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  Jake Muller Adventures The:...

  Micah Touchet, Darby Kern

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  A Jake Muller movie? Why not? 
  When Jake takes his nephew Peter to Louisiana to see the filming of a movie about him, they also make plans to visit some friends. Julienne Cormier, who changed the course of his life, is one of them. So is his former Captain, whose health has taken a surprising turn. 
  So why are young people disappearing? And what has driven Julienne’s best friend to apparent suicide? And what is all this talk about zombies? 
  Battle lines are being drawn, and Jake Muller isn’t about to back off from a fight.

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  Life without desire - World...

  Chris A.Sparow

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  In a society that has eradicated desire, one man’s downfall leads to a journey of redemption and transformation. Carl, a former Hollywood powerhouse, is brought to trial for abuse of power and sentenced to a life without testosterone, fundamentally altering his identity and perspective. Stripped of his influence, he confronts the weight of his past actions and begins rebuilding his life by seeking justice and advocating for victims. 
  This deeply introspective novel explores themes of power, guilt, and the human capacity for change. As Carl learns to navigate relationships devoid of desire, he discovers a purer form of connection and love, proving that redemption is a long but achievable journey. 
  The World Without Desire is a thought-provoking tale about ethics, humanity, and the price of transformation. 
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  Frances and the Monster

  Refe Tuma

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  “A joy to read!"" — New York Times bestselling author Margaret Peterson Haddix  
  What would you do if you accidentally brought a monster to life and set him loose on your town?  
  Adventurous and charming, this middle grade twist on Frankenstein features a precocious main character who does just that. Perfect for fans of Serafina and the Black Cloak and the Greenglass House series.  
  Frances Stenzel was just trying to prove her scientific worth to her parents so they would take her with them to their scientific symposiums for once—instead, she reawakened her great-grandfather’s secret and most terrible invention. 
  Before it can destroy the town, she sets off after it, with her pet chimp and sarcastic robot tutor by her side. But monster-hunting isn’t easy, and she’ll have to face a persistent constable, angry locals, and an unexpected friendship ahead—all while the trail for the monster goes cold and time is running out before her science career, and the city itself, are doomed forever. 
  Full of thrills and heart alike, Frances and the Monster takes readers through winding streets and over perilous rooftops, with wily monsters, unpredictable twists, and powerful friendships waiting along the way.

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  Equal

  Joyce Moyer Hostetter

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  In this fifth and final title in the popular Bakers Mountain Stories, the Honeycutt  
  family are wrestling with monumental changes taking place at the end of 1959.  
  The world is at odds with the Soviet Union, and the Honeycutts are worried about  
  the threat of communism. Unrest is also erupting throughout the country and  
  close to home as African Americans fight for acceptance and equality. 
  The youngest Honeycutt, Jackie, absorbs all these changes and tries to find his  
  way to what he believes is right. Jackie’s journey begins when he bumps into  
  Thomas Freeman fishing on the riverbank. He hopes the two of them can be  
  friends, but he quickly learns that racial inequalities and Jackie’s own behaviors  
  make the prospect of friendship challenging.  
  Amid community pushback to racial integration, bullying at school, and turmoil  
  within his family, Jackie struggles to free both his conscience and his voice and to  
  secure his friendship with Thomas.

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  Orphans of the Void - When the...

  Michael Shaara

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  Orphans of the Void by Michael Shaara - Finding a cause worth dying for is no great trick—the Universe is full of them. Finding one worth living for is the genuine problem! 
  In the region of the Coal Sack Nebula, on the dead fourth planet of a star called Tyban, Captain Steffens of the Mapping Command stood counting buildings. Eleven. No, twelve. He wondered if there was any significance in the number. He had no idea. 
  "What do you make of it?" he asked. 
  Lieutenant Ball, the executive officer of the ship, almost tried to scratch his head before he remembered that he was wearing a spacesuit. 
  "Looks like a temporary camp," Ball said. "Very few buildings, and all built out of native materials, the only stuff available. Castaways, maybe?" 
  Steffens was silent as he walked up onto the rise. The flat weathered stone jutted out of the sand before him. 
  "No inscriptions," he pointed out. 
  "They would have been worn away. See the wind grooves? Anyway, there's not another building on the whole damn planet. You wouldn't call it much of a civilization." 
  "You don't think these are native?" 
  Ball said he didn't. Steffens nodded. 
  Standing there and gazing at the stone, Steffens felt the awe of great age. He had a hunch, deep and intuitive, that this was old—too old. He reached out a gloved hand, ran it gently over the smooth stone ridges of the wall. Although the atmosphere was very thin, he noticed that the buildings had no airlocks. 
  Ball's voice sounded in his helmet: "Want to set up shop, Skipper?" 
  Steffens paused. "All right, if you think it will do any good."

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  Tomatoes in My Lunchbox

  Costantia Manoli

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  This audiobook is read by the author.Tomatoes in My Lunchbox is a moving audiobook from a debut author about the first day of school, layered with themes about the immigrant experience and the universal experience of feeling out of place.A child, newly arrived in another country, feels displaced, lonely, and a little scared on her first day of school. Her name doesn't sound the way she's used to hearing it. She knows she doesn't fit in. And when she eats her whole tomato for lunch, she can feel her classmates observing her—and not quite understanding her.But sometimes all it takes is one friend, one connection, to bring two worlds together, and gradually the girl, her tomato, and her full name, start to feel at home with her new friends and community.  This emotionally sweeping debut audiobook by Costantia Manoli, with vibrant art by Magdalena Mora, artfully captures feelings of displacement and the joy that comes from forging new friendships.A Macmillan Audio production from Roaring Brook Press

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