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The Girl Who Owned a City
The Graphic Novel
O. T. Nelson
Adapted by Dan Jolley • Illustrated by Joëlle Jones
PB: 978-0-7613-5634-9 • $12.50
6" x 8½" • 128 pages •
Ages 10-18 • April 2012
A deadly virus killed every adult on Earth, leaving only the kids
behind. With her parents gone, Lisa is responsible for her little
brother Todd. She has to make sure they stay alive. Many kids are sick or starving, and fierce gangs are stealing and destroying everything they find. In a world like this, someone has to take charge. But does Lisa have the strength to take charge of a whole city?
My Boyfriend is a Monster:
I Date Dead People
Ann Kerns • Illustrated by Janina Görrissen
PB: 978-0-7613-8549-3 • $12.50
5" x 7½" • 128 pages •
Ages 12-18 • MARCH 2012
Nora Reilly is an old soul. Her idea of fun is reading a Jane Austen novel in her family's
Victorian home. he didn't expect to find a kindred spirit in the house's oldest occupant,
Tom Barnes. Tom is a sweet and handsome boy who died over a hundred years ago. His soul
is trapped in the house, and he's not alone. There are other mysterious tenants . . . and
darker shadows, sinister and nameless. Does love stand a ghost of a chance against such
odds? Nora's friends aren’t so sure. But Nora will do whatever it takes to make the relationship work, even against the threat of
meddling ghost hunters, snooping psychics, and the worst danger of all to her first
solid relationship—her parents.
Sherlock Holmes
and the Adventure of the Cardboard Box
PB: 978-0-7613-7098-7
$8.95 • 48 PAGES •
6½" X 9¼" • AGES 9-12
March 2012
A mysterious package reveals a revolting surprise! When Miss Susan Cushing receives
a package with gruesome contents, she cannot imagine who sent it. While Inspector
Lestrade dismisses the package as a practical joke, Holmes fears the worst. Can Holmes
and Watson discover the sender?
Miss Annie: Freedom!
Frank Le Gall
Illustrated by Flore Balthazar
PB: 978-0-7613-8546-2
$8.95 • 6½" x 9¼" • 48 pages • Ages 7-10 • March 2012
Miss Annie is a kitten with a large dose of curiosity! Outdoors there are trees to climb, birds to chase, and other cats. Even though she's only a few months old, Miss Annie thinks she's big enough for adventure right now. If only she can convince her human family that she can take care of herself—or can she?
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Snowmobile
Bombardier’s Dream Machine
Jules Older • Illustrated by Michael Lauritano
PB: 978-1-58089-335-0 • $8.95
HC: 978-1-58089-334-3 • $18.95
6" x 9" • 64 pages • Ages 8–11
Black-and-white illustrations and photographs
February
Joseph-Armand was a mechanical genius with the heart of an inventor. From the time he was fifteen, he pursued his dream of inventing a machine that would “float on snow”.
After Joseph-Armand saw firsthand that lives depended on the success of his invention, his single-minded determination to create a snow vehicle led to the realization of his dream.
Photographs, courtesy of the J. Armand Bombardier Museum, show various snow vehicles invented by Bombardier, including the Ski-Doo® snowmobile.
Alien Envoy
Pamela F. Service • Illustrated by Mike Gorman
PB: 978-0-7613-7298-1 • $7.50
HC: 978-0-7613-5364-5 • $20.95
5" x 7½" • 176 pages • Ages 9-12
April 2012
Who’s standing between Earth and a universe full of aliens? Zack Gaither, Alien Agent. Planted on Earth to smooth Earth’s introduction to the Galactic Union, Zack and his friends—including the dinosaur-like cadet Vraj and his mentor, Agent Sorn—must stop evil-doers from revealing the truth too soon.
Oh Boy, Mallory
Laurie Friedman • Illustrated by Jennifer Kalis
HC: 978-0-7613-6072-8 • $19.95
5½" x 7¼" • 160 pages
Ages 7-11
March 2012
Mallory has a new diary and big news to write in it: a cute fifth-grade boy LIKES her! The only problem: Mallory's friends are more excited about it than she is. Mallory's not sure what to do, what to say on the phone, or even
how she feels. Her best friend, Mary Ann, however, is sure about what Mallory should feel and do. But when Mallory follows Mary Ann's advice, she winds up
hurting another friend—and gets in BIG trouble. Can Mallory make things right and learn to follow her own heart?
Agent Amelia:
#1 Ghost Diamond!
978-0-7613-8060-3
Each PB: $7.50 • 144 PAGES
5" X 7¾" • AGES 7-11
Agent Amelia is an amusing series of illustrated stories about Amelia, an elementary school girl who thinks she’s a secret agent. Each book includes three stories with Amelia brilliantly solving a perplexing mystery at school.
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No Crystal Stair
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie
HC: 978-0-7613-6169-5 • $22.50
7" x 10" • 192 pAges
Ages 12-18
March 2012
Lewis Michaux was born to do things his own way. When a white banker told him to sell fried chicken, not books, because “Negroes don’t read,” Lewis took five books and one-hundred dollars and built a bookstore. It soon became
the intellectual center of Harlem, a refuge for everyone from Muhammad Ali to Malcolm X. In No Crystal Stair, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author
Vaunda Micheaux Nelson combines meticulous research with a storyteller’s flair to document the life and times of her great uncle Lewis Michaux, an extraordinary literacy
pioneer of the Civil Rights era.
Drowning Instinct
Ilsa J. Bick
HC: 978-0-7613-7752-8 • $22.50
5¼" x 7½" • 352 pages
Ages 14-18
March 2012
“There are stories where the girl
gets her prince, and they live happily ever after. (This is not one of those stories.)" Jenna Lord's first sixteen years were not exactly a fairytale. Her father is a controlling psycho, and her mother is a drunk. She used
to count on her older brother—until he shipped off to Iraq. And then, of course, there was the time she almost died in a fire.
Angel
Cliff McNish
PB: 978-0-7613-8501-1 • $12.50
312 pages • 5½" x 8¼"
Ages 12-18
March 2012
Freya's intense passion for
angels led her into years of
mental illness. Now, just when she's starting to believe she's normal again, a dark angel starts to follow her. Soon she learns a stunning truth: She is an angel herself. And an angel's job is nothing like she imagined it would be...
The Traveling Restaurant:
Jasper’s Voyage in Three Parts
Barbara Else
HC: 978-1-877579-03-5 • $22.50
5" x 7¾" • 304 pages
Ages 10-14 • April 2012
When twelve-year-old Jasper Ludlow’s parents flee the city, he gets left behind. He finds refuge on The Traveling Restaurant, a sailing ship
captained by old Dr. Rocket and
crewed by feisty Polly. Where is
Jasper’s baby sister? He journeys across seas and rivers, facing whirlpools, storms, and hungry pirates to find her.
Who should he trust—his unreliable uncle; the mysterious journalist in black; or the gutsy, flute-playing orphan? Why did
his parents abandon him? Who is the true monarch? And why is Lady Gall hunting him?
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