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May 2016

Cool & New

May 2016

This month's Cool and New roundup includes THE PARENT AGENCY, Daniel Baddiel's story about a magical world where kids choose their own parents; THE LOST TWIN, the start of a new series by Sophie Cleverly that follows a young girl as she tries to find her missing sister; and THE DRAKE EQUATION, a hilarious science fiction adventure from Bart King about a young boy with peculiar powers.

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December 31, 1969

The Lost Cipher by Michael Oechsle - Children's Fiction

May 1, 2016

The Hidden Oracle: The Trials of Apollo Book One by Rick Riordan - Children's Fiction

May 3, 2016

As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds - Youth Fiction

May 3, 2016

The Truth Game (The Dirt Diary) by Anna Staniszewski - Children's Fiction

May 3, 2016

The Skeleth by Matthew Jobin - Fiction

May 10, 2016

Hippopotamister by John Patrick Green - Fiction

May 10, 2016

Wandmaker by Ed Masessa - Fiction

May 10, 2016

Theodore Boone: The Scandal by John Grisham - children's fiction

May 10, 2016

Hilo Book 2: Saving the Whole Wide World by Judd Winick - Graphic Novel

May 17, 2016

Billy Sure, Kid Entrepreneur and the Haywire Hovercraft Written by Luke Sharpe with illustrations by Graham Ross - Children's Fiction

May 17, 2016

Disaster Diaries: Zombies! written by R. McGeddon with illustrations by Jamie Littler - Children's Fiction

May 24, 2016

Wishing Day by Lauren Myracle - Science Fiction/Fantasy

March 7, 2017

Curiosity House: The Screaming Statue written by Lauren Oliver with illustrations by H. C. Chester - Children's Fiction

March 14, 2017

The Lost Twin by Sophie Cleverly - Fiction

April 4, 2017

Princess Juniper of the Anju by Ammi-Joan Paquette - Children's Fiction

May 2, 2017

The Secret Destiny of Pixie Piper written by Annabelle Fisher with illustrations by Natalie Andrewson - Children's Fiction

May 2, 2017

Mother-Daughter Book Camp by Heather Vogel Frederick - Children's Fiction

May 2, 2017

Time Stoppers by Carrie Jones - Children's Fiction

May 2, 2017

The Parent Agency Written by David Baddiel, Illustrated by Jim Field. - Children's Fiction

May 2, 2017

A Clatter of Jars by Lisa Graff - Children's Fiction

May 2, 2017

Somebody Stop Ivy Pocket by Caleb Krisp - Children's Fiction

May 2, 2017

Island of the Sun (Dark Gravity Sequence) by Matthew J. Kirby - Fiction

May 9, 2017

The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island by Dana Alison Levy - Children's Fiction

May 16, 2017

Some Kind of Happiness by Claire Legrand - Fiction

May 16, 2017

A Storm Too Soon: A Remarkable True Survival Story in 80 Foot Seas (True Storm Rescues) by Michael J. Tougias - Nonfiction

May 23, 2017

Trouble the Water by Frances O'Roark Dowell - Fiction

May 23, 2017

The Drake Equation by Bart King - Science Fiction

June 20, 2017

You Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen Written by Carole Boston Weatherford with illustrations by Jeffery Boston Weatherford - History

July 4, 2017

The Lost Compass by Joel Ross - Youth Fiction

July 25, 2017

It Ain't So Awful, Falafel by Firoozeh Dumas - Children's Fiction

August 15, 2017

The Firefly Code by Megan Frazer Blakemore - Children's Fiction

September 12, 2017

Mayday by Karen Harrington - Children's Fiction

January 2, 2018

Return to the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel by Melissa de la Cruz - Fantasy

February 20, 2018

Argos: The Story of Odysseus as Told by His Loyal Dog by Ralph Hardy - Children's Fiction

March 27, 2018

Wolf Hollow by Lauren Wolk - Fiction

April 3, 2018