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2022 - 2023 South Carolina Children's Book Award Winner

Alone

(Part of Alone)
This edition: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
Publication date: May 03, 2022
Ages: 10 - 99

A New York Times bestseller! Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcar...

City Spies

(Book #1 of City Spies)
This edition: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2020
Ages: 8 - 12

A New York Times bestseller! A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection! “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People “Will keep young re...

2021 - 2022 South Carolina Children's Book Award Winner

More to the Story

This edition: Hardcover, 272 pages
Publication date: September 03, 2019
Ages: 8 - 12

From the critically acclaimed author of Amina’s Voice comes a new story inspired by Louisa May Alcott’s beloved classic, Little Women, featuring fo...

2022 - 2023 South Carolina Association of School Librarians Junior Book Award

City Spies

(Book #1 of City Spies)
This edition: Hardcover, 384 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2020
Ages: 8 - 12

A New York Times bestseller! A GMA3 Summer Reading Squad Selection! “Ingeniously plotted, and a grin-inducing delight.” —People “Will keep young re...

Santiago's Road Home

This edition: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publication date: May 05, 2020
Ages: 8 - 12

Three starred reviews! “Harrowing but deeply illuminating.” —School Library Journal A young boy gets detained by ICE while crossing the border from...

2022 - 2023 SCASL Junior Book Award Nominee

Alone

(Part of Alone)
This edition: Hardcover, 416 pages
Publication date: January 12, 2021
Ages: 10 - 99

A New York Times bestseller! Perfect for fans of Hatchet and the I Survived series, this harrowing middle grade debut novel-in-verse from a Pushcar...

2021 - 2022 South Carolina Young Adult Book Award Nominee

Winterwood

This edition: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publication date: November 05, 2019
Ages: 14 - 99

From New York Times bestselling author of The Wicked Deep comes a haunting romance perfect for fans of Practical Magic, where dark fairy tales and ...

2021 - 2022 South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee

Equality's Call

The Story of Voting Rights in America
Illustrated by Magdalena Mora
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: February 18, 2020
Ages: 3 - 8

Learn all about the history of voting rights in the United States—from our nation’s founding to the present day—in this powerful picture book from ...

2021 - 2022 South Carolina Picture Book Award Nominee

Nobody Hugs a Cactus

Illustrated by Carter Goodrich
This edition: Hardcover, 48 pages
Publication date: April 16, 2019
Ages: 4 - 8

Celebrated artist and lead character designer of Brave, Ratatouille, and Despicable Me, Carter Goodrich, shows that sometimes, even the prickliest ...

2021 - 2022 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee

Revenge of the Red Club

This edition: Hardcover, 256 pages
Publication date: October 22, 2019
Ages: 9 - 13

A tween reporter discovers an important and beloved club at school is being shut down—and uses the power of the pen to try and activate some much-n...

Things You Can't Say

This edition: Hardcover, 336 pages
Publication date: March 03, 2020
Ages: 8 - 12

Perfect for fans of See You in the Cosmos and Where the Watermelons Grow, author Jenn Bishop's latest novel tells the moving story of a boy determi...