrated by Lee Nielsen choolmates Dominique, Eric, Josephine, and Ajay are excited about a field trip to the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. They find that not only is it much smaller, but it’s filled with balloons, blimps, and dirigibles, many of them with the same logo: BARRIS AIRSHIPS. Where’s the Spirit of St. Louis? Where’s the Apollo 11 command module? With the help of a museum “fabrications specialist,” they travel through time to try and restore the Wright brothers to their well-earned place in history.

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Prez, Volume 1: Corndog-in-Chief

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ird Boy follows the story of Bali, a ten-year-old boy desperate to prove his worth to his Northern tribe, despite his small stature. To prove that he is capable of taking care of himself, he sets out into the forbidden forest and stumbles upon a legendary weapon. Bali fights his way across a dangerous land of gods, men, and beasts to keep the sword of Mali Mani, the savior of the sun, from the hands of the terrifying Rooks.

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The New Deal Written and illustrated by JONATHAN CASE

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he Waldorf Astoria is the classiest hotel along the Manhattan skyline in 1930s New York City. When a charming woman named Nina checks in with a high-society entourage, young Frank, a bellhop, and Theresa, a maid, get caught up in a series of mysterious thefts. The stakes quickly grow perilous, and the pair must rely on each other to discover the truth while navigating delicate class politics.

Dark Horse 0 HC 0 978-1-61655-731-7 0 112 pp. $16.99/$21.99 Can. 0 Exam Copy: $8.50 = 8th grade

by MARK RUSSELL Illustrated by Ben Caldwell eet Beth Ross, the first teenaged President of the USA. Corporations can run for office, the poor are used as human billboards, tacos are delivered by drone, and our only hope is this Twitter sensation. But the real question isn’t whether she’s ready for politics—it’s whether politics is ready for her.

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Gotham Academy Volume 2: Calamity

by BECKY CLOONAN and BRENDEN FLETCHER Illustrated by Karl Kerschl otham City’s most prestigious prep school has got a spooky campus, oddball teachers, and rich benefactors . . . like that weirdo Bruce Wayne. Are these students Gotham’s newest heroes . . . or villains?

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Wonder Woman: Earth One, Volume 1

by GRANT MORRISON Illustrated by Yanick Paquette iana yearns to break free from her mother and the utopian society on Paradise Island to learn about the forbidden outside world.

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