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**WINNER of the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Young People''s Literature**This heartfelt coming-of-age novel in verse tells the powerful story of a seventh-grade Syrian American boy and his struggles, big and small, as he navigates middle school, now in paperback! "The exact type of book I would''ve loved, and needed, as a kid." ? Jasmine Warga, New York Times bestselling author of and Newbery Honor recipient for Other Words for HomeSeventh grade begins, and Kareem?s already fumbled it.  His best friend moved away, he messed up his tryout for the football team, and because of his heritage, he was voluntold to show the new kid?a Syrian refugee with a thick and embarrassing accent?around school. Just when Kareem thinks his middle school life has imploded, the hotshot QB promises to get Kareem another tryout for the squad. There?s a catch: to secure that chance, Kareem must do something he knows is wrong.Then, like a surprise blitz, Kareem?s mom returns to Syria to help her family but can?t make it back home. If Kareem could throw a penalty flag on the fouls of his school and home life, it would be for unnecessary roughness.Kareem is stuck between. Between countries. Between friends, between football, between parents?and between right and wrong. It?s up to him to step up, find his confidence, and navigate the beauty and hope found somewhere in the middle.

A dark young adult Western fantasy about a teen in a remote settlement full of monsters and secrets. Now in paperback!"In this eerie, blood-splashed Western, Lish McBride invokes a frontier that is harsh, cruel, and practical...A damned enjoyable novel." ?Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark CrownsFaolan Kelly?s grandfather is dead. She?s alone in the world and suddenly homeless, all because the local powers that be don?t think a young man of sixteen is mature enough to take over his grandfather?s homestead…and that?s with them thinking Faolan is a young man. If she revealed that her grandfather had been disguising her for years, they would marry her off at the first opportunity.        The mayor finds a solution that serves everyone but Faolan: He hires a gunslinger to ship her off to the Settlement, a remote fort where social outcasts live under the leadership of His Benevolence Gideon Dillard. It''s a place rife with mystery, kept afloat by suspicious wealth. Dillard''s absolute command over his staff just doesn''t seem right. And neither do the strange noises that keep Faolan up at night.        When Faolan finds the body of a Settlement boarder, mangled by something that can?t possibly be human, it?s clear something vicious is stalking the palisades. And as Settlement boarders continue to drop like flies, Faolan knows she must escape to evade the creature?s wrath.

This edition of Jan Brett''s Christmas classic now features access to music from the ballet performed by the Boston Pops!When Marie and her brother Fritz receive a special Christmas nutcracker from their uncle, Marie immediately feels something magical. "He looks like a real boy," she mused. "A real boy with a secret, who came from far away."This feeling is only the beginning of the epic adventure she goes on with the Nutcracker?into the cabinet, through the battle with the mice, and finally to the magical land of the Sugar Plum Fairy.Jan Brett makes this classic her own by setting it in snowy Russia and adding whimsical touches to the favorite elements of the traditional ballet. Enjoying this book will be an instant Christmas tradition for families who love the ballet and those new to the story.As perfect a gift as Jan Brett''s classics The Mitten and The Night Before Christmas.

Its been nearly three decades since Drew Barrymore''s iconic scream first pierced through the night, popcorn burning abandoned on the stove, blood soaking her beige sweater and blonde bob, but Scream is as popular today as ever before. In Your Favorite Scary Movie, journalist Ashley Cullins examines the history and making of the Scream films with behind-the-scenes insight from the movies'' cast and creators (including gleeful descriptions of the backstage summer camp-like atmosphere, and producers threatening to pull the film''s funding because early footage wasn''t scary... at all) and sharp analysis on how the movies'' special blend of gruesome violence and humorous self-awareness completely rewrote the horror movie playbook. Perfect for fans of Scream, horror movies, and general film buffs, this is the story of how a little movie about a ghost-faced killer terrorizing highschoolers overcame countless obstacles to become a historic success that still has audiences screaming over twenty-five years later.

Jack Watson doesn''t want anything to do with the dating scene in Painted Barrel, Wyoming, but when his sister-in-law tricks him into joining a bachelor auction, Jack can''t say no to a charity event. He''s not totally heartless. And if all the winner wants is an extra ranch hand for a few days, he can do that. Of course, Jack changes his mind as soon as he meets the winner, shy Layla Schmidt. As the local accountant, Layla isn''t used to being noticed by men. She''s sure not the type to bid on a bachelor. But when she shows up at the auction, no one makes an offer for the gruff cowboy. Layla feels bad for Jack and decides he can come help her fix up her house. It''s for a good cause after all. But as Layla and Jack spend time together, Jack realizes that not only can he help around the ranch, but he can also help fix her lonely heart.

Cassie Beckett''s life is anything but magical. With a wild younger sister, three unruly kids, and an absent husband, she''s really not looking forward to the witching month of October. At least the gorgeous, foggy Prince Edward Island is always quiet. That is, until the vampires arrive. As the creatures sink their teeth into Cassie''s tenuous grip on normalcy, she''s forced to come face-to-face with long-disregarded family secrets. The legacy gifts her with power, but also a lofty responsibility: rid the island of vampires, or let them win. (Both options suck, in more ways than one.) Armed with her family, newfound friends, and a baby in a spectacularly garlicky onesie, Cassie must learn what it is to be a witch and how to fight for what she loves before time runs out. Because on Halloween night, the stakes will be higher than ever before... and it''s up to Cassie to finish what the witches that came generations before her started.

Kat Holloway knows that her beau and confidante Daniel McAdam has a talent for dangerous work as a Scotland Yard agent. At long last though, Daniel''s cold-hearted boss has promised that after a final mission, his debt will be repaid, and he''ll finally be free. However, Daniel must risk his life one last time, masquerading as a secretary to an elderly viscount who could be the mastermind behind the recent plots against the Queen and her government. Using her contacts throughout London, Kat discovers several of her friends and colleagues have been victims of vicious blackmail. They''ll do anything to protect their scandalous secrets, even conform to the blackmailer''s political agenda. If Kat and Daniel wish to save each other and the Crown, they must prove the blackmailer''s identity and evade those who will stop at nothing to eliminate them.

Winter 1952. Penelope Fitzgerald''s husband is a struggling alcoholic, their literary journal is on the brink, and she is pregnant with their third child. When she receives a letter from two elderly sisters named Delaney, distant relations with a silver mine, who dangle the possibility of an inheritance, she recognizes it as a creative and practical lifeline. Jessica Francis Kane''s brilliantly imagined Fonseca fictionalizes Penelope''s real and momentous trip to northern Mexico in pursuit of this legacy. She leaves her two-year-old, Tina, with relatives and sails for New York with her six-year-old, Valpy, in tow. From there, mother and son take a bus all the way to... Fonseca. But when they arrive, nothing goes to plan. There are others vying for the Delaney money, and for three months, from Day of the Dead to Candlemas, Penelope must navigate a quixotic household and guide her impressionable son. More and more people frequent the house: an ambitious American couple, various local entrepreneurs and artists (including Edward Hopper and his wife, Jo), and finally a handsome stranger who claims he is a Delaney. With heart, humour, and a deep understanding of her subject that has characterized the range of her work her whole career, Kane (whose work ''could have been written by Jane Austen''s great great-great-granddaughter'' - Oprah Daily) has written much more than an homage: Fonseca is an enthralling world of its own as well as a stunning fictionalization of a season in Fitzgerald''s life.

Enter the world of an elite Chinese family: a life of luxury, limitless power, and around-the-clock service, which includes their trusted nanny Yu Ling. Slipping in and out of the shadows, careful to speak deferentially, meticulous in her care of their only son Kuan Kuan, Yu has served the family for years and knows their secrets. But little do they suspect that Yu has secrets of her own. In the pressure-cooker political environment of China, the fates of even the most powerful families can reverse overnight. When Kuan Kuan''s father and grandfather are arrested and his socialite mother goes on the run, Yu is left behind to make a series of life-changing choices. Will she be able to outrun her own past, and how far will she go to claim what she considers her due?

The Haunted Library meets Casper the Friendly Ghost in this faboolous second book of a highly illustrated chapter book series about friendship and belonging?perfect for early, emerging, and reluctant readers.It?s summertime in Smithville, and camping in the great outdoors with his BFF Tate is Ghostie?s idea of a dream come true. But when their summer camp counselor gathers everyone around the campfire for scary ghost stories, he makes everybody?including Tate?afraid of GHOSTS!  To make matters worse, Ghostie?s parents get called on to run the camp after the counselor catches the flu.Ghostie?s dream come true has suddenly become a nightmare. Is his friendship with Tate over? And how will two ghosts run a camp full of kids who are terrified of them?With charming full-color art throughout, this second book in the Only Ghost chapter book series highlights that the only way to find true belonging is to accept ourselves and celebrate the differences that we see in each other.

Thea''s third pregnancy was her easiest. She wasn''t consumed with anxiety about the baby. She wasn''t convinced it was going to be born green, or have a third eye, or have tentacles sprouting from its torso. Thea was fine. Her baby would be fine. But when the nurses handed Lucia to her, Thea just knew. Her baby girl was a monster. Not only was Lucia born with a full set of teeth and a devilish glint in her eye, but she''s always hungry. Indiscriminately so. One day Lucia pointed at her baby brother, looked Thea dead in the eye and said, ''I eat.'' Thea doesn''t know whether to be terrified or proud of her rapacious baby girl. And as Lucia starts growing faster and talking more, dark memories bubble to the surface-flashes from Thea''s childhood that won''t release their hooks from her heart. Lucia wants to eat the world. Thea might just let her. Crackling with originality and dark humour, Rachel Eve Moulton''s Tantrum is a provocative exploration of familial debt, duty, and the darker side of motherhood.

Charley Beekman is thriving. Is she financially strapped, languishing in her legal career, and very likely the youngest divorcee at the Ruth''s Chris Steakhouse on a Friday night? Yes. But, now that she''s accepted the flaws inherent in all romantic relationships, she finally has life all figured out! She''s definitely due for an upswing. So when her free-spirited sister announces her plan to elope with her messy on-again-off-again childhood sweetheart, Charley knows she has to stop the wedding, even if it means road-tripping into the northern woods of Minnesota in a camper van with her childhood best friend, Ethan, who''s as gorgeous as he is chronically unreliable. But when their cozy journey ignites a spark she''s tried to ignore for years, Charley tries to write off her feelings as fleeting. Because after failing at marriage so spectacularly with the most responsible man she''s ever known, Charley definitely shouldn''t risk it all for her non-committal, nomadic, musician best friend - right?

Eve Ambroise may be a rising star playwright, but her personal life is falling part. Desperate for a fresh start, she breaks up with her fiance, cuts off her parents, and heads to the Tennessee mountains. But keeping up the lie that she''s just on a writing retreat becomes near impossible when faced with the well-meaning townspeople and a neighbor who has just as much baggage as she has. Coming off a contentious custody battle, Jamie Gallagher is restructuring what his life looks like as a single dad, and spending more days at his cabin makes his new ''free time'' a little less empty. Especially when he meets the beautiful - and prickly - woman next door. The last thing he needs is a new romance to shake up his family dynamics even more, but there''s something about Eve. What starts out as a fling quickly becomes more serious, and it''s not long before Eve is running scared once again. She''s loved and lost in every possible way, and risking it one more time could finally break her. But like the fireflies that fill the mountains around them, Jamie''s and Eve''s lives keep falling into sync. A fairy-tale ending could be in the cards, but only if the new couple can get out of their heads and put their hearts first.

Tricia Miles is ready to close the book on all her amateur sleuthing - she''s tired of finding dead bodies and being accused of murder. But even the best-laid plans often go awry. Stoneham is all abuzz when Lauren Barker, a famous children''s book author, arrives for an event at the local library. Lauren is a Stoneham native, and her new book strikes some members of the town as controversial. But when Lauren is found strangled to death after an altercation at the event, the plot twist throws Tricia right back into the middle of things. Who could possibly have wanted Lauren dead? Was it Dan Reed, who had to be thrown out of the signing for spouting conspiracy theories and causing a disturbance? Stella Kraft, Lauren''s high school teacher, who thought of the author as a protege - something Lauren violently disputed? Or the mystery man who spoke to Lauren just before she was found dead? With the suspect count climbing higher and more information about Lauren''s past coming to light, will Tricia be able to give this story a happily ever after?

On August 6, 1945, the United States unleashed a weapon unlike anything the world had ever seen. Then, just three days later, when Japan showed no sign of surrender, the United States took aim at Nagasaki. Rendered in harrowing detail, this historical narrative is the second and final volume in M.G. Sheftall''s series Embers. Sheftall has spent years personally interviewing hibakusha - the Japanese word for atomic bomb survivors. These last living witnesses are a vanishing memory resource, the only people who can still provide us with reliable and detailed testimony about life in their cities before the use of nuclear weaponry. The result is in intimate, first-hand account of life in Nagasaki, and story of incomprehensible devastation and resilience in the aftermath of the second atomic bomb drop, This blow-by-blow account takes us from the city streets, as word of the attack on Hiroshima reaches civilians, to the cockpit of Bockscar, when Charles Sweeney dropped ''Fat Man'', to the interminable six days while the world waited to see if Japan would surrender to the Allies, or if more bombs would fall.

From the author of The Apache Wars, the true story of the American West, revealing how American ambition clashed with the realities of violence and exploitation. The story of the American West as we know it is a national myth of progress, redemption, and glorious conquest that became part of a new American identity. In THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, Paul Andrew Hutton shares the true story of Westward expansion. Told through seven gripping points of view - four famed American frontiersmen and three important Native Americans - Hutton tells the tale of the triumphs and tragedies that marked the westward movement, from Braddock''s Defeat in 1755 during the final French and Indian War to the murder of Sitting Bull and the resultant Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. From Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, Buffalo Bill Cody and Kit Carson to Red Eagle, Mangas Coloradas, and Sitting Bull, Hutton reveals the truth behind these historic figures. It is a story of both heroic conquest and ghastly violence, of sacrifice and greed, and of man-made wonders and environmental spoliation. Westward expansion came at a terrible price that quickly morphed into a story that was wildly romantic and oddly tragic. Yet the American frontier movement has proven eternally fascinating to both American and world audiences, the subject of countless books, films, poems, and paintings. THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, at last, sets the record straight.