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New Year, New Books! Lerner Publishing Group’s Spring Preview 01/19/2016 1 New Year, New Books! Lerner Publishing Group’s Spring Preview Thank you for joining us today. will begin at 1 p.m. CST. Until then, enjoy the silence! Today’s panelists: Lois Wallentine, School and Library Marketing Director Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, Twenty-First Century Books Greg Hunter, Senior Editor, Graphic Universe Carol Hinz, Editorial Director, Millbrook Press Alix Reid, Editorial Director, Carolrhoda Books, Carolrhoda Lab Jenny Krueger, Senior Product Planning Editor Tuesday, January 19 1 p.m. CST Sarah Hunter Booklist for Youth Senior Editor Tweeting? #LPG16Preview @ALA_Booklist New Year, New Books! Lerner Publishing Group’s Spring Preview Download a list of the titles featured in today’s presentation at Bit.ly/LPG16Preview Tweeting? #LPG16Preview @ALA_Booklist Lois Wallentine, School and Library Marketing Director Domenica Di Piazza, Editorial Director, Twenty-First Century Books Greg Hunter, Senior Editor, Graphic Universe Lerner’s Spring 2016 Preview Carol Hinz, Editorial Director, Millbrook Press Alix Reid, Editorial Director, Carolrhoda Books, Carolrhoda Lab Jenny Krueger, Senior Product Planning Editor Spring 2016 Preview Tweet these books and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and our blog! www.lernerbooks.com facebook.com/lernerbooks @lernerbooks lernerbooks.blogspot.com pinterest.com/lernerbooks youtube.com/LernerPublishing Lois Wallentine, School and Library Marketing Director Welcome! Like it? Tweet it! Reference @lernerbooks and today’s hashtag: #LPGPreview

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01/19/2016

1

New Year, New Books! Lerner Publishing Group’s Spring Preview

Thank you for joining us today.

will begin at 1 p.m. CST. Until then, enjoy the silence!

Today’s panelists:

Lois Wallentine,

School and Library

Marketing Director

Domenica Di Piazza,

Editorial Director,

Twenty-First

Century Books

Greg Hunter,

Senior Editor,

Graphic Universe

Carol Hinz,

Editorial Director,

Millbrook Press

Alix Reid,

Editorial Director,

Carolrhoda Books,

Carolrhoda Lab

Jenny Krueger,

Senior Product

Planning Editor

Tuesday, January 19 1 p.m. CST

Sarah Hunter Booklist for Youth Senior Editor

Tweeting?

#LPG16Preview

@ALA_Booklist

New Year, New Books! Lerner Publishing Group’s Spring Preview

Download a list of the titles featured in today’s presentation at

Bit.ly/LPG16Preview

Tweeting?

#LPG16Preview

@ALA_Booklist

Lois Wallentine,

School and Library

Marketing Director

Domenica Di Piazza,

Editorial Director,

Twenty-First

Century Books

Greg Hunter,

Senior Editor,

Graphic Universe

Lerner’s Spring 2016 Preview

Carol Hinz,

Editorial Director,

Millbrook Press

Alix Reid,

Editorial Director,

Carolrhoda Books,

Carolrhoda Lab

Jenny Krueger,

Senior Product

Planning Editor

Spring 2016 Preview Tweet these books and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, and our blog!

www.lernerbooks.com ♦facebook.com/lernerbooks ♦ @lernerbooks ♦ lernerbooks.blogspot.com ♦ pinterest.com/lernerbooks ♦ youtube.com/LernerPublishing

Lois Wallentine,

School and Library Marketing

Director

Welcome!

L i k e i t? Tw e e t i t !

Re fe r e n c e @ l e r n e r b o o k s a n d to d a y ’s

h a s h ta g : # L P G P r e v i e w

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Photo-driven nonfiction series that

support key curriculum standards and

engage young minds

L i k e i t? Tw e e t i t !

Re fe r e n c e @ l e r n e r b o o k s a n d to d a y ’s

h a s h ta g : # L P G P r e v i e w

Jenny Krueger,

Senior Product Planning Editor

Lerner Publications

$23.99 (List) ♦ $17.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades K-2 ♦ RL: Grade 1 ♦ 24 Pages

First Step Nonfiction—

Learn about Advertising

Let’s Find Ads in

Magazines

978-1-4677-9467-1

Let’s Find Ads on

Clothing

978-1-4677-9469-5

Let’s Find Ads on

Food Packages

978-1-4677-9468-8

Let’s Find Ads on

Signs

978-1-4677-9465-7

Let’s Find Ads on the

Internet

978-1-4677-9464-0

Let’s Find Ads on TV

978-1-4677-9466-4

$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades K-2 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 32 Pages

Lightning Bolt Books™—

How Vehicles Work

How Do Big Rigs Work?

978-1-4677-9501-2

How Do Fire Trucks

Work?

978-1-4677-9501-2

How Do Formula One

Race Cars Work?

978-1-4677-9503-6

How Do Monster Trucks

Work?

978-1-4677-9499-2

How Do Tanks Work?

978-1-4677-9502-9

How Do Trains Work?

978-1-4677-9500-5

Lightning Bolt Books™—

Healthy Eating

$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades K-2 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 32 Pages

Why Doesn't Everyone Eat Meat?

978-1-4677-9471-8

What's on My Plate?

978-1-4677-9470-1

Taste Something New!

978-1-4677-9472-5 Caution in the Kitchen!

978-1-4677-9473-2

Searchlight Books™—

What Is Digital Citizenship?

$29.32 (List) ♦ $21.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 3-5 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 40 Pages

Smart Online Searching:

Doing Digital Research

978-1-4677-9491-6

Smart Online Communication:

Protecting Your Digital Footprint

978-1-4677-9487-9

Smart Internet Surfing:

Evaluating Websites and Advertising

978-1-4677-9492-3

Digital Safety Smarts:

Preventing Cyberbullying

978-1-4677-9488-6

$29.32 (List) ♦ $21.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 3-5 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 40 Pages

Searchlight Books™ —

What Can We Do about Pollution?

How Can We Reduce

Agricultural Pollution?

978-1-4677-9514-2

How Can We Reduce

Fossil Fuel Pollution?

978-1-4677-9513-5

How Can We Reduce

Household Waste?

978-1-4677-9517-3

How Can We Reduce

Manufacturing

Pollution? 978-1-4677-9518-0

How Can We Reduce

Nuclear Pollution?

978-1-4677-9516-6

How Can We Reduce

Transportation Pollution?

978-1-4677-9515-9

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$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 2-4 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 32 Pages

Bald Eagles

978-1-4677-9507-4

Comparing Animal Traits

Ostriches

978-1-4677-9509-8

Emperor Penguins

978-1-4677-9505-0 California Condors

978-1-4677-9512-8

Snowy Owls

978-1-4677-9506-7

Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds

978-1-4677-9508-1

Pileated Woodpeckers

978-1-4677-9511-1

Toco Toucans

978-1-4677-9510-4

Comparing Animal Traits

$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 2–4 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 32 Pages

Big Brands

$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 4-6 ♦ RL: Grade 5 ♦ 32 Pages

Samsung

978-1-5124-0591-0

Minecraft

978-1-5124-0589-7

McDonald’s

978-1-5124-0590-3

Amazon

978-1-5124-0588-0

Growing Green

$34.65 (List) ♦ $25.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 6-8 ♦ RL: Grade 6 ♦ 64 Pages

Urban Gardening

978-1-4677-9390-2 Organic Foods

978-1-4677-9391-9

Free-Range Farming

978-1-4677-9389-6

Eating Local

978-1-4677-9388-9

Presidential Powerhouses

$35.99 (List) ♦ $26.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 6-12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 104 Pages

John F. Kennedy's

Presidency

978-1-4677-7927-2

James Madison's

Presidency

978-1-4677-7929-6

George Washington's

Presidency

978-1-4677-7924-1

Franklin D. Roosevelt's

Presidency

978-1-4677-7928-9

$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 2-5 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 32 Pages

Amazing Athletes

LeBron James (3rd Revised Edition)

978-1-5124-0416-6

American Pharoah

978-1-5124-0829-4

Carli Lloyd

978-1-5124-0866-9 Alex Morgan

978-1-4677-9386-5 Buster Posey

978-1-4677-9384-1

Manny Pacquiao

978-1-4677-9387-2 Robinson Cano

978-1-4677-9385-8

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$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades K-3 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 32 Pages

What's Your Story,

Amelia Earhart?

978-1-4677-8783-3

Cub Reporter Meets Famous Americans

What's Your Story,

Frederick Douglass?

978-1-4677-8784-0

What's Your Story,

Paul Revere?

978-1-4677-8781-9

What's Your Story,

Sequoyah?

978-1-4677-8786-4

What's Your Story,

Susan B. Anthony?

978-1-4677-8785-7

What's Your Story,

Wilma Rudolph?

978-1-4677-8782-6

$34.65 (List) ♦ $25.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 4-8 ♦ RL: Grade 5 ♦ 48 Pages

Gateway Biographies

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Iconic Supreme

Court Justice

978-1-5124-0596-5

Loretta Lynch: First African American

Woman Attorney General

978-1-5124-0586-6

$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 2-5 ♦ RL: Grade 4 ♦ 32 Pages

Facebook Founder and Internet

Entrepreneur Mark Zuckerberg

978-1-4677-9527-2

STEM Trailblazer Bios

Mars Science Lab Engineer

Diana Trujillo

978-1-4677-9530-2

Minecraft Creator

Markus "Notch" Persson

978-1-4677-9526-5

Nintendo Video Game Designer

Shigeru Miyamoto

978-1-4677-9531-9

Theoretical Physicist

Stephen Hawking

978-1-4677-9528-9

Urban Biologist

Danielle Lee

978-1-4677-9529-6

Books in the Hungry Tomato™ imprint pair eye-

catching photos and illustrations with enticing, action-

packed text. These high-interest nonfiction titles will

create a hunger to read more!

.

Hungry Tomato™

Jenny Krueger,

Senior Product Planning Editor

L i k e i t? Tw e e t i t !

Re fe r e n c e @ l e r n e r b o o k s a n d to d a y ’s

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$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 3-4 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 32 Pages

Stickmen’s Guide to How

Everything Works

Stickmen's Guide to

Aircraft

978-1-4677-9359-9

Stickmen's Guide to Trains

and Automobiles

978-1-4677-9360-5

Stickmen's Guide to

Gigantic Machines

978-1-4677-9361-2

Stickmen's Guide to

Watercraft

978-1-4677-9362-9

$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 3-6 ♦ RL: Grade 5 ♦ 32 Pages

Megafast

Megafast Planes

978-1-4677-9365-0

Megafast Motorcycles

978-1-4677-9364-3

Megafast Trucks

978-1-4677-9366-7

Megafast Cars

978-1-4677-9363-6

“This dramatically illustrated…[title] makes learning about jet

propulsion, tire construction, and sidewinder rattlers a hoot.”—Kirkus

starred review for Megafast Trucks

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$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 3-6 ♦ RL: Grade 5 ♦ 32 Pages

Warriors!

Silent Soldiers

978-1-4677-9356-8

Mighty Fighting Machines

978-1-4677-9358-2

Tools of Combat

978-1-4677-9355-1

Fierce Fighters

978-1-4677-9357-5

Entertaining and informative books to teach

young minds.

Millbrook Press

L i k e i t? Tw e e t i t !

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Carol Hinz,

Editorial Director

$25.32 (List) ♦ $18.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades PreK-3 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 24 Pages

Bel the Weather Girl

A Party for Clouds: Thunderstorms

978-1-4677-7959-3 Raindrops on a Roller Coaster: Hail

978-1-4677-7958-6

The Sky Stirs Up Trouble: Tornadoes

978-1-4677-7960-9

A Snowstorm Shows Off: Blizzards

978-1-4677-7961-6 Spinning Wind and Water: Hurricanes

978-1-4677-7962-3

Weather Clues in the Sky: Clouds

978-1-4677-7963-0

$25.32 (List) ♦ $18.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades PreK-3 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 24 Pages

Bel the Weather Girl

Build, Beaver, Build! Life at the Longest Beaver Dam by Sandra Markle, illus. Deborah Hocking

$26.65(List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades K-3 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 32 Pages

Build, Beaver, Build!: Life at the Longest Beaver Dam

978-1-4677-4900-8

Also by Sandra Markle:

The Long, Long Journey

978-0-7613-5623-3 School Library Journal

Tooth by Tooth Comparing Fangs, Tusks, and Chompers

by Sara Levine, illus. T. S Spookytooth

$26.65(List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades K-4 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 32 Pages

Tooth by Tooth: Comparing Fangs, Tusks, and Chompers

978-1-4677-5215-2

Also by Sara Levine:

Bone by Bone: Comparing Animal

Skeletons

978-0-7613-8464-9

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$19.99 (List) ♦ $14.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades PreK-3 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 32 Pages

Whose Hands Are These? A Community Helper Guessing Book by Miranda Paul, illus. Luciana Navarro Powell

Whose Hands Are These?: A Community Helper Guessing Book

978-1-4677-5214-5

Also by Miranda Paul:

One Plastic Bag

Isatou Ceesay and the Recycling

Women of the Gambia

978-1-4677-1608-6

School Library Journal

$19.99 (List) ♦ $14.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 3-6 ♦ RL: Grade 4 ♦ 32 Pages

When the Sun Shines on Antarctica And Other Poems about the Frozen Continent by Irene Latham, illus. Anna Wadham

When the Sun Shines on Antarctica:

And Other Poems about the Frozen Continent

978-1-4677-5216-9

Also by Irene Latham:

Dear Wandering Wildebeest

And Other Poems from the Water Hole

978-1-4677-1232-3

Kirkus School Library Journal

I Saw an Invisible Lion Today: Quatrains

978-1-4677-9342-1

$26.65 (List) ♦ $19.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 2-5 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 32 Pages

Poetry Adventures I Saw an Invisible Lion Today: Quatrains by Brian P. Cleary, illus. by Richard Watson

Also Available:

978-1-4677-2046-5 978-1-4677-2045-8 978-1-4677-2044-1 978-1-4677-1609-3

$33.32 (List) ♦ $24.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 5-12 ♦ RL: Grade 5 ♦ 64 Pages

The Final Four: The Pursuit of College Basketball Glory

978-1-4677-8780-2

Also Available:

Spectacular Sports The Final Four: The Pursuit of College Basketball Glory By Matt Doeden

$31.99 (List) ♦ $23.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 4-8 ♦ RL: Grade 5 ♦ 48 Pages

Masters of Disguise: Amazing Animal Tricksters

978-1-5124-0087-8

Masters of Disguise Amazing Animal Tricksters By Rebecca L. Johnson

Also by Rebecca L. Johnson:

Zombie Makers: True Stories of Nature's Undead

978-0-7613-8633-9 Kirkus School Library Journal

When Lunch Fights Back

Wickedly Clever Animal Defenses

978-1-4677-2109-7

Kirkus

“A truly astonishing look at some of nature's

most ingenious predatory or survival strategies.”

—starred, Kirkus

$33.32 (List) ♦ $24.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 4-8 ♦ RL: Grade 4 ♦ 56 Pages

Floodwaters and Flames: The 1913 Disaster in Dayton, Ohio

978-1-4677-9432-9

Floodwaters and Flames The 1913 Disaster in Dayton, Ohio By Lois Miner Huey

Also by Lois Miner Huey:

Ick! Yuck! Eew!

Our Gross American History978-0-7613-8633-9 Library Media Connection

Forgotten Bones

Uncovering a Slave Cemetery

978-1-4677-3393-9

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Domenica Di Piazza,

Editorial Director

Curriculum-oriented and high-interest

nonfiction titles that stimulate and

engage the minds of middle grade and

young adult readers.

Twenty-First Century Books

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

978-1-5124-1791-3

$33.22 (List) ♦ $24.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 6–12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 96 Pages

Star Wars: The Force Awakens The Official Collector's Edition by the Editors of Topix Media Lab

Dead Zones: Why Earth's Waters Are Losing Oxygen

978-1-4677-7573-1

$35.99 (List) ♦ $26.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 7–12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 80 Pages

Dead Zones Why Earth's Waters Are Losing Oxygen by Carol Hand

“An illuminating introduction to a complicated, dire

ecological problem that deserves more attention."—Booklist Space Junk: The Dangers of Polluting Earth's Orbit

978-1-4677-5600-6

$33.32 (List) ♦ $24.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 7–12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 64 Pages

Space Junk The Dangers of Polluting Earth's Orbit by Karen Romano Young

“Between her well-tempered writing style and her atypical

subject, Young will have readers enthralled.”—starred, Kirkus

The Ebola Epidemic: The Fight, The Future

978-1-4677-9244-8

$35.99 (List) ♦ $26.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 7–12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 112 Pages

The Ebola Epidemic The Fight, The Future by Connie Goldsmith

“Goldsmith, a veteran health/science writer, knows how to

invest readers in her story . . . [and] delivers science in a serious

yet welcoming tone. . . . An arresting, illuminating, and unlikely-

to-be-forgotten story.”—starred, Kirkus Plants vs. Meats: The Health, History,

and Ethics of What We Eat

978-1-4677-8011-7

$34.65 (List) ♦ $25.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 7–12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 96 Pages

Plants vs. Meats The Health, History, and Ethics of What We Eat by Meredith Sayles Hughes

“Hughes offers a compact but comprehensive guide to food production

and consumption in the U.S., taking on its history, as well as ethical and

health concerns, in the interest of fostering conscientious eating….[An]

admirably balanced, bite-sized primer on ethical eating.”—starred, Booklist

“Good food for thought that won't leave readers feeling stuffed."—Kirkus

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$34.65 (List) ♦ $25.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 7-12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 80 Pages

Just My Type Understanding Personality Profiles by Michael J. Rosen and Daniel Carlson

Just My Type: Understanding Personality Profiles

978-1-4677-8010-0

“A fascinating guide to a high-interest topic."—Booklist

$35.99 (List) ♦ $26.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 7-12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 112 Pages

Feminism Reinventing the F-Word by Nadia Abushanab Higgins

Feminism: Reinventing the F-Word

978-1-4677-6147-5

“[A] comprehensive and stunningly up-to-date account of the

history of feminism…[and] the myriad ways feminism has changed

in the past few decades….Higgins invites burgeoning feminists to

find their own places among the vast movement.”—starred, Booklist

$38.65 (List) ♦ $28.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 7-12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 160 Pages

Reproductive Rights Who Decides? by Vicki Oransky Wittenstein

Reproductive Rights: Who Decides?

978-1-4677-4187-3

“Though slim, this volume packs a wallop, taking an exhaustive look at

the history of human reproduction and the prevention thereof….Diagrams,

photographs of key players and events, and extensive back matter round

out this impressive resource.”—starred, Booklist

$34.65 (List) ♦ $25.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades 7-12 ♦ RL: Grade 8 ♦ 104 Pages

Doping in Sports Winning at Any Cost? Stephanie Sammartino McPherson

Doping in Sports: Winning at Any Cost?

978-1-4677-6148-2

Distinctive children’s books that

inspire the imagination.

Carolrhoda

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Alix Reid,

Editorial Director

$17.99 (List) ♦ $13.49 (S&L)

IL: Grades K–3 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 32 Pages

Their Great Gift Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land by John Coy, photographs by Wing Young Huie

Their Great Gift: Courage, Sacrifice, and Hope in a New Land

978-1-4677-8054-4

"Coy (Hoop Genius) and photographer Huie (Looking for Asian

America)…deliver a visual smorgasbord that informs young

readers—and reminds older ones—how the United States was and

continues to be made.”—starred, Publishers Weekly

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$19.99 (List) ♦ $14.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades K–3 ♦ RL: Grade 2 ♦ 32 Pages

Don’t Call Me Grandma by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illus. by Elizabeth Zunon

Don't Call Me Grandma

978-1-4677-4208-5

“Nelson (The Book Itch) sensitively conveys the complexity of

intergenerational relationships while celebrating a

grandmother whose individuality hasn't diminished one iota

over the years."—Publishers Weekly

$19.99 (List) ♦ $14.99 (S&L)

IL: Grades K–4 ♦ RL: Grade 3 ♦ 32 Pages

Luis Paints the World by Terry Farish, illus. by Oliver Dominguez

Luis Paints the World

978-1-4677-5796-6

Shalom Everybodeee! Grover's Adventures in Israel by Tilda Balsley and Ellen Fischer, illus. Tom Leigh

$16.99(List) ♦ $12.74 (S&L)

IL: Grades PreK-2 ♦ RL: Grade 1 ♦ 24 Pages

Shalom Everybodeee!: Grover's Adventures in Israel

978-0-7613-7558-6

Also Available:

978-0-7613-7556-2 978-0-7613-8491-5 978-0-7613-7560-9

Og’s Ark by Allison and Wayne Marks, illus. Martina Peluso

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The Bolds by Julian Clary, illus. by David Roberts

The Bolds

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The Executioner’s Daughter by Robin Yardi

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Scar Girl by Len Vlahos

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