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New For You - Children's - August 2025

A selection of new fiction and nonfiction for older children.

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  • A story of lost and found, of friendship, family, hope and the power of the ocean, for children who love a mystery.
    Book, 2025Sydney, New South Wales : Lothian Children's Books, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • Titanic

    Ship of Dreams

    Callery, Sean
    Explore every inch of the doomed Titanic in this photo- and fact-filled book.
    Book, 2025Gosford, New South Wales : Scholastic Australia, 2025. — J 910.45 CAL
  • Once, Brann belonged to Raven. She flew high above the world and she was fearless. But Raven was destroyed by Dragon. Brann's home is gone and her crew is missing. Determined to find the truth, Brann heads north. But what she and her friends learn…
    Book, 2025London : Nosy Crow, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • The Black Mambas

    the World's First All-woman Anti-poaching Unit

    Crull, Kelly
    Head out on patrol with the Black Mambas, South Africa's first women-led anti-poaching unit.
    Book, 2025Minneapolis : Millbrook Press, [2025] — J 639.9 CRU
  • Evolution as you've never seen it before! An incredible pick-your-own-path adventure through the story of life on Earth.
    Book, 2025London : Nosy Crow, 2025. — J 576.8 HOW
  • The heart-wrenching story of a baby gorilla, Adonis, born into captivity, and the twelve-year-old girl who risks everything to rescue him.
    Book, 2025London : Andersen Press, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • Asher Doyle is bullied at school and struggling with problems at home. So when he receives an invitation to join the Factory, a mysterious research facility working on a top secret experiment, he jumps at the chance to change his life. But not…
    Book, 2025Australia : Scholastic Australia, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • The Totally Awesome World of Steph Curry

    Learn All There Is to Know About Your Favorite MVP

    Fischer, Neal E.
    Learn everything there is to know about the basketball master of the 3-point shot from the Golden State Warriors in The Totally Awesome World of Steph Curry.
    Book, 2025New York : becker&mayer!kids, 2025. — J 920 CUR
  • 'Finally... we can understand what our pets actually think!' - Dr Ranj Singh
    Book, 2025London : Wren & Rook, 2025. — J 636.0887 GRE
  • In human disguise, the Lizk't family of Elberon is now comfortably settled in Eagle Valley as the all-American Tomkins family.
    Graphic Novel, 2025Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books, 2025. — CHILDREN'S GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Can Violet and her friends solve the mystery of the angry ghost? And how can they possibly win the BandChamps when they're all feeling so spooked?
    Book, 2025Auckland : Allen & Unwin, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • How to Fool Your Parents

    25 Brain-breaking Magic Tricks

    Kwong, David
    Every kid can be a magician with these easy-to-learn, top-secret tricks.
    Book, 2024New York : Harper, [2024] — J 793.8 KWO
  • As armed Russian troops invade Crimea and conflict and tension continue to rise, Sofiya will do everything she can to keep her pod safe.
    Book, 2024New York : Scholastic Press, 2024 — OLDER FICTION
  • Reel Life

    a Graphic Novel

    Lynch, Kane
    A graphic novel debut about a boy whose parents unexpectedly divorce.
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : Graphix, 2025. — CHILDREN'S GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • A new Olive story! Olive's hopes for a relaxing two weeks at Camp Acorn Lake are challenged when two of her friends stop speaking to each other.
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : Clarion Books, [2025] — CHILDREN'S GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • “Remember everything I taught you, Small Wonder. Take care of Leaf. Take care of Pebble. I've done all I can. The rest is up to you...”
    Book, 2025London : Walker Books Ltd, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • Ruby discovers a kiwi burrow. And is that a white kiwi chick she sees? Ruby and her friend Spider uncover a plot by the local vet to catch the white kiwi for an international smuggling ring.
    Book, 2025Auckland, New Zealand : Scholastic New Zealand, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • A wasp sting has given Peachaloo the superpower to understand the truth behind what people say.
    Book, 2025New York : Neal Porter Books/Holiday House, [2025] — OLDER FICTION
  • When a girl accidentally summons an ancient, cranky dragon, she strikes a deal to learn the forbidden magic she needs to save her mother. First in a new series.
    Book, 2025New York : Labyrinth Road, [2025] — OLDER FICTION
  • Will Fred meekly climb onto the Gains bus or rebel against his parents and pick Browtree? The interactive and super engaging twist to this book is that the reader can make this choice.
    Book, 2025Warwick : Scholastic, 2025. — OLDER FICTION