Hank Hooperman is left with only bad decisions. When his mother takes off again, this time it's for a week. With the utility bills due and a landlord threatening eviction the next day, Hank decides to track down a woman he has never heard of but is listed as an emergency contact on one of his school forms. With his toddler sister, he shows up on her doorstep and hopes for the best. Can Hank find a way to keep his family together? Heartwarming and sad, this book will tuck on your heartstrings. It also has lots of basketball details in it!

This nonfiction pick is a must for WWII and math fans! It chronicles ten different young women's involvement in code breaking during WWII. It has only been declassified somewhat recently. The women were expected to go their whole lives without telling a soul how they helped D-Day be a success and so much more. Chock-full of photographs and diagrams, this is a great read!

Don't judge a book by its cover! This is a gripping look at what it means to escape a cult! Fern is ready to become a full-fledged adult in her tiny woodland community so she's nervous but thrilled when their leader, Dr. Ben, tells her to expect the unexpected as a test of her readiness. When her mother wakes her up in the middle of the night and leads her to one of the rarely driven cars on the property, Fern figures this is it! But it's not it--her mother is escaping what she says is a cult and is taking Fern with her. Angry, Fern is determined to find a way to communicate with Dr. Ben so he can come pick them up, but how will Fern contact him when she knows nothing about the internet, has no money, and doesn't even know the address of where they have been living?

It is a truth universally acknowledged that if you wash your socks enough times, some of them will go missing. Magnolia knows this first hand helping out at her parents' laundromat and she's determined for all the socks to return to their rightful homes. When flyers don't work, she and her friend Iris, decide to track down the potential sock-missers in person. A delightful slice-of-life adventure with a short page count.

When Quagmire's principal asks what he plans on doing this summer before his freshman year in high school, he definitely doesn't tell him his actual plan: set up a camera in front of a local pizza parlor's dumpster so he can figure out when they throw out the old pizza so he can grab it. When he's in the middle of this stellar plan, he's caught by his crush. Thinking fast, he explains he is bird watching. Unfortunately for Quagmire, she has an aunt who is SUPER into bird watching. Soon, he's roped into a plan of hers and, reader, I know what you are thinking. You are thinking "I know where this is heading. They fall for each other, start dating, and wind up bonding over this summer project together." But reader, you are so, so wrong. This book has some epic twists!

High school is no joke, especially when you are a 13-year-old who finds herself skipping 8th grade and landing directly into 9th. Tara feels super young compared to her high school counterparts and she's not ready for all the attention she receives from her peers for her young age. But she might just be ready for her first crush, Libby. A great realistic fiction graphic novel that's perfect for those looking for a step up from The Babysitter's Club and Raina Telgemeier's work. 

This sparse, two-toned color scheme graphic novel is getting talked about a lot these days! Amy is the only one who can be spared to take the long trip from Hawaii to Japan when Amy's great-grandmother becomes very sick. The only problem? Amy has never been to Japan and the United States is all she's ever known. She slowly becomes acclimated to her new surroundings and is happy to make new family connections when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Now, she doesn't know if she can ever return home and what will happen to her family back in the United States? 

When Summer travels with her family up to Alberta, Canada for summer vacation she expects to have a good time like she always does. But that doesn't seem to be in the cards for her when she starts having a vivid, reoccurring dream about running from forced incarceration in a First Nations residential boarding school. In an effort to untangle what the disturbing dream means, she learns that her family has a personal history with these schools. Is there a way she can bring the injustices that happened in the past to light?

The future of TikTok in the U.S. may be uncertain, but these recipes will be around for years! Whether you want to try out something simple like @shreyacookssss' grilled cheese or something more complicated like @renes.cravings' chicken 65 biryani, there is something in here for everyone. 

This oversized book is filled with beautiful, vibrantly colored photographs of many, many different types of aircraft. Whether you are interested in warplanes or commercial airliners, this book has something for you.