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THE VANISHING STATION d’Ana Ellickson

A lyrical and bold YA debut about an underground magic system in San Francisco—and the lengths one girl is willing to go to protect the ones she loves.

THE VANISHING STATION
by Ana Ellickson
Amulet/Abrams, April 2024

Eighteen–year–old Filipino American Ruby Santos has been unmoored since her mother’s death. She can’t apply to art school like she’s always dreamed, and she and her father have had to move into the basement of their home and rent out the top floor while they work to pay back her mother’s hospital bills.

Then Ruby finds out her father has been living a secret life as a delivery person for a magical underworld—he “jumps” train lines to help deliver packages for a powerful family. Recently, he’s fallen behind on deliveries (and deeper into alcoholism), and if his debts aren’t satisfied, they’re going to take her mother’s house. In an effort to protect her father and save all that remains of her mother, Ruby volunteers to take over her dad’s station and start jumping train lines.

But this is no ordinary job. Ruby soon realizes that the trains are much more than doors to romance and adventure: they’re also doors to trafficking illicit goods and fierce rivalries. As she becomes more entangled with the magical underworld and the mysterious boy who’s helped her to learn magic, she realizes too late that she may be in over her head. Can she free her father and save her mother’s house? Or has she only managed to get herself pulled into the dangerous web her father was trapped in?

Ana Ellickson writes about fierce girls, family curses, and everyday magic. THE VANISHING STATION is her debut novel, inspired by daydreams about jumping portals in the San Francisco subway. Roman the Renegade–her graphic novel script about street art and Filipino monsters–was awarded the 2021 New Visions Honor by Lee & Low Books. She lives in sunny Santa Barbara.

WELCOME TO THE WOOFINGTON de Donna Gephart et Lori Haskins Houran, illustré par Josh Cleland

A paw–some new full–color chapter book series about a hotel for dogs!

WELCOME TO THE WOOFINGTON
(THE WOOFINGTON #1)
by Donna Gephart and Lori Haskins Houran, illustrated by Josh Cleland
Amulet/Abrams, May 2024

Welcome to the Woofington, where the water bowls are always full and there’s kibble on every pillow! Rufus and his boss, Ms. Coco, work hard to make every guest feel like a VIP (Very Important Pooch).

It’s the grand opening of the hotel, and Rufus and Ms. Coco want everything to be pawfect. Especially for their VIP guest, movie star Greta Garbark. How can Rufus keep the pup–parazzi from hounding Ms. Garbark? And what will Ms. Coco do when a (very itchy) problem hits the hotel?

With adorable illustrations and hilarious text, this new early chapter book series will hit young dog lovers smack in the funny bone!

Donna Gephart’s award–winning middle–grade novels include Lily and Dunkin, Death by Toilet Paper, How to Survive Middle School and others. Her first picture book, Go Be Wonderful, is a celebration of being perfectly imperfect. She’s worked as an editor at a greeting card company, a creative writing teacher at a high school, and as an indie bookseller. She lives in South Jersey with her family and her canine office assistant, Benji, a sweet retriever mix.

Lori Haskins Houran is a former children’s book editor and the author of more than 55 books for kids, including Next to You, a School Library Journal Best Picture Book; the Kirkus–starred Button Your Buttons; and Close Your Eyes, which SLJ called “a perfect bedtime work, filled with sly humor.” She lives on the North Shore of Massachusetts with her husband, four boys, and two rascally rescue dogs.

Josh Cleland is an illustrator working out of his home studio just outside of Portland, Oregon, where he resides with his wife, Rayna, and creative director/dog, Newman. Some of his recent illustrated children’s books include Fridge–opolis, The End, Chomp Chomp Dino, New York, Go!, Trick–or–Treat Songs, and Portland Baby. His work can also be found in various children’s magazines including Highlights and Storytime, as well as as greeting cards, games, and more.

A ROSE, A BRIDGE, AND A WILD BLACK HORSE de Charlotte Zolotow, illustré par Julie Morstad

A fresh new edition of a classic picture book by a legendary author and a beloved illustrator, about a girl and her mother, with themes of growing up, dreams, and letting go.

A ROSE, A BRIDGE, AND A WILD BLACK HORSE
by Charlotte Zolotow; illustrated by Julie Morstad; afterword by Crescent Dragonwagon
Cameron Kids/Abrams, March 2024

A girl declares all the things she’ll do for her mother when she is all grown up—from climbing mountains and swimming across oceans, to picking the pinkest rose, to building the biggest bridge and a castle for her mother to live in, to taming a wild black horse for her mother to ride—ending with the friend she will bring her mother to keep her company while she travels the world.

Originally published in 1964, A ROSE, A BRIDGE, AND A WILD BLACK HORSE is a new edition of a beloved picture book by renowned children’s book author Charlotte Zolotow, reenvisioned by her daughter, celebrated author Crescent Dragonwagon, and illustrated by award–winning artist Julie Morstad.

The book includes an afterword by Crescent Dragonwagon about her mother and this special new edition of their book.

Charlotte Zolotow was a children’s book editor for HarperCollins, where she edited hundreds of books over her 50–year career. In addition to editing, she authored over 90 books for young readers, including William’s Doll, which has been in print for over 50 years, and the original version of A ROSE, A BRIDGE, AND A WILD BLACK HORSE, published in 1964 by Harper & Row, which featured a brother and his younger sister.

Crescent Dragonwagon is the author of more than 50 books for readers of all ages, including a new edition of her 1977 classic Will It Be Okay?, illustrated by Jessica Love and published by Cameron Kids. Crescent is the daughter of and literary executor for her late mother, Charlotte Zolotow. A native New Yorker, Crescent lives in the Arkansas Ozarks.

Julie Morstad is an award–winning fine artist, author, and illustrator. Her illustrations can be found in numerous picture books, including The Dress and the Girl, published by Abrams. Julie lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

AMBER BROWN IS NOT A CRAYON: THE GRAPIC NOVEL de Paula Danziger, adapté par Victoria Ying

A brand-new graphic novel adaptation of the 10 Million Copy bestselling series!

AMBER BROWN IS NOT A CRAYON: THE GRAPIC NOVEL
by Paula Danziger; adapted by Victoria Ying
Penguin Random House, May 2024
(via Writers House)

Amber Brown and Justin Daniels are best friends. They’ve known each other for practically forever, sit next to each other in class, help each other with homework, and always stick up for each other. He never says things like, “Amber Brown is just a crayon.” She never says, “You got here ‘Justin time.’” They’re a great team . . . until disaster strikes. Justin has to move away and now the best friends are fighting. Will they be able to work it out before it’s too late?

Now a hit series on Apple TV+!

THE AMBER BROWN SERIES

#1: Amber Brown Is Not a Crayon

#2: You Can’t Eat Your Chicken Pox, Amber Brown

#3: Amber Brown Goes Fourth

#4: Amber Brown Wants Extra Credit

#5: Forever Amber Brown

#6: Amber Brown Sees Red

#7: Amber Brown Is Feeling Blue

#8: I, Amber Brown

#9: Amber Brown Is Green With Envy

#10: Amber Brown Is Tickled Pink

#11: Amber Brown Is On The Move

#12: Amber Brown Horses Around

Paula Danziger grew up wanting to be an author . . . and then she became one. She wrote over 25 books, traveled to more than 15 countries, and was the kind of colorful character you might find in one of her books. She loved to play, make new friends, and wear purple clothes and nail polish. Sadly, Paula Danziger passed away on July 8, 2004. Amber Brown—and the rest of her book characters—will continue to live on.

Raised in California, Victoria Ying is an author and illustrator of beloved children’s books. She realized that she had a true eye for detail when she fell in loves with comic books when she was a teenager. This interest in comics led her to a successful career in animation. Her credits include Tangled, Wreck it Ralph, Frozen, Paperman, Big Hero 6, and Moana.

LUMINOUS BEINGS de David Arnold et Jose Pimienta

The first graphic novel from New York Times bestselling author David Arnold, illustrated by Jose Pimienta!

LUMINOUS BEINGS
by David Arnold & Jose Pimienta
Viking, Fall 2024
(via Writers House)

When a group of teens decides to make a documentary about humanity’s recent brush with extinction (via undead squirrels), their quest for top-notch gear leads them on a 24-hour wild goose-chase through rowdy nightclubs and once-familiar neighborhoods, perilous castles and off-grid RVs, and at every turn—people. Some more eccentric than others, all leading quiet lives of love and loss in a strange new world. With nothing but their phones, the Squad documents these conversations, along with a slew of hijinks and misadventures throughout the night. The resulting footage becomes (and is indeed filled with) LUMINOUS BEINGS, an accidental documentary, not about the past, or how shit hit the fan, but how people came together to answer the ultimate question: where do we go from here?

David Arnold is the New York Times bestselling author of Mosquitoland, I Loved You in Another Life, The Electric Kingdom, Kids of Appetite, and The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik. He has won the Southern Book Prize and the Great Lakes Book Award, and was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start for his debut. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages.

Jose Pimienta was raised in Mexicali, Baja California and now resides in Los Angeles, CA where they work on comics and storyboards for animation and film. Suncatcher was their debut author/illustrator graphic novel. Twin Cities is their first middle-grade graphic novel. In their stories, they focus on the importance of Latinx culture and the experience of growing up on the border.