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New For You - Children's - August 2024

A selection of new fiction and nonfiction for older readers.

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  • Our superheroes are in a mad-dash, puzzle-filled race across Apocalyptia to stop the BIGGEST EVIL PLAN IN HISTORY!
    Graphic NovelNew York : Viking, 2024. — CHILDREN'S GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Jo needs to confront her greatest fears head on and learn how to be alone.
    BookNew York : Scholastic Press, [2024] — OLDER FICTION
  • One night a loud, bright red parrot taps on Max's bedroom window, carrying an invitation from the pirate king. Max realises that his chance to help his family is more complicated than he thought.
    BookLondon : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2024. — OLDER FICTION
  • The Rangers set a trap for an old enemy in the latest exciting adventure in the Royal Ranger series.
    BookAustralia : Random House Australia, 2024. — OLDER FICTION
  • A boy and his beloved budgie are thrust into an epic adventure that could change everything.
    BookAustralia : Penguin Books, 2024. — OLDER FICTION
  • An exciting collection of more than 50 LEGO Minecraft building ideas to inspire young builders.
    BookLondon : Dorling Kindersley, 2024. — J 688.725 LAS
  • Benjamiah Creek believes in science, logic, and the power of reason. He definitely does not believe in magic. However, he changes his mind when it all begins with a crack in the wall.
    BookLondon : Puffin, 2024. — OLDER FICTION
  • When eleven-year-old Sophie sets out to save her elderly neighbour (who is also her dearest friend), her journey will take her through their familiar suburban landscape and then, steadily yet unexpectedly, deeper into a landscape of…
    BookNew York : Clarion Books, [2024] — OLDER FICTION
  • Simon's family is always on the move. But all Simon wants is to settle down, so he's hatched a plan: to make their latest apartment in the Tangerine Pines building his forever home.
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Children's Books, [2024] — OLDER FICTION
  • An engaging and easy-to-follow book to learn how to draw manga characters.
    BookBeverly, Massachusetts : Walter Foster Publishing, 2024. — J 741.5 MIS
  • My Antarctica

    True Adventures in the Land of Mummified Seals, Space Robots, and So Much More

    Neri, Greg
    A captivating travel memoir that explores Antarctica through the curiosity and wonder.
    BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2024. — J 998.9 NER
  • 5 Worlds meets Spirited Away in this tale of a girl fighting her way back home after getting trapped in the spirit world.
    Graphic NovelNew York : Viking, 2024. — CHILDREN'S GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Pelorus Jack, the New Zealand Dolphin

    Inspiring a Government to Protect An Individual Animal

    Pattison, Darcy
    With gorgeous, lifelike illustrations, this story transports readers to New Zealand's rugged shores where Pelorus Jack befriends sailors and locals in his role as guardian of the steam ships. As his fame grew, though, so did the danger…
    BookLittle Rock, AR : Mims House Books, [2024] — J 599.53 PAT
  • Aspiring inventor Isaac Turner lives with his dad, the horologist in charge of Big Ben. But when his father vanishes from the belfry on the night the clocks go back, leaving behind only a smashed pocket watch and a cryptic message, Isaac…
    BookLondon : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2024. — OLDER FICTION
  • Bang

    the Wild Wonders of Earth's Phenomena

    Smith, Jennifer N. R.
    A breathtaking tour of the planet's most astonishing natural phenomena - from explosive volcanoes and geysers to dancing lights in the night sky.
    BookLondon : Thames & Hudson, 2024. — J 550 SMI
  • Greenwild

    the City Beyond the Sea

    Thomson, Pari
    A strange, wild magic is stirring beneath the waves. It will take all of Daisy's courage and determination if she is to discover the truth that haunts Iffenwild, and save the magical world before it's too late.
    BookLondon : Macmillan Children's Books, 2024. — OLDER FICTION