Scholastic Book Fairs Podcast

Inspired by true events, I SURVIVED THE ATTACK OF THE GRIZZLIES, 1967 brings to light another terrifying and mostly unknown moment in US history.

When Rogan and five other Laser Viper gamers are invited to compete in an exclusive tournament, it's the ultimate gaming experience.

A thrilling middle grade survival story about a scuba dive gone wrong and two enemies who must unite to survive.

Moby Shinobi is back for another hilarious adventure! This time, the little ninja tries to help out at the firehouse, but he worries his ninja skills aren't right for the job. Will he get a turn to save the day? A Scholastic Level 1 reader.

An honest and timely novel that deals with mental health and the military, privilege, and race. It all started when Stella's brother came home from his latest tour with the US Marines in Afghanistan paranoid and angry.

An honest and timely novel that deals with mental health and the military, privilege, and race. It all started when Stella's brother came home from his latest tour with the US Marines in Afghanistan paranoid and angry.

Pumpkin the hamster is taking part in a first aid class at Dr. KittyCat's office. But he has trouble following instructions and keeps tripping over his classmates. Is there something wrong with his eyes? Fortunately for Pumpkin, Dr. KittyCat is on the case! Supercute photographs of real animals combine with hand-drawn red line art for a completely unique look.

Lola is feeling left-out and a bit alone at school. But when magical puppy Storm appears as a fluffy black-and-white shih-tzu, it looks like Lola's lonely school days will come into a magical class of their own!

Ranger travels to San Francisco and meets Lily Chen. Lily was sent from China to America to work as a young servant, but she dreams of studying to be a doctor. When the Great Earthquake hits, Ranger arrives in time to rescue Lily from falling beams in the mission house where she lives. Together they flee to safety, stopping to help another girl, May Wong, save her little brother from the family's collapsed market. Lily and May try to make their way through the ruined city with Ranger at their side. But can they escape crumbling buildings and raging fires, all while facing anti-Chinese discrimination?

When Abby's best friend Frankie falls into a mysterious hole behind Penny's house, they wind up in the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland! In Wonderland, everything is topsy-turvy. There are potions that make you grow, cakes that make you shrink, bossy caterpillars, and a horrible Queen of Hearts who wants to put the girls on trial. Now they have to solve a riddle from the Cheshire cat, attend a wacky tea party with the Mad Hatter, become BFFs with Alice, and find Frankie. . . or they'll be stuck in Wonderland for good! This special edition is extra-long, extra-enchanting, and comes with puzzles, games, and a question and answer with the author!

Victor Starspeeder is back at Jedi Academy for year two, but it's not going the way he'd planned. He was thrilled about Drama Club and hoped to get the lead in this year's musical. But a new kid got the role! Plus, he keeps oversleeping and getting to class late. Worst of all, his big sister Christina is getting ready to graduate from Jedi Academy, and there are rumors going around that she's a Sith! What's a Padawan to do? In times when he feels more alone than ever, Victor will have to trust the ways of the Force and his friends if he's going to survive!

Bill Nye the Science Guy and Gregory Mone take middle-grade readers on a scientific adventure in the launch of an exciting new series! Meet Jack and his foster siblings, Ava and Matt, who are orphans. But they’re not your typical kind of orphans - they’re geniuses. Well, Ava and Matt are, which sometimes makes life difficult for twelve-year-old Jack. When the kids try to spy on Dr. Hank Witherspoon, one of the world’s leading scientists, they end up working for him in his incredible laboratory. Soon, Hank and the kids travel to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition, but they find that all is not as it seems: A fellow scientist has gone missing, and so has any trace of her research. Could someone be trying to use her findings to win the contest? It’s up to Jack, Ava, and Matt to find the missing scientist and discover who’s behind it all - before it’s too late.

Things are hard for Yonder. Her mother died and her father has sunk into sadness. She doesn't have a friend to her name, except for Dirt, the pony next door. Dirt has problems of his own. He's overweight, he's always in trouble, and his owner is the mean Miss Enid. His only friend is Yonder, the scrawny girl next door. So when Miss Enid makes the cruel decision to sell Dirt for horsemeat, Yonder knows she has to find a way to rescue him. Even if that means stealing Dirt away and sneaking him into her own house. What follows will make you worry, will make you cry, and will ultimately fill you with hope, love, and an unshakable belief in the power of friendship. Especially the four-legged kind!

All Landon Dorch has ever wanted is to be like everyone else. His deafness and the way he talks have been obstacles all his life. But now he finally sees his chance to fit in. Bigger and taller than any other seventh grader in his new school, Landon plans to use his size to his advantage and join the school’s football team. But the same speech problems and the cochlear implants that help him hear continue to haunt him. Just when it looks like Landon will be left out of football for good, an unlikely friend comes along. But in the end, only Landon can fight his way off the bench and through a crowded field of bullies bent on seeing him forever left out.

Cameron Boxer is very happy to spend his life avoiding homework, hanging out with his friends, and gaming for hours in his basement. It's not too hard for him to get away with it until he gets so caught up in one game that he almost lets his house burn down around him. It's time for some serious damage control so Cameron and his friends invent a fake school club that will make it seem like they're doing good deeds instead of slacking off. The problem? Some kids think the club is real and Cameron is stuck being president. Soon Cameron is part of a mission to save a beaver named Elvis from certain extinction. Along the way, he makes some new friends and powerful new enemies. The guy who never cared about anything is now at the center of everything, and it's going to take all his slacker skills to win this round.

Eleven-year-old Charlie Reese has been making the same secret wish every day since fourth grade. She even has a list of all the ways there are to make the wish, such as cutting off the pointed end of a slice of pie and wishing on it as she takes the last bite. But when she is sent to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to live with family she barely knows, it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true. That is until she meets Wishbone, a skinny stray dog who captures her heart, and Howard, a neighbor boy who proves surprising in lots of ways. Suddenly Charlie is in serious danger of discovering that what she thought she wanted may not be what she needs at all.

It's been a month since the bombing of Pearl Harbor and everyone wants to do their part. In twelve-year-old Colton's case, that means stepping up at home once his older brother, Danny, ships out with the navy. But before Danny leaves for boot camp, his boat is capsized by a Nazi U-boat, nearly killing him. When more U-boats start attacking the next day, Colton does the only thing he can think of to help his family and his country: He steals his brother's enlisting papers and joins up instead. Even if he can keep his age a secret and survive boot camp, he'll have to face Hitler's ruthless submarines. But the longer he's on the seas, the less sure Colton is that he and his shipmates can stop such a relentless enemy.

A bull shark in the swamp? No one in the Louisiana town of St. Roch believes it at first, but when a local boy has a face-to-face encounter with the toothy monster, every big fisherman is called out for the hunt. Sharp-eyed Birdie Gaux and her dog Bowser can't help noticing that shark fever is causing some shady doings in town. Snoozy, the clerk who works at the Gaux family fishing store is missing. Birdie and Bowser are determined to find Snoozy and bring him home safe, but the job is more dangerous than they know. Bowser better practice his paddling: He and Birdie are heading for deep waters!

The true story of the four intrepid coast guardsmen who braved 80 foot tall waves to save sailors stranded in a savage storm.

In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns into a war zone and no one under the age of eighteen is safe. Chance Rain and his older brother, Patrick, have already fended off multiple attacks from infected adults by the time they arrive at the school where other young survivors are hiding. Most of the kids they know have been dragged away by once-trusted adults who are now ferocious, inhuman beings. The parasite that transformed them takes hold after people turn eighteen - and Patrick's birthday is only a few days away. Determined to save Patrick's life and the lives of the remaining kids, the brothers embark on a mission to uncover the truth about the parasites - and what they find is horrifying. Battling an enemy not of this earth, Chance and Patrick become humanity's only hope for salvation.