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Dreamers and Make Believers

The Owls Have Come to Take ...

$7.99

In this delightfully creepy novel from Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Ronald L. Smith, twelve-year-old Simon thinks he was abducted by aliens. But is it real, or just his overactive imagination? Perfect for fans of Mary Downing Hahn and Louis Sachar.   Twelve-year-old Sim...

Clarion Books

Hoodoo (Paperback)

$7.99

Twelve-year-old Hoodoo Hatcher was born into a family with a rich tradition of practicing folk magic: hoodoo, as most people call it. But even though his name is Hoodoo, he can't seem to cast a simple spell. Then a mysterious man called the Stranger comes to town, and Hoodoo starts dreaming of th...

Bloomsbury Publishing

Jump In!

$18.99

This bright, joyful picture book celebrates a community at play!   It's a sunny spring day, and the tic tac tic tac sound of jump ropes hitting the ground floats through the wind.   "Jump in!"   Everyone lines up for a turn. The Delancy twins, double dutch divas. Leroy Jones with the hip-hop tric...

Little Red Bird Press

Votes for Women

$25.00

One hundred years ago, the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It officially established that the right of citizens to vote “shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." But the road to voting equality was long and brutal; and even...

Dynamite Entertainment

Gargoyles #2 Cover F Fleecs...

$3.99

Dynamite's all-new ongoing series, in continuity with the epic Gargoyles television series continues! The Gargoyles have awakened from their stone sleep - but will it be in time to save Maggie the Cat and her unborn mutate child from Thailog and Sevarius? Plus, don't miss the return of Dominic Dr...

Clarion Books

Gloom Town (Paperback)

$7.99

A delightfully creepy novel from a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner imbued with magic and seafaring mythology. Lemony Snicket and Jessica Townsend meet Greenglass House, with a hint of Edward Gorey thrown in. When twelve-year-old Rory applies for a job at a spooky old mans...

Clarion Books

Gloom Town (Hardcover)

$16.99

A delightfully creepy novel from a Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award winner imbued with magic and seafaring mythology. Lemony Snicket and Jessica Townsend meet Greenglass House, with a hint of Edward Gorey thrown in. When twelve-year-old Rory applies for a job at a spooky old mans...

MARVEL PRESS

Black Panther Spellbound (P...

$8.99

"Full of action and friendship; T'Challa is back!" --Kwame Mbalia, #1 New York Times bestselling author   The second book in the hit Young Prince series from Ronald L. Smith, recipient of the 2016 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award.I'm T'Challa. The Prince of Wakanda. Son of...

IDW Publishing

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle...

$3.99

While intercepting a contingent of Krang's stone soldiers, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles witness one of their enemies get struck down by the very tech he was sent to steal! With a single blast of mysterious energy, the hard-bodied baddie drops his tough facade and gains an affinity for hair me...

IDW Publishing

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle...

$3.99

Casey Jones may not be souped up with mutagen ooze, but even without ninja skills and a half shell, he holds his own as a hero. So imagine everyone's surprise when stopping a burglary at a top-secret R&D lab leaves Casey imbued with superpowers! Emboldened by his new gift, Casey takes on NYC'...

FIRST SECOND BOOKS

Maker Comics Graphic Novel ...

$12.99

Learn simple techniques to make over six costumes and dream up your own designs in First Second's new DIY graphic novel series! The comic convention is just a few short weeks away. All Bea and Connor need now are great costumes but won't they cost a fortune to make? Not if they follow some simple...

William Morrow Paperbacks

Lady in the Lake (Paperback)

$16.99

SOON TO BE A SERIES FROM APPLE TV! A New York Times Bestseller The revered New York Times bestselling author returns with a novel set in 1960s Baltimore that combines modern psychological insights with elements of classic noir, about a middle-aged housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues t...

Hot Books

The Beast Side: Living and ...

$16.99

A New York Times Best Seller! Baltimore, one of our country’s quintessential urban war zones, is brought powerfully to life by literary talent, D. WatkinsTo many, the past 8 years under President Obama were meant to usher in a new post-racial American political era, dissolving the divisions of t...

Hot Books

The Antiracist: How to Star...

$16.99

What would happen if people started moving beyond the conversation and took action to combat racism?   We are in an era where many Americans express the sentiment, “I thought we were past that,” when a public demonstration of racism comes across their radar. Long before violence committed by poli...

Astra Publishing House

Becoming Abolitionists: Pol...

$18.00

One of the New York Times' 6 New Paperbacks to Read Now in paperback and with new material, a 2021 Kirkus Best Book of the year in both Nonfiction and Current Events, the book Naomi Klein called: “a triumph of political imagination and a tremendous gift to all movements struggling towards libera...