New Junior Fiction

Black Beauty

Morpurgo, Michael



Date Published:2026

The Penderwicks : a summer tale of four sisters, two rabbits, and a very interesting boy

Birdsall, Jeanne,


"A Yearling book." Sequel : The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. While vacationing with their widowed father in the Berkshire Mountains, four young sisters, ages four through twelve, share adventures with a local boy, much to the dismay of his snobbish mother.
Date Published:2021

The Penderwicks At Last

Birdsall, Jeanne,


Originally published in hardback by Alfred A. Knopf in 2018. Dancing at the bus stop -- Rosalind's news -- Arundel -- A sheep called Big Papi (or Blossom) -- A piano and a bunch of spiders -- Even more spiders -- Bobolinks -- Too many Alice books -- The next wave -- The rock and the red shoe -- Pins and threats -- The new alien -- Music at midnight -- Surprise -- The view from the roof -- Hitch -- Death of an alien -- The wedding veil -- Dancing in the dark -- Good-byes -- The rest of the family -- An ending -- Another beginning. The Penderwick family returns to Arundel for Rosalind's wedding, but Lydia, who has only heard stories of the grand estate, is eager to explore the place where her older siblings had endless adventures.
Date Published:2019

Originally published in hardback by Alfred A. Knopf in 2018. Dancing at the bus stop -- Rosalind's news -- Arundel -- A sheep called Big Papi (or Blossom) -- A piano and a bunch of spiders -- Even more spiders -- Bobolinks -- Too many Alice books -- The next wave -- The rock and the red shoe -- Pins and threats -- The new alien -- Music at midnight -- Surprise -- The view from the roof -- Hitch -- Death of an alien -- The wedding veil -- Dancing in the dark -- Good-byes -- The rest of the family -- An ending -- Another beginning. The Penderwick family returns to Arundel for Rosalind's wedding, but Lydia, who has only heard stories of the grand estate, is eager to explore the place where her older siblings had endless adventures.

Date Published:2019

The Penderwicks At Point Mouette

Birdsall, Jeanne,


Sequel to: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street. Includes an excerpt from The Penderwicks in spring. When the three younger Penderwick sisters go to Maine with Aunt Claire and are separated from oldest sister Rosalind for the first time in their lives, an uncertain Skye is left in charge as the OAP--oldest available Penderwick.
Date Published:2021

The Penderwicks In Spring

Birdsall, Jeanne,


Surprises are in store for the Penderwicks as spring arrives, from neighbor Nick Geiger's expected return from the war to Batty's new dog walking business, but her plans to use her profits to surprise her family on her birthday go awry.
Date Published:2016

The Penderwicks On Gardam Street

Birdsall, Jeanne.


Originally published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2008. Sequel to: The Penderwicks. The four Penderwick sisters are faced with the unimaginable prospect of their widowed father dating, and so they hatch a plot to stop him.
Date Published:2010

A Secret Escape

Gerber, Alyson,


Jack and Weatherby attend a Swiss boarding school, where they navigate a dangerous high-stakes competition run by the mysterious Last Heir.
Date Published:2026

This Could All Go Bad

Hall, Spencer



Date Published:2026