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The Serpent's Secret book cover

The Serpent’s Secret by Sayantani DasGupta

Kiranmala comes home from school on her 12th birthday to discover that her parents have disappeared from their New Jersey home, there’s a rakkosh demon on her front lawn, and all those stories her parents have always told her about being an Indian princess from another dimension full of demons and magic-- well, it turns…

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The Missing Piece of Charlie O'Reilly Book Cover

The Missing Piece of Charlie O’Reilly by Rebecca K.S. Ansari

Charlie O’Reilly’s younger brother Liam does things to bother Charlie just like many other younger brothers. One year for his birthday, Charlie wishes that his brother Liam would disappear. When he wakes up the next morning, Charlie realizes that his wish came true, and he is the only person who remembers Liam exists. Charlie’s best…

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Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley book cover

Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley

Blue Montgomery comes from a cursed family. Some bad, some good, those curses define who they are. Blue can never win, and his father can never lose. Tumble Wilson is a hero in training but instead of saving anyone, she always seems to end up the damsel in distress. Once in awhile comes a special…

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Princess Pulverizer Grilled Cheese and Dragons by Nancy Krulik book cover

Princess Pulverizer: Grilled Cheese and Dragons by Nancy Krulik

Princess Serena isn’t afraid of anything or anyone. She is the bravest girl in all of Empiria (and possible the world). She swings from the rafters, smashes into tables, and accidentally breaks things. Since she is neither calm nor peaceful, Serena decides she needs a different name. The princess decides she should be called Princess…

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The Painting book cover

The Painting by Charis Cotter

Annie and her mother are very different, and have trouble talking to each other sometimes. Annie finds an old painting in the attic of her house and is drawn to it. It fascinates her every time she looks at it, until she notices one day that things in the painting are actually moving. The more…

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Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley book cover

Tumble & Blue by Cassie Beasley

Fate can be a great thing, but not for Blue, whose fate it is to always lose, no matter what. Or for Tumble, who wants desperately to be a hero and save others, but always ends up needing to be saved herself in the end. There’s a legend that says a golden crocodile lives in…

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Tuesdays at the Castle book cover

Tuesdays at the Castle by Jessica Day George

Celie is an ordinary princess who lives in a castle with her royal family. Castle Glower, however, is anything but ordinary. It has a mind of its own, and it seems to have taken a shining to the royal family, especially Celie.  The Kingdom of Sleyne is happy and safe, until one day, the King…

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The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell book cover

The Wishing Spell (Land of Stories series #1) by Chris Colfer

“…and they lived happily ever after.”  You may have wondered how so many people know that familiar fairy-tale ending, or even how so many people know the details of stories and characters from countless fairy tales passed down through the generations. From the time they were little, Conner and Alex Bailey loved hearing their parents…

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