Follow Elias, who at the ripe young age of twelve contracts consumption and is sent to a doctor who specializes in experimental treatment of the disease. What is the catch? The doctor only treats people deep inside a cave! Once Elias is in his tiny hut underground, he struggles to adjust to the darkness and his…
News from Youth Services - Page 33 of 49
Life by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Brendan Wenzel
How could you go wrong with writing by Cynthia Rylant and illustrations by Caldecott honor winner Brendan Wenzel? And really, the text and art are both winners here. The artwork, full of vibrant animals and the beauty of nature, accompanies an uplifting text about everything there is to love in life and all of life’s…
The Harlem Charade by Natasha Tarpley
How do a painting, a goat, a feather, and the neighborhood Harlem in New York City all go together? That is exactly what Jin, Alex, and Elvin are trying to figure out. It all started when this young boy finds a famous piece of artwork from an obscure Harlem Renaissance artist in a garden. Then,…
Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk
The Newbery honor author of Wolf Hollow has come out with another stunningly poignant novel with a unique historical setting. In Beyond the Bright Sea by Lauren Wolk, 12-year-old Crow was a baby when she washed up on an island off the New England coast. It was Osh who found her and he has cared…
My Pet Humanby Yasmine Surovec
Get inside the mind of a street-smart cat in this fun, beginning chapter book filled with black and white cartoon drawings. The cat, later named Oliver, knows the best places to find food and how to avoid getting caught by animal control. Oliver has friends—a rat, a dog, and another cat—but they all go home…
Town is by the Sea by Joanne Schwartz, illustrated by Sydney Smith
Town is by the Sea is an absolutely beautiful picture book. This beautiful story takes us through a summer day in the life of a young boy in Nova Scotia. As the boy goes about his day in a Canadian mining town, we see the sharp contrast of his sun filled days and his father’s…
Purloining of Prince Oleomargerine by Mark Twain and Philip C. Stead
Hooray Mark Twain has a new book out! Well sort of, Mark Twain used to make up bedtime stories for his children and this story is based on the recently found notes he left for one of those stories. Those notes made it into the hands of Phillip Stead to turn into a completed story…
The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson
Here is a story of a real-life child hero—an African-American girl who went to jail to fight for Civil Rights when she was just 9 years old. The Youngest Marcher: The Story of Audrey Faye Hendricks, a Young Civil Rights Activist by Cynthia Levinson describes how young Audrey was at the center of the Civil…
Pablo and Birdy by Alison McGee
Welcome to the island of Isla where an infant and a mute, flightless parrot arrive in a child’s inflatable pool after a storm. The islanders have kept Pablo and Birdy safe ever since. Ten years have passed and suddenly brought some very strong winds of change. Pablo becomes desperate to learn about his origins. Will…
Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz
Princess Cora never gets to have any fun. Ever since she was born, her parents have been busy preparing her to become queen. This includes taking three baths a day, studying boring books on how to run a kingdom, and exercising so that she’ll be strong. She writes a letter to her fairy godmother, but…
