JFIC First in Series

"Left behind by her globe-trotting detective parents once again, Elodie decides to prove she's worthy of joining them on a case by setting up her own detective agency at her renowned Upper West Side home, The Biltmore. When a pair of sapphire and diamond earrings mysteriously disappear from Mrs. Vanderhoff's apartment, Elodie is asked to solve the case. Elodie begins her investigation the way any good detective would, looking for clues and potential...

5 stars

As Duane, a polar bear, explores his new home he makes friends with the wide variety of creatures he encounters, despite their varied personalities.

An authorial debut by the creator of the “Cogg and Sprokit” comic series finds an orphaned and outcast song weaver accompanying his cantankerous yeti guardian on a ship-like sleigh where he is encouraged to develop his talents to save his land from powerful ice monsters

4.8 stars

Joey the horse recalls his experiences growing up on an English farm, his struggle for survival as a cavalry horse during World War I, and his reunion with his beloved master.

"Alea has felt the pull of the sea for as long as she can remember--and yet she's been told to never get too close to the water as it could be fatal to her. That was her mother's warning--her last words--before she disappeared. In search of the secret of her origins, Alea joins a group of kids--the Alpha Cru--who travel the seas on a sailboat. During a storm, she is swept overboard. After that nothing is the same again"--Provided by publisher.

4.2 stars

Gabrial is a young dragon, anxious to both prove himself and also find his father who years ago was one of a Wearle of dragons who set out from their home planet and were never heard from again--and now he is part of a new Wearle that has come to Erth, but one of the other dragons has dark plans, and when war erupts between dragons and humans, Gabrial finds that his only ally is an unusual human boy called Ren.

When Willa and Ben's family moves to Chincoteague Island to open a bed-and-breakfast, the siblings are unsure if it will ever feel like home.

"Vampires, mummies, and gelatinous balls of goo (oh my!). That's right, monsters are real and they've settled down on the quiet island of Creep's Cove. It's a pretty typical place: houses, stores, portals to various nightmarish parallel dimensions. And a school for the kiddos. Meet Vlad, the fame-thirsty vampire; Allie, a stuffed animal-dissecting alien; Lizzie, a short-tempered kaiju; and many others"--Publisher description.

Told in alternating voices and timelines, twelve-year-old Henry and his two friends unknowingly alter the outcome of World War II when they communicate over radio with three kids from 1944 and must now work together to change it back.

Stranded after a shipwreck, brothers Mason and Asher accompany their new friend Luna to an underwater haven where they are forced to endure a region of unknown hazards.