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The Cookie Crumbles
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Cover Art: Diobelle Cerna

Cover Design: Andrea Vandergrift

THE COOKIE CRUMBLES

The Great British Bake Off meets Knives Out in this fun, critically acclaimed and Junior Library Guild Gold Selection middle grade novel following two best friends who must solve the mystery behind a baking competition gone awry.

Laila gave Lucy a cupcake on the second day of kindergarten, and they've been inseparable ever since. But the summer before eighth grade, they find out that since they live on opposite sides of town, they’ll go to different high schools. Yuck!

Then Laila’s invited to compete at the Golden Cookie competition, which awards its winner admission and a full ride to the prestigious Sunderland boarding school, and it’s the perfect opportunity. Sunderland doesn’t just have an elite culinary program; it’s also home to an elite journalism track, if only newscaster-hopeful Lucy could build up a strong enough portfolio to impress the scholarship committee.

But when one of the celebrity judges collapses after sampling Laila’s showpiece, rumors of foul play swirl, with Laila rising to the top of the suspect list. Even worse, a major storm has effectively cut off all access to the outside world.

Can the girls find the real culprit and clear Laila’s name before it’s too late?

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The Cookie Crumbles

BOOKS

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Cover Art: Lissy Marlin

Cover Design: Meg Sayre

JUST A PINCH OF MAGIC

Alechia Dow's Kirkus STARRED Best Middle Grade Book of 2023 & Publisher's Weekly STARRED debut is as warm and sweet as a cinnamon bun, bursting with magic and sure to please the pickiest readers.

Wini's family of enchanters runs a little bakery, but with the prices of magical ingredients skyrocketing, they're going under. Desperate to save her family's business, Wini takes a risk by casting a (sort of illegal) spell that would allow them to gather their own supply of their most needed magical ingredient: Love. But the spell doesn't work. And Wini soon discovers that it didn't just not work, it backfired. Badly. Now the whole town is in danger, and the Enchantment Agency is sniffing around for whoever cast the wayward spell.

 

It's just been Kal and her dad for as long as she can remember. They've weathered everything together, including Kal's mental health struggles. But just as they're about to move to a new town for a fresh start, Kal's grandfather―who mysteriously vanished years ago―has suddenly reentered their lives with a desire to make amends. He joins them in opening their bookstore in the new town, but Kal can't help but wonder if he has anything to do with the whispers around her new home about wicked magic. And it's not just the whispers of the magical books in their shop.

 

When Wini and Kal cross paths―both hoping for the chance to finally make a friend without worrying about their family histories following them―the girls bond over being fellow outcasts. Together they search for the solution to fixing the magic gone awry in their beloved town―and just maybe get their dads to go out on a date.

Just a Pinch of Magic

Cover Art: Kaitlin June 

Cover Design: Gigi Lau

A SONG OF SALVATION

From the author of The Sound of Stars and The Kindred comes a Kirkus STARRED, British Science Fiction Association's Best Book for Younger Readers nominee, and Hal Clement ALA Notable YA space opera about a reincarnated god and a grumpy pilot on a mission to save a beloved space DJ and stop an intergalactic war.

Zaira Citlali is supposed to die. After all, she’s the god Indigo reborn. Indigo, whose song created the universe and unified people across galaxies to banish Ozvios, the god of destruction. Although Zaira has never been able to harness Indigo’s powers, the Ilori Emperor wants to sacrifice her in Ozvios’s honor. Unless she escapes and finds Wesley, the boy prophesized to help her defeat Ozvios and the Ilori, once and for all.

 

Wesley Daniels didn’t ask for this. He just wants to work as a smuggler so he can save enough money to explore the stars. Once he completes his biggest job yet—bringing wanted celebrity Rubin Rima to a strange planet called Earth—he’ll be set for life. But when his path crosses with Zaira, he soon finds himself in the middle of an intergalactic war with more responsibility than he bargained for.

 

Together, Zaira, Wesley, and Rubin must find their way to Earth and unlock Zaira’s powers if they’re going to have any hope of saving the universe from total destruction.

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The Kindred
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Cover Art: Aleea Rae

Cover Design: Gigi Lau

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THE KINDRED

Buy the LOCUS and IGNYTE FINALIST, Indie Next Jan/Feb 2022 Pick, British Science Fiction Association's Best Book for Younger Readers Nominee,Bank Street College's Best Children's Book of 2023, here:

To save a galactic kingdom from revolution, Kindred mind-pairings were created to ensure each and every person would be seen and heard, no matter how rich or poor…

Joy Abara knows her place. A commoner from the lowly planet Hali, she lives a simple life—apart from the notoriety that being Kindred to the nobility’s most infamous playboy brings.

Duke Felix Hamdi has a plan. He will exasperate his noble family to the point that they agree to let him choose his own future and finally meet his Kindred face-to-face.

The Sound of Stars
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Art Direction: Erin Craig 

Cover Design: Mary Luna

THE SOUND OF STARS

Buy the Junior Library Guild Gold Selection & The Hal Clement Notable Young Adult Books ALA pick here:

Can a girl who risks her life for books and an Ilori who loves pop music work together to save humanity?

When a rebel librarian meets an Ilori commander…

Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the death of one-third of the world’s population. Today, seventeen-year-old Ellie Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. All art, books and creative expression are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library.

When young Ilori commander Morris finds Ellie’s illegal library, he’s duty-bound to deliver her for execution. But Morris isn’t a typical Ilori…and Ellie and her books might be the key to a desperate rebellion of his own.

Cover Art: Michael A. Dale

Cover Design: Mary Luna

Art Direction: Gigi Lau

Until The Clock Strikes Midnight

SPRING/SUMMER 2025

UNTIL THE CLOCK STRIKES MIDNIGHT 

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