The story begins in a bleak mid-19th-century English workhouse, where an impoverished young woman gives birth to a baby boy and dies moments later. The orphan is named Oliver Twist by the parish beadle, Mr. Bumble.
The Bolds Go Wild is a children's comedy novel written by English comedian and author Julian Clary and illustrated by David Roberts, published in 2019. It is the fifth installment in the bestselling The Bolds series, which follows a family of hyenas living disguised as human beings in the suburban neighborhood of Teddington, England
Bullet Train (originally published in Japanese as Maria Beetle) is a high-octane, darkly comedic thriller by Japanese author Kōtarō Isaka, translated into English by Sam Malat and published in 2021. The novel follows a group of eccentric, deadly assassins whose paths cross on a high-speed Shinkansen train hurtling from Tokyo to Morioka, resulting in a chaotic collision of murder, revenge, and…
We Built This City is the third installment in The 8th Continent middle-grade adventure series written by Matt London. The series follows siblings Rick and Evie Lane as they attempt to turn the Great Pacific Garbage Patch into a brand-new, habitable landmass.
The story opens in Victorian London and follows Sara Crewe, a deeply imaginative, intelligent, and extraordinarily wealthy seven-year-old girl. Sara has been raised in India by her doting, widowed father, Captain Ralph Crewe. Because her mother passed away when she was a baby, Sara and her father share an exceptionally close, devoted bond. Captain Crewe enrolls Sara as a boarder at Miss Minc…
We Are Not Eaten by Yaks (subtitled A Surprising Adventure) is a hilarious, fast-paced children's adventure novel written by Institches (the pen name for Mark Pett) and published in 2021. It is the first book in the The Adventure Explorers series, designed for middle-grade readers who love wacky comedy, quirky characters, sibling rivalry, and wild escapades involving unexpected wildlife.
Another Pan is a young adult dark fantasy novel by siblings Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri, published in 2010. It serves as the sequel to Another Faust and is the second installment in their Another series. Blending atmospheric dark fantasy with ancient mythology, the novel is a clever, twisty retelling of J. M. Barrie’s classic Peter Pan, reimagining Neverland and its iconic characters throug…
A Million Suns is a young adult science fiction novel by American author Beth Revis, published in 2012. It is the second book in the Across the Universe trilogy, following the events of the first book. Set aboard the Godspeed—a massive, generational spaceship hurtling through the vacuum of space toward a new planet—the novel blends dystopian mystery, political intrigue, and a race against t…
Another Faust is a young adult gothic fantasy novel by American authors Piers Anthony and Roberta Eustis, published in 2009. It is a modern, dark retelling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's classic tragedy Faust. Set in an elite, modern-day New England boarding school, the novel explores themes of ambition, temptation, morality, and the steep price of absolute perfection.
Pinocchio is a classic children’s novel by Italian author Carlo Collodi (the pen name of Carlo Lorenzini), originally serialized between 1881 and 1883 as The Story of a Puppet (Storia di un burattino) and published as a complete book in 1883. It is one of the most widely read and adapted works of children's literature in history, famous for introducing the iconic wooden puppet whose nose grow…