In this page-turning middle grade series by New York Times bestseller Margaret Peterson Haddix, Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in attics and basements and discover how trash can become treasure. In The Secret Letters, Colin and Nevaeh find vintage letters that lead to interlocking mysteries from the 1970s and &#8216;80s, and they learn about &#8220;women&#8217;s lib,&#8221; the ERA, and other social issues from that time in history&#8212;and the way echoes from that era affect Colin and Nevaeh themselves.When Colin finds a shoebox full of letters hidden in a stranger&#8217;s attic, he knows he&#8217;s supposed to throw them away. That&#8217;s his summer job, getting rid of junk. But Colin wants to rescue the letters--and find out what really happened to best friends Rosemary and Toby way back in the 1970s.Meanwhile, across town, Nevaeh also finds a mysterious letter. But this one reads like a confession to a crime. And Nevaeh knows her father, the &#8220;Junk King,&#8221; expects her to join the rest of the family in blaming a single suspect: his business rival, Colin&#8217;s mom.But that&#8217;s not what Nevaeh wants, either.Even as one set of letters bring Colin and Nevaeh together, the one Nevaeh found threatens to tear them apart. Is their new friendship as doomed as Rosemary and Toby&#8217;s?Each book in the Mysteries of Trash and Treasure series will examine a different time period in history and make readers think about how we value the stuff we hold on to&#8212;and what it is that makes it valuable.

Mysteries of Trash and Treasure: The Secret Letters

In this graphic novel adaptation of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and most popular tale, two siblings must save their stepsister from the clutches of a vengeful ghost.When their mom remarries, Molly and her brother, Michael, try to make friends with their new stepsister, Heather. But Heather only wants to make trouble for them. She lies and tattles and misbehaves, and somehow they always get the blame. They know she&#8217;s trying to drive a wedge between her father and their mother so she can have her father all to herself&#8212;and it seems to be working.Then, Heather starts playing in the graveyard behind their new house. She claims she can talk to a ghost named Helen, and her behavior gets even stranger. Michael doesn't believe in ghosts and thinks their new little sister is just looking for more attention. But Molly isn't so certain, especially when Heather threatens that Helen is going to come for them and make them sorry.It seems as though things can&#8217;t get any worse&#8212;but they do.When Helen comes.

Wait Till Helen Comes Graphic Novel

From Lisa Moore Ram&#233;e, author of the Walter Honor Award&#8211;winning A Good Kind of Trouble, comes her debut middle grade fantasy&#8212;an absorbing, imaginative adventure about a Black boy who has the magical ability to bring maps to life.&#160;Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky and A Tale of Magic. When Walt and his family relocate to Blackbird Bay, Walt thinks it&#8217;s the most boring place on earth. While his twin sister, Van, likes to spend her time skateboarding, Walt prefers to hide out in his room and work on his beloved map world, Djaruba. But shortly after their arrival, Walt discovers something extraordinary: He has the ability to make maps come to life.Suddenly his new hometown doesn&#8217;t seem so boring after all. And when a magical heirloom leaves Walt, his new friend Dylan, and Van stranded in the fantastical world that Walt created, he&#8217;ll need to harness his new power to get them home.But things are changing. People have gone missing, and it&#8217;s clear that a malevolent rival to the kingdom&#8212;a fellow mapmaker&#8212;has nefarious plans for Walt. If he&#8217;s not stopped soon, Djaruba could become nothing but a shadow of itself or, worse, gone forever. And if a mapmaker can destroy one world, could Earth be next?

MapMaker

Silverwing: The Graphic Novel

From Mark Oshiro, award-winning author of The Insiders, this time-bending adventure is perfect for fans of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe and When You Reach Me.Middle school is the worst, especially for David Bravo. He doesn&#8217;t have a single class with his best (okay, only) friend, Antoine. He has to give a class presentation about his heritage, but he&#8217;s not sure how&#8212;or even if&#8212;he wants to explain to his new classmates that he&#8217;s adopted. After he injures Antoine in an accident at cross-country practice, he just wishes he could do it all over.He doesn&#8217;t expect his wish to summon a talking, shapeshifting, annoying dog, Fea, who claims that a choice in David&#8217;s past actually did put him on the wrong timeline&#8230; and she can take him back to fix it.But when their first try (and the second, and the third) is a total disaster, David and Fea are left scrambling through timeline after timeline&#8212;on a quest that may lead them to answers in the most unexpected places.Coco meets Sliding Doors in this laugh-out-loud, heartwarming middle grade novel that explores how our choices make us who we are.&#160;

You Only Live Once, David Bravo

From the award-winning author of&#160;Unsettled, meet Anisa, the adorable Pakistani American heroine of this irresistible younger&#160;middle grade novel about a girl who introduces her class to the art of mehndi for International Day. Filled with fun black-and-white interior art, recipes, and activities in the back matter and perfect for fans of Meet Yasmin!"Genuine, sweet, and relatable. Anisa problems solves her way out of more than one sticky situation with sometimes unexpected&#8212;and joyful&#8212;results." &#8212;Maleeha Siddiqui, author of&#160;Barakah BeatsAnisa is super-excited about International Day and can&#8217;t wait to share her mother&#8217;s samosas with her class. But when someone else has the exact same idea, Anisa is crushed.Going to her aunt's dholki party gives her an idea for the perfect activity instead&#8212;mehndi!&#160;There&#8217;s only one problem: Anisa&#8217;s best friend doesn&#8217;t seem to like the idea. She doesn&#8217;t even seem to like Anisa anymore.Will Anisa ever get to enjoy International Day?&#160;

Anisa’s International Day

In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award finalist Sofiya Pasternack, Ziva will do anything to save her twin brother Pesah from his illness&#8212;even facing the Angel of Death himself.Pesah has lived with leprosy for years, and the twins have spent most of that time working on a cure. Then Pesah has a vision: The Angel of Death will come for him on Rosh Hashanah, just one month away.So Ziva takes her brother and runs away to find doctors who can cure him. But when they meet and accidentally free a half-demon boy, he suggests paying his debt by leading them to the fabled city of Luz, where no one ever dies&#8212;the one place Pesah will be safe.They just need to run faster than The Angel of Death can fly...

Black Bird, Blue Road

Wait Till Helen Comes (graphic Novel)

In this new adventure in the New York Times bestselling series, the Vanderbeekers depart Harlem to celebrate their dad's birthday.&#160;But their surprise road trip turns rocky when the younger kids try to keep their family from ever facing change.Our beloved Harlem family is putting the VAN in Vanderbeekers as they hit the highway to give their dad the best birthday surprise EVER! Re-creating a road trip Papa never got the chance to take with his own father, the whole crew is packed and ready for a cross-country adventure.Things get off to a rocky start when the car breaks down on their way to pick up Papa. But they really veer off course when Laney discovers that Jessie and Orlando are interviewing at a college once they get to California. How can they even think about leaving New York? Wouldn't that change their family? And how can she and her other siblings stop them?Exploring themes of leaving home, embracing change, and the lessons to be learned when we go to a new place,&#160;The Vanderbeekers on the Road&#160;is every bit a journey.The&#160;New York Times bestselling Vanderbeekers series is perfect for fans of the Penderwicks.&#160;As Booklist commented in a starred review: &#8220;Few families in children&#8217;s literature are as engaging or amusing as the Vanderbeekers, even in times of turmoil.&#8221;The series includes:<ul><li >The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street</li><li >The Vanderbeekers and the Hidden Garden</li><li >The Vanderbeekers to the Rescue</li><li >The Vanderbeekers Lost and Found</li><li >The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish</li><li >The Vanderbeekers on the Road</li></ul>

The Vanderbeekers On The Road

New York Times bestselling authors and YouTube sensations Pat and Jen from the beloved Minecraft-inspired channel PopularMMOs race to save the world in their exhilarating fifth middle grade graphic novel adventure, The End of All Things.Pat thought being mayor was hard&#8212;but now, it&#8217;s more than just the village that&#8217;s in danger. Captain Cookie has been struck by a terrifying vision. He&#8217;s learned that if anyone dares disturb the Cookie Islands, it will trigger the destruction of all the realms of existence! And Jen has just found the final clue to find the islands by herself!Now Pat and his friends have to go back to the Overworld, through the Nether, and to the Underworld to stop Jen and her sister EJ (Evil Jen) before they destroy everything! But finding Jen may be the easy part. As it turns out, the PopularMMOs team are being stalked by an old enemy who&#8217;s determined to get even with the pair. Pat and Jen may be the very ones leading a great evil straight to the Cookie Islands to destroy the world as they know it.Will the friends be able to stop a plan of ultimate revenge&#8212;or will they wind up accidentally destroying everything?Join the adventure in the fifth book of the&#160;New York Times&#160;bestselling graphic novel series from PopularMMOs, one of the most popular YouTubers in the world, with over 22 million subscribers and 14 billion views!

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