Category: Children/Young Adult

The Colossus of Roads by Christina Uss
Requirements: epub reader, 2.2MB l Retail
Overview: Eleven-year-old Rick Rusek is determined to improve the traffic conditions in Los Angeles– his parent’s failing delivery catering service, Smotch, depends on it.

"Traffic is a puzzle with one correct solution. And I’ve got to solve it!"

Rick has been studying maps and traffic patterns for years, and devises solutions to improve Los Angeles’ notoriously terrible traffic that he calls his Snarl Solutions. He has big ideas, but not enough resources– until his artistic friend, Mila brings him to a Girl Scout meeting.

Every week at Miss Diamond’s art studio, the scouts paint recycled traffic signs with their own designs. The signs will be hung all over Los Angeles to beautify the city with art. But Rick, The Colossus of Roads, has ulterior motives . . . He will restore the signs to their original glory and find a way to install them strategically to rectify the traffic. Anything can be hung with duct tape!
But of course, it’s not that easy. SPLAT (Stop Poor LA Traffic), BLAM (Bike-Loving Amazing Mamas), and the TCD (Traffic Calming Division) have their own methods of curing the city’s dilemma and will undermine Rick’s efforts however they can.

Will Rick be able to clear the notorious traffic problem on Sepulveda Pass in time for his parents to deliver Polish food to the movie studio and land the catering contract they need to keep their company afloat?

Written by Christina Uss, the acclaimed author of The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle, which was selected for the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List and was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the year.
Genre: Fiction > Children/YA



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Damien Ike and the Fallen House of Draven by Dee Benson & David Arlo
Requirements: epub reader, 518kb l Retail
Overview: INTRODUCING A BOLD NEW HERO – DAMIEN IKE.

Damien Ike is fortunate. As the son of the most powerful mage in the land, he should have a bright future ahead of him. But as Damien approaches adulthood, he can’t help but worry that there is no sign of his magic developing. And yet to survive beyond a few days old with no magic is unthinkable – the High Commission of Mages does not allow it. There’s no way his father, their leader, would have a son who is a Nullborn.

Then Damien stumbles upon a secret his mother has kept from everyone – even him – and everything changes. Could it be that the fortune his future promised is not all it’s cracked up to be? As Damien’s world is turned upside down, he must discover how to keep their secret safe and get to the heart of the lies on which their world is founded . . .

A thrilling new YA fantasy exploring fear, prejudice . . . and hope. Perfect for fans of THE WITCHER and AN EMBER IN THE ASHES.
Genre: Fiction > Children/YA



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The Equinox Test by Liz Montague (School for Unusual Magic #1)
Requirements: epub reader, 25.1MB l Retail
Overview: Three friends discover magic and mayhem around every corner of their school in this brand-new series from New Yorker cartoonist and NAACP Image Award nominee Liz Montague.

It’s time to put their magic to the test! Welcome to the Brooklyn School of Magic, where seeds of enchantment are planted and magic sprouts in every corner. And where each fall, fifth years must pass the Equinox Test if they want to move up to Middle Magic.

Rose is worried. She’s never been the best student. And if she doesn’t pass with flying colors, Principal Ivy says she may have to transfer to a boring, non-magical school. Amethyst knows she’s got the skills to ace the test. But to really impress her mom, she’s got her eye on the school’s top prize.
Lavender just wants to fit in. Even after a few years in the States, he still feels homesick. All. The. Time. Passing the test might just be his ticket back to the island.

But with best friend battles, a cheating scandal, and trouble brewing in the magical community, the Equinox Test may not even be the biggest challenge these Magic Bearers will face this year…
Genre: Fiction > Children/YA



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Flittermouse by EJ Scarlett
Requirements: epub reader, 1.3MB l Retail
Overview: Twelve year old Pip is snatched from a caravan park by Sava, an old and unhinged vampire.

Six months later and now a vampire, Pip is sent to Sundown Academy to learn how to exist with other communities. Secrets are uncovered by Pip and his friends as they embark on a mission to discover the truth about Sava, the academy and its pupils.

Pip’s mother Anna, cannot come to terms with her loss and returns to the area to search for her son. She soon discovers the truth, but can she accept that Pip is a vampire? Can she let him go?

Meanwhile, Gabriel, a young wolf, uncovers a magical secret that leads him to Sundown Academy, where he joins Pip and his friends for the biggest fight of their lives. But can Gabriel forgive his father for lying to him about Emily, his birth mother?

A storm is brewing between the wolves, vampires and witches of Bishopswood, over the land that Sundown Academy stands on and Sava’s insane plan. Can Gabriel, Pip and their friends stop Sava and his secret weapon? And, who will pay with their lives?
Genre: Fiction > Children/YA



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Nina and the Mysterious Mailbox by Marti Dumas (Secret Society of Rebel Girls #1)
Requirements: epub reader, 12.3MB l Retail
Overview: A school election.
A mysterious mailbox.
And a letter from . . . Cleopatra?
Middle school is so weird.

Nina is determined to help her best friend Maya win the race for 6th grade representative. But when she uses her robotics skills to spy on Maya’s opponent, the girls wind up in detention. There, they are asked to write a letter to a woman from history. Nina pours her heart out to Cleopatra, and instead of throwing the letter away so her parents don’t find it, she slips it into a battered old mailbox she and Maya find in the woods. It was all just a game . . . until a giant scroll arrives at Nina’s house, signed by Cleopatra herself!

Do the girls really have a pen pal from 2,000 years ago? Will their friend Zoe ever speak to them again? Why is their science teacher acting so oddly? And what on Earth is a time taco?
Genre: Fiction > Children/YA



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