Lerner Publisher Services Spring 2025: Quarto Library, Lorimer Children and Teens, Red Chair Press, Beetle Books

For the final round-up of Spring 2025, keep scrolling for this season’s releases from Quarto Library, Lorimer Children and Teens, Red Chair Press, and Beetle Books. From must-have manga to middle grade adventures, early reader series, and high/low YA romances, these tremendous reads belong on every shelf.

Gunhild

Volume 1: The New God, published for the first time in 4 library-bound editions
Grades 5-9
Could you follow your dreams if the whole world was against you? Gunhild dreams of becoming a real-life god, and everyone everywhere thinks it’s a terrible idea made up by a petulant twelve-year-old.

Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts

Volume 1: The King of Cheating, published for the first time in 4 library-bound editions
Grades 8-12
Nilay Rao receives a mysterious device from his long-lost mother that launches him into a video game world. Can Nilay survive long enough in the Massively Multiplayer World of Ghosts to find his mother?

Hammer

Volume 3: The Jungle Kingdom, published for the first time in 4 library-bound editions
Grades 5-9
Our hero Stud has teleported to the Jungle Kingdom. After his bag and the Kingdom Maps are stolen, Stud joins forces with a familiar ally to evade the Jungle King, who will stop at nothing to gain the Kingdom Maps.

Apple Black

Volume 3: Instruments of Vengeance, published for the first time in 4 library-bound editions
Grades 8-12
Prophesied savior Sano continues his quest, but he fears his power can either save the world or destroy it. The young sorcerers of Black Bottom Island continue the fight against the rebels and protect the Trinity at all costs.

Max Todd

6-Book Series
Grades K-4
Max might be a bit different, but he deals with issues all kids face: social skills, teasing, stereotyping, bullying, decision making, emotions, and feelings. These fast-paced, humorous stories for early readers show Max using healthy strategies to help calm his ADHD symptoms.

Homophobia, 2nd Edition

Part of the Lorimer Deal with It series
Grades 4-9
This interactive and highly visual new edition of Homophobia: Deal with it helps kids determine what is—and what isn’t—homophobia and what they can do to make their schools, homes, and communities safer and more inclusive for everyone.

Lorimer Real Love

3 New Titles
Reading Level: Grade 4 · Interest Level: Grades 8-12
These high/low YA romance novels focus on realistic teen relationships. Stories feature diverse characters, settings, and themes relevant to today’s teens including LGBTQIA+ and cross-cultural romance, body image, dating, and sexuality.
In Line Drive to Love, Rory is caught between earning her spot on the team and the girl she might love. This heartfelt love story is perfect for those navigating competitive sports and their queer identity.
In Not Not Normal, Jordan is often a victim of bullying at school. New student Nathan just moved to a new city, and his parents are going through a divorce. Through their friendship and eventually their romance, each is just what the other needs.
Meet Dominic in Summer with Sunil. Faced with a boring vacation with their parents, a chance encounter at the beach could turn Dominic’s dull summer into an adventure of self-exploration and young love!

Where Are the Women?: The Girl Scouts’ Campaign for the First Statue of Women in Central Park

Grades 2-5
When a group of New York City Girl Scouts discover in 2016 that Central Park lacks statues of women, they unite, raise funds, and persuade the city to erect the first monument of women. Read about the four-year journey celebrating their impactful perseverance.

The Friend Dilemma

Book 2 in the Emma Just Medium series
Grades 2-5
Emma is eager to see her friends Lily and Amelia when third grade begins. But her friends’ interests have changed: Lily became a ballerina; Amelia lost interest in science. And as third grade unfolds, more differences start popping up left and right.

Second Chance

Book 2 in the Baseball Buddies series
Grades 2-5
The Manatees, led by new captain Luis, find joy this baseball season. Embracing teamwork, they welcome troubled players Ty and Savannah for a second chance. Can they all work together to beat the league’s best, the Dragons?

Digger: Dig or Die!

Grades 4-6
Siblings Nick and Lily combine their talents to dig life-saving tunnels between houses as Earth’s atmosphere leaks into space, forcing a desperate race for survival against dwindling oxygen.

Somebody’s Someone

Grades 5-8
Ruby Bean, a 12-year-old Accidental Expert on Missing Mothers, embarks on a cross-country journey with her aunt to find her missing mother, who suffers from mental illness and addiction.

The Big Questions Answered

12-Book Series
Grades K-3
This collectable nonfiction series shows how scientists make world-changing discoveries. The inspirational stories behind these discoveries in a range of scientific fields will get kids hooked on science for life! QR codes in each book link to free downloadable teaching resources and fun kids’ packs.