 Welcome to this month's eHighlights newsletter for kids and teens. Check back on the second Thursday of every month for a new edition listing some of the best new youth titles added to OverDrive's Marketplace. The featured titles below are some of the best picks, but click on the link to see these and even more great purchases all ready for you in a Marketplace cart. Click here for the Marketplace cart of these titles and more great new choices for kids and teens.
Fiction Megan Frazer Blakemore – The Spy Catchers of Maple Hill– Ages 8-12 It's 1953, the height of the McCarthy era, and when Hazel hears rumors that there is a Communist Spy in town, she just has to investigate. “A strong work of historical fiction for mystery fans.” —School Library Journal. An Amazon Best Book of the Month.
Soman Chainani – A World without Princes– Ages 10 and up Sophie and Agatha return home from the School of Good and Evil as friends, but when they are forced to revisit, they find the school has changed. Now it's the girls against the boys, with a manipulative dean who thinks girls should make their own happy endings. Book 2 in the series. Book 1 was a bestseller. Soon to be a movie.
Eoin Colfer – The Hangman's Revolution- Teens Young time-traveling FBI agent Chevie Savano is back in London after visiting the Victorian Age, to find that the present has totally changed. Europe is being run by a Fascist movement, and the Secret Police are after her. Book 2 of the W.A.R.P. series. By the author of the Artemis Fowl books. 250,000 print run.
Andrea Cremer – The Inventor's Secret – Teens In this Steampunk world, the British have won the Revolutionary War. Charlotte and her older brother Ash are children of revolutionaries who are ready to keep fighting once they're old enough. Cremer is the author of the bestselling Nightshade series. Io9: Essential Science Fiction and Fantasy Books Coming in 2014. 120,000 print run.
James Dean – Pete the Cat: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star - Preschool The famous Pete the Cat sings an old classic…in his own way. 250,000 print run.
Jennifer Donnelly – Deep Blue – Teens Six heroic mermaids work together to prevent a war among the Mer nations. Book 1 of a new series by the author of A Northern Light, a Printz honor book. 300,000 print run.
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Dangerous Creatures – Teens Ridley Duchannes is a siren. She can make anybody do anything. But when she goes with her boyfriend Link to join a band in New York City, she finds that she is definitely not the baddest person in the place, and they may both be in real trouble. VOYA starred review. Kirkus: "smart, textured, and romantic." 250,000 print run.
Lisa Graff – Absolutely Almost – Ages 8-12 Albie has learning difficulties, but no one seems to understand that. He is transferred from private to public school, his dad tells him to just try harder, his mom takes away Captain Underpants and gives him Johnny Tremain to read, and his grandfather predicts he will end up in a ditch. But then his new babysitter arrives, feeds him donuts, makes a cover for Captain Underpants that says Johnny Tremain instead, and things begin to get a little better. Booklist starred review. An Amazon Best Middle Grade Book of the Month.
S. E. Grove – The Glass Sentence – Ages 10 and up It's Boston in 1891, but not the Boston that we know. In 1799, the continents were all thrown into different time periods. Sophia comes from a family of explorers and mapmakers and has never been out of the city, but her parents left her with her uncle eight years ago and never came back, and now her uncle has disappeared. She has to find them. With convincing world building and a fast moving plot, Kirkus called it "wholly original and marvelous beyond compare." Kirkus & Publishers Weekly starred reviews. An Amazon Best Middle Grade Book of the Month.
C. C. Hunter – Reborn – Teens Della has been turned into a vampire, which ruins her perfect life. Then she's sent to a camp for teens with paranormal powers and is training to be a paranormal investigator. But there's this gorgeous shape shifter and that other sexy vampire…. 150,000 print run.
Erin Hunter – The Endless Lake – Ages 8-12 The story of Lucky and the pack of dogs continues in this fifth installment of the Survivors series. The Pack has come to the edge of a strange lake that seems to stretch on forever, and Lucky discovers that there is barely enough food to survive. 150,000 print run.
Diana Wynne Jones & Ursula Jones – The Islands of Chaldea When beloved author Diana Wynne Jones died in 2011, she left behind a few unfinished books. This one was completed by her sister Ursula. Aileen comes from a long line of magicians, but she hasn't grown into her magic yet. While on a mission for the King, she meets a mostly invisible cat who changes everything.
Peter Lerangis – The Tomb of Shadows – Ages 8-12 Jack McKinley and his friends travel to the Mausoleum at Helicarnassus on their way to all seven of the wonders of the world. Billed as Percy Jackson meets Indiana Jones. The first two books were bestsellers, and this is number three in the series. 125,000 print run.
Cammie McGovern – Say What You Will – Teens Amy has cerebral palsy, and though she has made it to her senior year in high school, she has never socialized with any of her classmates until Matt, who has obsessive compulsive disorder, breaks through to her. John Green fans will love this one. Booklist starred review. An Amazon Best Teen & YA Book of the Month. 100,000 print run.
Mary Pope Osborne & Sal Murdocca – Soccer on Sunday– Ages 7-10 Just in time for the World Cup! Jack and Annie meet a young soccer player in Mexico who wants to be like his hero Pele. The latest–#52–in the ever popular Magic Treehouse series. 300,000 print run.
Megan Jean Sovern – The Meaning of Maggie – Ages 8-12 Set in the early 1990s. Maggie, who intends to become President one day, decides that she must write her memoir of the year that changed everything. As her father's multiple sclerosis gets worse, he and Maggie's mother share stories of their wild hippie days, and Maggie learns a lot about herself as well. An Amazon Best Book of the Month.
Maggie Stiefvater – Sinner – Teens Cole St. Clair goes to California to see if he can get Isabel Culpepper back in his life. In the meantime, Isabel is not finding life worth living without Cole. Shiver series Book 4. Romantic Times Most Anticipated YA Books of 2014. 200,000 print run.
Geronimo Stilton – I'm Too Fond of My Fur– Ages 7-10 Geronimo Stilton, the mouse who owns a newspaper, is on his way to climb Mouse Everest, but it's too cold, even if you have fur! Don't miss this bestselling series.
Nonfiction
Rick Atkinson – D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944– Ages 8-12 Acclaimed historian Atkinson has written the story of the Normandy Invasion for kids. An Amazon Best Book of the Month. 100,000 print run.
Niki Foreman – Shark Reef– Ages 7-9 Listen in on the conversation among sharks on a reef, including what they think of divers! For beginning readers.
Kerrie Logan Hollihan – Reporting under Fire: 16 Daring Women War Correspondents and Photojournalists– Ages 12 and up Hollihan profiles daring women journalists throughout history. Heavily illustrated. School Library Journal: “A well-researched and riveting book."
Mary Pope Osborne & Sal Murdocca – Soccer: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Treehouse #52– Ages 7-10 years A companion fact book for the latest Magic Treehouse fiction title on soccer. The series has sold over 120 million books since its inception.
Pollack, Pamela D. – Who Is George Lucas? – Ages 8-12 A biography of the famous film director written for the middle grades. An Amazon Best Book of the Month.
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