Tweens & Young Adult

10-year-old Aurora Beam lives at home with her utterly unremarkable family… until the day she sees her little sister being picked on in the playground and suddenly beams of light shoot out of her fingers! It’s time for her parents to drop a life-changing bombshell. Mum is a secret superhero, fighting crime across the globe while Dad looks after the kids at home. As Aurora’s own powers come into play, will she be able to balance her new super skills training with school? Will she be able to keep it all a secret from her friends? And when her mum’s evil twin pops up, will Aurora think that being a super VILLAIN might be more fun…?

Superstar TV presenter and bestselling author Alesha Dixon is back with a funny, action-packed adventure perfect for all young animal fans!
Luna has just moved to London with her dad and is feeling anxious about starting at a new school and trying to make friends. Helping out at an animal rescue centre over the summer, she meets a dog, Silver, who is as shy and wary as she is: they quickly become inseparable. One evening, there is a break-in at the rescue centre, and when Silver smells danger, he transforms into a wolf in a flash of blue light, to protect Luna.

She discovers that her scientist mum was involved in a top secret project to create super pets, including a dog turning into a wolf, a gecko into a crocodile, a cat into a tiger. But the director of the project wanted to sell these animals to collectors on the black market: Luna’s brave mum released them into the wild to foil this plan – and now the villain is hot on their trail, determined to capture them again. Luna discovers that she has the ability to power-up the animals; and that she’s the hero they need to protect them and stop the villain!

Margie Kelly’s perfect skirt was dress coded on her very first day of middle school. Upset and embarrassed, Margie spends the whole day wearing oversized gym shorts. So much for starting sixth grade with confidence!

But when Margie realizes that the dress code is only applied to the female students and not the boys, Margie gets mad. Really mad.

The dress code is keeping girls stuck in detention all day and away from learning. The boys act like they own the school. And the teachers turn a blind eye to the hypocrisies taking place in the halls, classrooms, and clubs. Something has to change! And Margie knows just how to do it. She’ll plan a school-wide protest with her best friend, Daniela, and fellow classmates Jamiya and Gloria.

But as Margie moves forward with her plans, she comes to realize some hard truths about herself. Will Margie recognize her own privilege and make meaningful change for all students?

What Harry Potter did for magic, Max Einstein does for kids’ imaginations! Max leads a group of kid geniuses in this #1 New York Times bestseller officially approved by the Albert Einstein archives.
Max Einstein is not your typical genius. She . . .
– Hacks the computer system at NYU to attend classes
– Builds inventions to help the homeless

And talks to Albert Einstein! (Okay, that’s just in her imagination)

But everything changes when Max is recruited by a mysterious organization! Their mission: solve some of the world’s toughest problems using science. She’s helped by a diverse group of young geniuses from around the globe as they invent new ways to power the farthest reaches of the planet. But that’s only if the sinister outfit known only as The Corporation doesn’t get to her first . . .