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Stick Cat is going to his best friend Edith's apartment. It's got everything: donut crumbs in the sink, a fire escape, and a window with a view of the big city. But through the window, Stick Cat sees that Hazel, the bagel maker, is in serious danger in the building across the alley. Can Hazel hang on long enough for this dynamic duo to save her?

At Ever After High, the children of fairytale legends prepare themselves to fulfill their destinies as the next generation of Snow Whites and Prince Charmings, whether they want to or not. Raven Queen's destiny is to follow in her mother's wicked footsteps, but evil is so not Raven's style.

Whit and Wisty Allgood have finally triumphed over the evil that has long overshadowed their world with their defeat of The One Who Is The One. Now they move on to their next mission: becoming members of a governing council that will return the Overworld to a place of creativity, magic, and freedom from persecution. But it isn't long before the city is threatened from inside and out. The adults on the council want to control the use of magic in the city, and a fearsome wizard king threatens war.

It's the aftermath of Legacy Day, the day the students at Ever After High are supposed to pledge to follow in their fairy-tale parents' footsteps. Raven Queen, daughter of the Evil Queen, has refused to sign the Storybook of Legends, rejecting her story, and putting everybody else's in jeopardy.

Everyone in Cutesville is excited for the most special day of the year: Present Day. Love Monster goes on a hunt for the perfect gift for his special someone, but as it turns out, finding the perfect gift is not easy. And the only thing worse than a not-perfect present is no present at all. But Love Monster soon comes up with the idea for the best gift ever, one that comes straight from his furry heart.

When Roda helps an injured crow, who turns out to be a shapeshifting boy named Ignis, she is thrust into a mystery full of baffling clues from anonymous letters and a perilous journey that leads into the mist and beyond.

Ten-year-old Jada Sly is an artist and a spy-in-training. When she isn't studying the art from her idols like Jackie Ormes, the first-known African American cartoonist, she's chronicling her spy training and other observations in her art journal. Back home in New York City, after living in France for five years, Jada is ready to embark on her first and greatest spy adventure yet. She plans to scour New York City in search of her missing mother, even though everyone thinks her mom died in a plane crash. Except Jada, who is certain her mom was a spy, too.

The Tweedles are back and ready to take another exuberant swing at going modern. When their neighbors the Hamms announce that they've "gone online" by buying a telephone, Mama excitedly follows suit. But will the lure of the telephone be too much of a distraction for this sweetly old-fashioned family?

Alex Gino, the Lambda Literary Award-winning author of George, is back with another sensitive tale based on increasingly relevant social justice issues. Jilly thinks she's figured out how life works. But when her sister Emma is born Deaf, she realizes how much she still has to learn. A big fantasy reader, Jilly connects with another fan, Derek, who is a Deaf Black ASL user. She goes to Derek for advice but doesn't always know the best way to ask for it and makes some mistakes along the way.

The start of the school year is not going as the Fletcher brothers hoped. Each boy finds his plans for success veering off in unexpected and sometimes diastrous directions. And at home, their miserable new neighbor complains about everything. As the year continues, the boys learn the hard and often hilarious lesson that sometimes what you least expect is what you come to care about the most.