Here are some of the new books releasing this week:
Books for Kids
Beatrice Bly’s Rules for Spies: The Missing Hamster – Beatrice’s next case is finding the missing class pet.
A Cape! (April 15) – When a boy finds a cape, he knows it must mean he has a super power!
The Rock From the Sky – The latest from the author of the Hat Trilogy. A story of friendship and a rock.
Bear and Friends: A House for Mouse AND Where Is Bear? – Two new Puzzle Readers from Highlights.
Aven Green Sleuthing Machine – A new chapter book from the author of Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus starring Aven Green, a girl born without arms. A younger Aven is a sleuth who takes on the case of a missing dog and a teacher’s missing lunch.
The Story of Joe Biden – A chapter book biography.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Camp Average: Away Games (April 15) – The final book in the Camp Average series. Part of the Camp Average crew is at a rival camp this year. While Miles works on getting them all back together, he has to deal with an obnoxious newcomer. I have the first book in the series on my TBR shelves.
The Sun Will Come Out – A shy girl alone at camp decides to avoid the mean girls and the betrayal of “friends” by hanging out at the camp infirmary where she makes an inspiring new friend.
Victories Greater Than Death – Book 1 in the Universal Expansion series. Tina is the hidden clone of a famous alien hero, disguised as an average teen. But when she’s called into service, her mission is far more dangerous than she expected, and she isn’t actually the “savior” she was cloned from. This sounds fun!
Books for Adults
Hana Khan Carries On (Trade Paperback) – A podcaster who dreams of telling stories on the radio is in danger of being overwhelmed by family issues – a new halal restaurant to rival her mother’s, a mysterious aunt with family secrets – on top of growing feelings for the rival restaurant’s owner. This has been compared to You’ve Got Mail, so it is on my list for this week.
How to Catch a Duke (Mass Market Paperback) – Book 6 in the Rogues to Riches series. When Abigail desperately needs to disappear, permanently, she asks her ruthless friend, and heir to the Duke of Walden, Lord Stephen Wentworth, to kill her. He makes a counter proposal of a fake engagement to keep her safe from her enemies. I love a good fake relationship story, so I’ll be checking this one out.
Malice (LGBTQ+ – Hardcover) – A Sleeping Beauty retelling where the princess falls in love with the “evil” sorceress.
Second First Impressions (Trade Paperback) – The Parloni Sisters are constantly looking for a hot, young, male assistant to help them with day-to-day tasks. How hard can it be to work for a couple of 90 year old women? But when the slacker son of the new owner shows up to Providence Retirement Villa, the unimpressed manager decides he’s just the sort of guy to be at the sisters’ beck and call. This could be fun!
The Sign of Death (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Victorian Book Club Mystery series. Lord William and Lady Amy are sleuthing again when a dishonest business man is killed and William is a suspect. I have book one, A Study in Murder, on my Kindle TBR.
How to Fight Racism Study Guide (Paperback) – A study guide for the book How to Fight Racism by the author of The Color of Compromise.