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THE LAST BEEKEEPER de Pablo Cartaya

Award-winning author Pablo Cartaya’s latest middle grade follows twelve-year-old Yolanda Cicerón as she fights to the save the last known beehive in the world from extinction against nearly insurmountable obstacles—an environment completely changed by climate change and the greedy humans who will profit from the bees.

THE LAST BEEKEEPER
by Pablo Cartaya
HarperCollins Children’s Books, May 2022

Yolanda Cicerón has big dreams. One day she’s going to become the scientist who gives Silo – the most connected and advanced town in the Valley – the technology the world lost. But as she and her older sister Cami struggle to maintain their family farm that dream floats farther away. With relentless storms across the country, hurricanes on the coast, freezes bearing down from the north, depending on fickle nature for a good harvest is getting Yoly nowhere fast. And when she discovers that they can no longer afford her ticket out of farm life, she decides to take matters into her own hands.
What Yoly doesn’t realize is that in trying to secure her future, she’s actually bargained it away. Silo and its mayor are hiding secrets, and the more Yoly uncovers, the more she realizes they aren’t interested in her bright young mind but in how she might lead them to the secret her family has guarded for decades.
Deep within the woods lies the last remnant of a long extinct species and in its honeycombs is liquid gold –the rarest commodity in the world. When the bees can be Yoly’s one chance to save herself from a horrible future or the key to pulling the Valley out from under Silo’s thumb, will she be able to risk the queen for the colony?
THE LAST BEEKEEPER is a stirring adventure story about fighting to right the wrongs of past generations while finding hope in our present by award-winning author Pablo Cartaya.

Pablo Cartaya is an award-winning author, screenwriter, speaker, and occasional actor. He is the Pura Belpré Honor Book Award winner for The Epic Fail OF Arturo Zamora; an Audie Finalist for Audiobook of the Year in the Middle Grade Category (for which he narrated); an ALSC notable book of the year for Marcus Vega Doesn’t Speak Spanish; and the 2020 Schneider Family Book Award Honor winner for his middle grade novel, Each Tiny Spark. His newest title, The Last Beekeeper, contemplates a future where bees are central to a re-building world. His novels focus on the themes of family, community, culture, and the environment. He lives in the hyphens between his Cuban and American identities and with his familiain Miami.

THE LEOPARD BEHIND THE MOON de Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev

No one knows what lies beyond the village door, but Ezomo is determined to find out. From debut author Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev, this is a remarkable coming-of-age story about friendship, family, and the power of storytelling for fans of Erin Entrada Kelly, Tae Keller, and Tracey Baptiste..

THE LEOPARD BEHIND THE MOON
by Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev
HarperCollins, September 2021 – MG

There are three important laws in Ezomo’s village: Don’t go to The Valley, don’t go out at night, and never, ever, ever open the door that protects them all. But when Ezomo encounters the leopard believed to have killed his father, he and his two friends embark on a journey that leads them past the boundaries set by their elders. Ezomo’s mother immediately falls deathly ill, and Ezomo doesn’t believe that it’s a coincidence. Eventhough he wasn’t able to save his father, Ezomo hopes he can save her. He receives a hint that the cure can be found behind the village door, in the Valley. With his friends by his side, Ezomo discovers the true history of his village, and that cautionary tales exist for a reason.
This voice-driven debut balances a gripping adventure with themes of friendship, identity, and grief. Layered throughout with rich details, this will be an extraordinary addition to the bookshelves of readers who love Grace Lin and Kelly Barnhill.

Mayonn Paasewe-Valchev is a writer and a reader. Born in Liberia, she was exposed to a culture of oral storytelling at a young age. She lived in the Netherlands for several years where she learned to stuff her klompen (wooden shoes) with carrots and developed a love for reading stories—especially tales written by Roald Dahl and Astrid Lindgren. She lives in Georgia with her family.

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THE BOOK OF LIVING SECRETS de Madeleine Roux

The New York Times bestselling author of the Asylum series is back with a vengeance in this atmospheric gothic standalone novel for fans of The Hazel Wood, in which a reader’s dearest dream being transported to the world of a favorite book instead proves a terrifying nightmare, with a tantalizing darkness and desperate adventure that could only come from Madeline Roux.

THE BOOK OF LIVING SECRETS
by Madeleine Roux
HarperTeen, March 2022

Adelle and Connie have been best friends for years, united by their love of a little known novel called Moira, and spend their days dreaming about how much better their lives would be in the world of this romantic fantasy, with its intrigue and excitement. When the girls are tempted by a mysterious stranger to try to enter the world of the book, they hardly suspect that it will actually work. But suddenly, they are in the world of Moira that they had imagined for so long. Only, the world of the novel has been turned upside down: The lavish balls and star crossed love affairs are now interlaced with unspeakable horrors. The girls realize that something sinister is behind their foray into fiction and they will have to rewrite their own arcs if they hope to escape this nightmare with their lives.

Madeleine Roux is the New York Times bestselling author of the Asylum series—Asylum, Sanctum, Catacomb, Escape from Asylum, and The Asylum Novellas—which has sold into twelve countries around the world, as well as the House of Furies trilogy. She has also contributed works to Star Wars and World of Warcraft. A graduate of the Beloit College writing program, Madeleine now lives in Seattle, Washington with her two beloved dogs.

SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE de Kristin Dwyer

Sarah Dessen meets Adam Silvera in this debut YA romance, told in alternate timelines and perfect for fans of messy, complicated relationships.

SOME MISTAKES WERE MADE
by Kristin Dwyer
HarperTeen, April 2022

A thing you were: Ellis and Easton have been inseparable since childhood. Their friendship is unbreakable or so Ellis thought.
A thing you are: But when a rash decision throws Ellis’s life and her relationship with Easton into chaos, she’s forced to finish her senior year halfway across the country, far from everything she’s ever known.
A thing you will be: Ellis hasn’t spoken to Easton in a year, and maybe it’s better that way; maybe eventually the Easton shaped hole in her heart will heal. But when Easton’s mom invites her home for a visit, Ellis finds herself tangled up in the web of heartache, betrayal, and anger she left behind.And with the boy she never stopped loving.
Told in alternating timelines, Kristin Dwyer’s debut novel is a gripping look at the fallout left behind when the heart wants what it shouldn’t.

Kristin Dwyer grew up under the California sun and prayed every day for a cloudy sky. Now Kristin and her spouse are currently raising their mischief makers in the hills of North Carolina, where there is just the right amount of clouds. When she’s not writing books about people kissing Kristin is a part time hair model and full time TSA precheck. One time a credible news outlet asked for her opinion on K pop (it was the best day of her life). Please do not talk to her about your fandom, she will try to join.

THE ENDANGEREDS by Philippe Cousteau & Austin Aslan

The A-Team meets Endling in this middle-grade duology about four animals who decide to take fate into their own paws—by environmentalist, award-winning author, and Xploration Awesome Planet host Philippe Cousteau and TURBO Racers author Austin Aslan.

THE ENDANGEREDS #1
by Philippe Cousteau & Austin Aslan
HarperCollins Children’s, September 2020
Ages 8 -12

Humans had their chance to be in charge and look where that got us. Temperatures are rising, ice caps are melting, and innocent animals are in trouble. It is time for someone else to take over and fix this mess. It is time for . . . the Endangereds. One super-strong polar bear. One pangolin with a genius for engineering. One extremely sarcastic narwhal. And one orangutan with a dream. What more do you need to save the world? Together, these four unlikely heroes are determined to save endangered species across the globe. But when two of their endangered friends get kidnapped by a villain with a dastardly agenda, the team find themselves up to their snouts in trouble. Can the Endangereds save the day? Or will this villain put humans and animals alike on the extinction list?

Philippe Cousteau is a multi-Emmy-nominated TV host, author, speaker, and social entrepreneur. He has spoken at the United Nations, Harvard University, and across the world about environmental issues, and hosted numerous TV programs for Discovery, BBC, CNN, Travel Channel and more. Currently he is the host of the syndicated television show Xploration Awesome Planet and producer/narrator of a new Virtual Reality experience Drop in the Ocean.
Austin Aslan is the author of the TURBO Racers series and the Islands at the End of the World series. A National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, he can often be found camping in a tent on a punctured air mattress. In other lives, Austin drove ambulances way too fast, served as an ecotourism Peace Corps volunteer in a Honduran cloud forest, and managed a variety of campaigns.