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Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him. Sam idolises Jason, who seems to have life sorted - he's kind, popular and amazing at football, and girls are falling over themselves to date him. But then one evening Jason calls his family together to tell them that he's been struggling with a secret for a long time. A secret which quickly threatens to tear them all apart.

Lizzie refuses to speak. She doesn't want to talk to Rory or Jake, her new stepbrothers, or Sam, their dad or even her mum. She’s totally fed up at having to join a new family and nothing can coax her into speaking to them. Not football, not pizza, not a new bedroom. That is, until she meets Great-Gran – a member of the new family who is even more stubborn than her – and has had a lot more practice!

When Horrid Henry gets nits and his little brother Peter Perfect doesn't, he makes sure that everyone else gets them too. After that, he can turn his attention to sabotaging the school trip, ruining his parents' dinner party, and terrorizing Peter.

Henry is a special boy—he only speaks in rhyme. After becoming friends with a cygnet left behind by its parents, Henry learns he can communicate with swans! How will this animal friendship help Henry's learning development to communicate better with his family and friends?

Dani is afraid of the Ndiyamasi! Ever since he heard his grandmother’s stories about the hairy monster with two mouths, he can’t think of anything else. His brother, Esto, cruelly teases him about it. After a scary walk home alone, will Dani be able to get back at Esto and make him just as afraid of the Ndiyamasi as Dani is?

Blessing must go to the market to sell bananas, but her younger brother stole and destroyed her sandals! Their family doesn’t have the money to buy her new shoes and the road to the market is full of painful rocks. Can she forgive her sibling? Follow along on this journey of family and forgiveness.

Heungbo and Nolbo are not only brothers, but also friends—until their father passes away. Overcome by greed, Nolbo turns Heungbo away and refuses to help him when Heungbo loses his crops. Can Heungbo forgive Nolbo? Will they learn to be a family again?

Since her mama died, thirteen-year-old Lavender has a disastrous memory problem. She forgets her lessons with her papa, an apothecary. She develops elaborate evasions to hide her lack of memory of the herbs and remedies she must learn to attain her dream of being an apothecary apprentice. Worst of all, she forgets memories of her mama. Despite her papa’s disdain for magic, Lavender seeks a memory remedy from a clothing enchantress named Frey. As the two develop a friendship, Frey uses her spinning magic to help Lavender re-experience past moments with her mama.

Eli, Morgan and Emily manage to free themselves from captivity as the battle between the humans, animal beings, and Bird Warriors rages on. But there's another, more personal battle, as Eli and an unlikely ally fight to save Mahihkan’s life through a previously forbidden portal. When the Sleeping Giant rumbles to life, the stakes hit an all-time high, and Eli has to reach deep within himself to summon the power so that he can protect Misewa against the dangers of colonization . . . forever.

Gwen doesn’t want to admit that everything has been different since her mom died. There’s no time for all these feelings now that she has her brother and twin sisters to look after. Especially not after the move into their late grandmother’s creaky old house on a tiny, damp island where someone—or something—is waiting for them. Esme Laverne. Gwen isn’t fooled by the beautiful babysitter with the hungry eyes and too-sharp teeth, even though everyone else is. How does no one notice the sinister threats beneath her sickly sweet words? If Gwen wants Esme gone, she’ll have to handle it herself.

In his latest book, Mémé's Famous Crêpes, Theodore A. Perry (a.k.a. Tony Perry) tells the endearing story about his meme's crêpes, and how making them with her is one of his fondest childhood memories.

Mattie’s family must move away from their home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. The US government is taking their land to establish Shenandoah National Park. Will Mattie and her family leave or fight to keep the only home they’ve ever known for generations?

With the help of his brother, Nao, Tommy will learn the effects of lying and how it impacts the feelings of others. Even when he thinks it’s just a joke.

Miguel misses his father when he is away on business trips. After getting a new chess board from his dad, they start up a game, but they aren’t able to finish it before his father needs to leave again. Miguel comes up with a plan to continue their game even though his dad is far away.

Max is so proud to celebrate his new baby brother, Charlie, that he could tell the whole world!

On a trip in the stroller, a little boy sees animals, cars, and his mama.

Octobia May is a girl filled with questions. Her heart condition makes her special - and, some folks would argue, gives this ten-year-old powers that make her a "wise soul." Thank goodness for Auntie, who convinces Octobia's parents to let her live in her boarding house that is filled with old folks. That's when trouble, and excitement, and wonder begin.

Mike Lupica presents the third book in his New York Times best-selling Game Changers series! Ben and his friends, the Core Four Plus One, are so excited to play in their town's All-Star Baseball league. But in the first game of the season, Ben gets hit by a pitch. It's never happened to him before and it shakes him up. Another player on Ben's team, Justin, is acting really weirdly. Ben's known Justin for a while and they're friendly, but he's not one of Ben's closest "boys."

The little settlement that weathered the long, hard winter of 1880-81 is now a growing town. Laura is growing up, and she goes to her first evening social. Mary is at last able to go to a college for the blind. Best of all, Almanzo Wilder asks permission to walk home from church with Laura. And Laura, now 15 years old, receives her certificate to teach school.

Paddington – the beloved, classic bear from Darkest Peru – is back in this fantastically funny, brand new, illustrated novel from master storyteller Michael Bond! “My legs are a bit short for the pole vault!” repeated Paddington hotly. “But they’ve always been that way.” Somehow Paddington Bear always manages to find himself in unusual situations.