The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy

The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy
Author: Mary Winn Heider
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2021-03-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0759555419

A tuba player without a tuba and his jellyfish-imitating sister cope with their father's disappearance in this hilarious and moving novel by the author of The Mortification of Fovea Munson. When Lenny Volpe, former quarterback of the worst professional football team in the nation, leaves his family and disappears, the Chicago Horribles win their first game in a long time. Fans are thrilled. The world seems to go back to normal. Except for the Volpe kids. Winston throws himself into playing the tuba, and Louise starts secret experiments to find a cure for brain injuries, and they're each fine, just fine, coping in their own way. That is, until the investigation of some eccentric teacher behavior and the discovery of a real live bear paraded as the Horribles' new mascot make it clear that things are very much Not Fine. The siblings may just need each other, after all.

The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy

The Losers at the Center of the Galaxy
Author: Mary Winn Heider
Publisher:
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2022-05-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9780316105491

A tuba player without a tuba and his jellyfish-imitating sister cope with their father's disappearance in a middle-grade novel both hilarious and moving by Mary Winn Heider, the author of The Mortification of Fovea Munson. Now in paperback! When Lenny Volpe, former quarterback of the worst professional football team in the nation, leaves his family and disappears, the Chicago Horribles win their first game in a long time. Fans are thrilled. The world seems to go back to normal. Except for the Volpe kids. Winston throws himself into playing the tuba, and Louise starts secret experiments to find a cure for brain injuries, and they're each fine, just fine, coping in their own way. That is, until the investigation of some eccentric teacher behavior and the discovery of a real live bear paraded as the Horribles' new mascot make it clear that things are very much Not Fine. The siblings may just need each other, after all.

The Mortification of Fovea Munson

The Mortification of Fovea Munson
Author: Mary Winn Heider
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2018-06-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1484781074

"Equal parts screwball comedy, coming-of-age story, and tearjerker-I loved, loved, loved it!" --Varian Johnson, author of The Parker Inheritance With a madcap sense of humor and a lot of heart (not to mention other body parts), The Mortification of Fovea Munson is Young Frankenstein for today's middle grade audience! Fovea Munson is nobody's Igor. True, her parents own a cadaver lab where they perform surgeries on dead bodies. And yes, that makes her gross by association, at least according to everyone in seventh grade. And sure, Fovea's stuck working at the lab now that her summer camp plans have fallen through. But she is by no means Dr. Frankenstein's snuffling assistant! That is, until three disembodied heads, left to thaw in the wet lab, start talking. To her. Out loud. And they need a favor.

Once Upon a Galaxy

Once Upon a Galaxy
Author: Wil McCarthy
Publisher: D A W Books, Incorporated
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780756400910

This collection of original new stories by today's masters of science fiction and fantasy contains classic fairy tales gone "techno, " with such familiar favorites as "Sleeping Beauty, " "The Emperor's New Clothes, " and "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" given an outer-space spin. Authors include Thomas Wylde, Ronnie Seagren, Stanley Schmidt, Tanya Huff, and Bruce Holland Rogers.

The Unicorns Who Saved Christmas

The Unicorns Who Saved Christmas
Author: Mary Winn Heider
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-10-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0762495707

In this delightful and hilarious holiday picture book, can a troop of unicorns really save Christmas? It's Christmas Eve, and Santa's reindeer are sick with the chicken pox. They can't pull his sleigh, so Santa needs some serious help. Will the unicorns save Christmas despite coming down with a case of hiccups? Or will Christmas have to be canceled?

Every Falling Star

Every Falling Star
Author: Sungju Lee
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN: 161312340X

Written for a young audience, this intense memoir explores the harsh realities of life on the streets in contemporary North Korea. Every Falling Star is the memoir of Sungju Lee, who at the age of twelve was forced to live on the streets of North Korea and fend for himself. To survive, Sungju creates a gang and lives by thieving, fighting, begging, and stealing rides on cargo trains. Sungju richly recreates his scabrous story, depicting what it was like for a boy alone to create a new family with his gang, “his brothers,” to daily be hungry and to fear arrest, imprisonment, and even execution. This riveting memoir allows young readers to learn about other cultures where freedoms they take for granted do not exist.

Beyond Infinity

Beyond Infinity
Author: Akashsiddarth
Publisher: Notion Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2019-09-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1646507762

When the world changed once and for all… In 2043, aliens arrived in huge numbers and attacked Earth. A war was waged and millions died but not in vain. The armies from all nations joined hands and finally succeeded in defeating the aliens after a fateful battle which came to be known as the Great War! The old nemesis returns… Thirty years later, the aliens enter the solar system to invade Earth again. There’s only one way to defeat them once and for all. A space organization named Space Patrol has a plan but who’ll embark on this life-threatening mission? Desperate situation calls for Desperate measures….. There’s only one person on the planet who can hope to pull this off. His name is Drake Stryver and he’s a retired pilot who’d fought in the Great War. Space Patrol recruits him to lead this mission. Will he be able to defeat the aliens again and protect Earth? Read on to find out…

Love Is for Losers

Love Is for Losers
Author: Wibke Brueggemann
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0374313989

This is a laugh-out-loud exploration of sexuality, family, female friendship, grief, and community. With the heart and hilarity of Netflix's critically-acclaimed Sex Education, Wibke Brueggemann's sex positive debut Love Is for Losers is required reading for Generation Z teens. Did you know you can marry yourself? How strange / brilliant is that? Fifteen-year-old Phoebe thinks falling in love is vile and degrading, and vows never to do it. Then, due to circumstances not entirely in her control, she finds herself volunteering at a local thrift shop. There she meets Emma . . . who might unwittingly upend her whole theory on life.

Scary Stories for Young Foxes

Scary Stories for Young Foxes
Author: Christian McKay Heidicker
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2019-07-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250181437

A 2020 Newbery Honor Recipient! Christian McKay Heidicker, author of the Thieves of Weirdwood trilogy, draws inspiration from Bram Stoker, H. P. Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe for his debut middle-grade novel, a thrilling portrait of survival and an unforgettable tale of friendship. "Clever and harrowing." —The Wall Street Journal "Into the finest tradition of storytelling steps Christian McKay Heidicker with these highly original, bone-chilling, and ultimately heart-warming stories. All that’s needed is a blazing campfire and a delicious plate of peaches and centipedes.” —Kathi Appelt, Newbery Award honoree and National Book Award finalist The haunted season has arrived in the Antler Wood. No fox kit is safe. When Mia and Uly are separated from their litters, they discover a dangerous world full of monsters. In order to find a den to call home, they must venture through field and forest, facing unspeakable things that dwell in the darkness: a zombie who hungers for their flesh, a witch who tries to steal their skins, a ghost who hunts them through the snow . . . and other things too scary to mention. Featuring eight interconnected stories and sixteen hauntingly beautiful illustrations, Scary Stories for Young Foxes contains the kinds of adventures and thrills you love to listen to beside a campfire in the dark of night. Fans of Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Auxier, and R. L. Stine have found their next favorite book. A Booklist 2019 Editors' Choice Selection

Starfish

Starfish
Author: Lisa Fipps
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2021-03-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1984814508

A Printz Honor winner! Ellie is tired of being fat-shamed and does something about it in this poignant debut novel-in-verse. Cover may vary. Ever since Ellie wore a whale swimsuit and made a big splash at her fifth birthday party, she's been bullied about her weight. To cope, she tries to live by the Fat Girl Rules—like "no making waves," "avoid eating in public," and "don't move so fast that your body jiggles." And she's found her safe space—her swimming pool—where she feels weightless in a fat-obsessed world. In the water, she can stretch herself out like a starfish and take up all the room she wants. It's also where she can get away from her pushy mom, who thinks criticizing Ellie's weight will motivate her to diet. Fortunately, Ellie has allies in her dad, her therapist, and her new neighbor, Catalina, who loves Ellie for who she is. With this support buoying her, Ellie might finally be able to cast aside the Fat Girl Rules and starfish in real life--by unapologetically being her own fabulous self.