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  The Hayley Mysteries - The...

  Hayley LeBlanc

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  The next book in an exciting new middle grade mystery series from actress, artist, and YouTube star Hayley LeBlanc! 
   
   
   
  In Hayley Mysteries: The Missing Jewels, Hayley is the lead in a Nancy Drew like kids television show, and when strange things happen around the studio, she and her friends become real-life sleuths. Now Hayley needs help finding a jewel thief in this action-filled and adventurous story. Plus, get a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to be an actress IRL! 
   
   
   
  Things are going great for Hayley on the set of the mystery show Sadie Solves It. But one day, things start disappearing from the studio—expensive jewelry used on the show, and even earrings from someone's purse! Who's the thief stalking Silver Screen Studios? 
   
   
   
  Hayley doesn't want to get involved . . . after all, she only plays a detective on television. But then one of the stolen items is found in her trailer, and her favorite makeup artist, Vee, is blamed for the theft! With the help of her two best friends and co-stars, Hayley begins to investigate. Can they find the real thief before Vee is fired for good? 
   
   
   
  The perfect choice for anyone looking for mystery books for kids 9-12!

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  This Is War

  Anonyme

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  #1 New York Times bestselling author Margaret Stohl and Lewis Peterson’s hilarious middle grade debut has it all: robot overlords, secret feline agents, and earthling humans who are in for a real catastrophe. 
  With examples of why coding is fun and other STEM applications cleverly woven into this fun and thoughtful story about looking beyond binary terms, this is the perfect novel for fans of House of Robots and The Tapper Twins.     
  The Robot Federation and the Feline Empire have been at war for eons. And now that fight is coming to a tiny primitive planetoid…Earth. The mission for both cats and robots: retrieve the Singularity Chip. With it, cats can live past their nine lives, and robots are granted eternal battery life. 
  Meanwhile, twin siblings Max and Min Wengrod are as different as can be. Min always gets good grades, and she loves to read and build robots. Max hates school, and prefers to play games and spend time online with friends. 
  When Max rescues two kittens and is determined to keep them, Min is horrified that these furballs could ruin her chances at the Battle of the Bots competition. But with hidden forces at play in their own house, and the larger war between cats and robots  fast approaching, will the twins be able to put aside their differences before they get caught in the crossfire?

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  Zhen Yu and the Snake

  Erica Lyons

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  In long ago China, a girl named Zhen Yu wanders away from her father at a busy market. A mysterious fortune teller helps Zhen Yu’s father find her, but also warns him that one day his daughter will be bitten by a snake on her wedding night. Years later, as Zhen Yu is dressing for her wedding, a knock comes on the door. Although it is her wedding day, she is not too busy to show kindness to a stranger. She opens the door, sticking her hairpin into the silk wall, unknowingly killing the lurking snake that the fortune teller had foretold. “It was the mitzvah of giving to the poor that kept you safe,” says her father. Based on the Talmudic tale of Rabbi Akiva’s daughter and a snake.

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  Tales Of The Hiole

  David Duffy

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  The dreams of children are the most magical places, where anything is possible and there are no limits. Where entire worlds - even life itself - can be created with just a thought. In one such amazingly ordinary world, imaginations collide and fantastically normal beasts are born. The land of The Hiole provides a safe place for these creatures to call home. The guardian of The Hiole and its residents is a creature known as The Frox. Half frog, half fox, this magnificent being has been charged with their safe-keeping. The Frox must guide these creatures back to finish their dreams. To remind them of who they came from and to ensure that their dreamers' imaginations continue to flourish. This story introduces the first ever guest of The Hiole, Lord Regibald. The Frox must find, befriend, and help him finish the dreams he was created in. If The Frox can't convince Lord Regibald to travel back, his creators will be stuck in their unfinished dreams every night, unable to create anything new.

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  Mariachi Mice The - Rags to...

  Christopher Allen

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  In the lively city of Tijuana, a band of twelve music-loving mice, known as "The Mariachi Mice," find their rhythm in the storeroom of the bustling Marino Café. Feasting on tapas and wine, the six male and six female mice, each with a unique personality and a designated mariachi instrument, dream of sharing their music with the world. They embark on a tour across Mexico, captivating audiences of fellow mice while skillfully evading the clutches of menacing cats. Their talent doesn't go unnoticed, and a human record producer catapults them to stardom. Overnight, they are living a life of luxury, complete with fancy sports cars and designer mouseholes. However, their newfound fame causes them to forget their humble beginnings and their families. A chance encounter with a poor mouse family serves as a poignant reminder of their roots, prompting them to return to their hometown. They use their wealth to enrich their community, building schools and hospitals. The Mariachi Mice continue to make music, their songs now imbued with a deeper sense of purpose, gratitude, and the enduring importance of family and community.

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  CIA’s Most Controversial...

  Editors Charles River

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  Though it might be hard to believe, the Americans did not have a covert operations organization when they joined World War II, and like the British, it took them some time to realize it could be a powerful tool. As a result, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) was not established until June 13, 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nevertheless, during World War II, all the hard work in the United States led to the growth of the OSS into an organization with over 13,000 staff and 40 offices scattered across the world. Its purposes were initially similar to that of Britain’s Special Operations Executive, including espionage, sabotage, and intelligence assessments, but with time and experience, it expanded to include economic, psychological, and guerrilla warfare, as well as counter-intelligence work. And of course, it would all chart a path for the early days of America’s most famous intelligence agency, the CIA.  
  The agency has done some good things, and it has inarguably done some bad things. Naturally, people tend to remember the most controversial operations, from CIA-funded revolutions to the Bay of Pigs and domestic experiments such as the mysterious Project MK-Ultra. Many decisions were made, either by the agency or by those elected to give the agency direction, in the raw emotions of the Cold War, and this also colored many of the decisions. Regardless, well after Allen Dulles’ tenure as the CIA’s director, investigations uncovered the facts that the CIA did not merely operate overseas, but also conducted several operations against American citizens, which Dulles both knew about and approved.  
  This book looks at the operations that continue to fascinate, confuse, and disgust modern society, from the people who managed the operations to the results.

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