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All get gold medals. Marvel Press sizes up the season with Ant-Man: Small World, Big Problems , a tie-in to the Disney feature film about the comic superhero who can shrink; and Black Widow by Margaret Stohl, an all-new origin story for this comic-book heroine. Dundurn stakes out fall with Myles and the Monster Outside by Philippa Dowding, continuing a series of scary tall tales; and Hanna Smart: Operation Josh Taylor , the debut title in a trilogy starring an outgoing year-old heroine.

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Kane Miller collects on The Debt by Phillip Gwynne, in which a teenager, according to a family curse, must perform six Herculean tasks or lose a pound of flesh; Double Trouble by Atinuke, illus. Eerdmans rounds up creatures great and small in Furs, Fins, and Feathers: Harlequin Teen shuffles into autumn with A Mad Zombie Party by Gena Showalter, the conclusion to the White Rabbit Chronicles series featuring star-crossed romance and zombie slaying; Legacy of Kings by Eleanor Herman, the inaugural volume in a fantasy-history series that reimagines the teen years of Alexander the Great; Daughters Unto Devils by Amy Lukavics, a historical horror tale featuring an abandoned cabin whose walls are covered with blood; and What We Left Behind by Robin Talley, focused on the relationship between two teens, one lesbian and one genderqueer, as they face going away to college.

Chester, launching a middle-grade series starring four orphans with extraordinary abilities who must locate a missing fake shrunken head; The Sleeper and the Spindle by Neil Gaiman, illus. Amistad steps lively with Juba! Forces of Nature by Nate Ball, illus. Fartasaurus Rex, by Seamus Pilger, illus. Terrifying Tales , edited by Jon Scieszka, illus.

Stine and Michael Buckley. Clarion blasts off with Orbiting Jupiter by Gary Schmidt, starring a teen father damaged by time in prison, and his new foster brother; Hoodoo by Ronald L. Lost and Found by Caroline Adderson, illus.

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Lerner stirs the pot with Feeding the Flying Fanellis: Darby Creek keeps the home fires burning with Always Faithful by Patrick Jones, joining the Support and Defend series focused on teens with a parent who has been deployed in the military; Change Is in the Air, Mallory by Laurie Friedman, illus. Graphic Universe plants a flag with First Man: Millbrook pirouettes into fall with The Nutcracker Comes to America: Concrete Poems by Betsy Franco, illus.

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Relish Media inhales with Breath to Breath by Craig Lew, in which a teen boy finds the love and compassion he needs to survive his painful memories of abuse. Hellraisers by Alexander Gordon Smith, kicking off a horror trilogy about an ordinary kid caught in an invisible war against the worst enemy imaginable. Evans, in which a mixed-race boy describes the ways other people see him and how he sees himself; and Winter: Book 4 in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer, the conclusion to the fantasy series.

Extraordinary Impressionist Painter by Barbara Herkert, illus. Priddy Books gets a feel for fall with the following toddler novelty books: We Are a Family ; Playtown: Construction ; Hello Kitty: My Alphabet ; Animal Buddies: Tiger ; and Alphaprints: Roaring Brook tunes in to Rhythm Ride: Stead, focusing on moving to a new house and making new friends; Nerdy Birdy by Aaron Reynolds, illus. National Geographic sets the table for Edible Science: Orca keeps things on the QT with Secrets , a set of seven novels by various authors featuring the experiences of seven orphan girls in ; A Carnival of Cats by Charles Ghigna, illus.

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Keeping Bees in Flight by Merrie-Ellen Wilcox, a look at the ways bees help us, and how we can help them. Peachtree commands its fall list with Stay! Johnson, a semi-autobiographical tale of a girl trying to persuade her family that her eating disorder and mental illness are real; Poet: Welling, a picture-book containing facts about chickens. Going, spotlighting a young singer in a high-risk neighborhood who tries to understand why people do bad things; Trouble Is a Friend of Mine by Stephanie Tromly, a contemporary humorous first novel starring a Sherlock Holmes-type character and his partner in crime; and The Accident Season by Moira Fowley-Doyle, presenting a magical-realism debut about a girl and her family who become inexplicably accident-prone at the same time each year.

Dial changes things up with Switch by Ingrid Law, in which Gypsy develops the ability to see into the past and future; Dewey Bob Crocket by Judy Schachner, introducing a sweet raccoon learning about friendship; Robo-Sauce by Adam Rubin, illus. Turning Real Life into Stories , edited by Mike Winchell, which collects nonfiction stories from a variety of authors, and the fiction stories they inspired; and Get Lost in the Amazon Rainforest Get Lost! Clarke, inaugural volume in a nonfiction series. Philomel lets loose with Wild Ones by C.

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Alexander London, an animal fantasy in which a raccoon turns a rag-tag group of critters into a community worth fighting for; The Day the Crayons Came Home by Drew Daywalt, illus. Amazing Places and Challenge Yourself: Outrageous Animals , the launch titles in a new nonfiction series by Jeff Probst. Penguin Young Reader flies into fall with the following additions to their line of leveled readers: Fireman Max Level 2 by Rosemary Wells.

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