New Children's Fiction
Day of tears: a novel in dialogue by Julius Lester.
Emma has taken care of the Butler children since Sarah and Frances's mother, Fanny, left. Emma wants to raise the girls to have good hearts, as a rift over slavery has ripped the Butler household apart. Now, to pay off debts, Pierce Butler wants to cash in his slave "assets", possibly including Emma.
Magic by the book by Nina Bernstein.
After returning from a trip to the library, eleven-year-old Anne and her younger brother and sister discover a magic book which sends them on amazing adventures where they meet Robin Hood, giant bugs, and a dark, sinister man with a wolfish face.
Magyk by Angie Sage.
After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary Wizard, those she always believed were her father and brother, and a young guard known only as Boy 412--pursued by agents of those who killed her mother ten years earlier. The seventh son of the seventh son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a new born girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son Septimus? The first book in this enthralling new series by Angie Sage leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters and magykal charms, potions, and spells. Magyk is an original story of lost and rediscovered identities, rich with humor and heart. In his place, his parents raise an abandoned newborn baby girl. Ten years later an evil wizard named Dom Daniel appears to search for the baby girl, who is actually a princess.
Mimmy and Sophie: all around town by Miriam Cohen.
Describes the experiences of two sisters growing up in Brooklyn in the time of Shirley Temple movies and trolleys.
My 13th Season by Kristi Roberts.
Already downhearted due to the loss of her mother and her father's overwhelming grief, thirteen-year-old Fran decides to give up her dream of becoming the first female in professional baseball after a coach attacks her just for being a girl.