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TitleMy Name Is Maria Isabel
AuthorAda, Alma Flor
Sub-ImprintAtheneum Books for Young Readers
FormatHardcover
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139780689315176
US Price$19.99
CDN Price$26.99
Pages64
Title StatusAS
TitleWhat Riley Wore
AuthorArnold, Elana K.
Sub-ImprintBeach Lane Books
FormatHardcover
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781481472609
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$23.99
Pages40
Title StatusAS
Gender-creative Riley knows just what to wear for every occasion during a busy week with family and friends in this sweet and timely picture book from Elana K. Arnold and Linda Davick.
TitleThe Polar Bear Explorers' Club
AuthorBell, Alex
Sub-ImprintS&S Books for Young Readers
FormatHardcover
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781534406469
US Price$17.99
CDN Price
Pages320
Title StatusAS
A precocious young girl is determined to prove herself as an explorer in the first novel in the whimsical Polar Bear Explorers’ Club series.
TitleDoll Bones
AuthorBlack, Holly
Sub-ImprintMargaret K. McElderry Books
FormatPaperback
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781416963998
US Price$8.99
CDN Price$11.99
Pages272
Title StatusAS
Discover the Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones, from Holly Black, the cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book. A School Library Journal Best Book. A Booklist Editor’s Choice Books for Youth. A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book. A NYPL “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.” A People Magazine “Best New Kids Book.” Six starred reviews!
TitleAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
AuthorBlume, Judy
Sub-ImprintAtheneum Books for Young Readers
FormatHardcover
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781481413978
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages176
Title StatusAS
Now a major motion picture starring Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates!
A Time Best YA Book of All Time

Margaret shares her secrets and her spirituality in this iconic Judy Blume novel, beloved by millions, that now has a fresh new look.
TitleBlubber
AuthorBlume, Judy
Sub-ImprintAtheneum Books for Young Readers
FormatHardcover
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781481414401
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages192
Title StatusAS
What happens when teasing goes too far? This classic middle grade novel from Judy Blume addresses the timeless topic of bullying and has a fresh new look.
TitleThen Again, Maybe I Won't
AuthorBlume, Judy
Sub-ImprintAtheneum Books for Young Readers
FormatPaperback
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781481413657
US Price$7.99
CDN Price$9.99
Pages192
Title StatusAS
Get a guy’s perspective on adolescent hang-ups in this classic Judy Blume novel, now with a fresh new look.
TitleExtra Credit
AuthorClements, Andrew
Sub-ImprintAtheneum Books for Young Readers
FormatPaperback
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781416949312
US Price$7.99
CDN Price$10.99
Pages224
Title StatusAS
TitleStar-Crossed
AuthorDee, Barbara
Sub-ImprintAladdin
FormatHardcover
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781481478489
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages288
Title StatusAS
Star-Crossed delighted me! Barbara Dee has a light touch and a pitch-perfect middle school voice. This book will have you laughing and groaning in sympathy with crush-addled Mattie and eagerly turning pages. Mattie and her classmates charmed me with their kindness, their humor, their uncertainty, their devotion to one another and to Shakespeare! Barbara masterfully sprinkles the bard’s words over the narration and stirs the troubles of Romeo and Juliet into the plot. And those Shakespearian insults! Be sure to read Star-Crossed or you’ll miss out.” —Gail Carson Levine, author of Ella Enchanted

Mattie is chosen to play Romeo opposite her crush in the eighth grade production of Shakespeare’s most beloved play in this Romeo and Juliet inspired novel from the author of Truth or Dare.
TitleMaybe He Just Likes You
AuthorDee, Barbara
Sub-ImprintAladdin
FormatPaperback
Category 1Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-139781534432383
US Price$8.99
CDN Price$11.99
Pages320
Title StatusAS
2019 The Washington Post Best Children’s Book of the Year (Erin Entrada Kelly Pick)
A 2020 ALA Notable Children’s Book

The novel’s all-too-familiar scenario offers a springboard for discussion among middle schoolers…Easily grasped scenarios and short chapters help make this timely #MeToo story accessible to a wide audience.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Realistic and heartbreaking.” —BCCB

Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching—and ultimately uplifting—novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates.