Middle Grade New Releases - May 17, 2016

Billy Sure Kid Entrepreneur and the Haywire Hovercraft - Luke Sharpe
Billy Sure, inventor and CEO of Sure Things Inc., must track down a haywire hovercraft that's gone missing with his sister on board. Book 7.










Platypus Police Squad: Never Say Narwhal - Jarrett Krosoczka
Frank Pandini Jr. is the mayor of Kalamazoo City, and everyone is celebrating--everyone except for Zengo, O'Malley, and Cooper, who can't seem to close a single case. To make matters worse, a mysterious hulking shadow has appeared in waters around KC. Could this spell the end for the Platypus Police Squad? Book 4





Some Kind of Happiness - Claire Legrand
Things Finley Hart Doesn't Want to Talk About

• Her parents, who are having problems. (But they pretend like they're not.)
• Being Sent to her grandparents' house for the summer.
• Never having met said grandparents.
• Her blue days - when life feels overwhelming, and it's hard to keep her head up. (This happens a lot.)

Finley;s only retreat is the Everwood, a forest kingdom that exists in the pages of her notebook. Until she discovers the endless woods behind her grandparents' house and realizes the Everwood is read and hold more mysteries than she'd ever imagines.

What Elephants Know - Eric Dinerstein
Abandoned in the jungle of the Nepalese Borderlands, two-year-old Nandu us found living under the protective watch of a pack of wild dogs. From his mysterious beginnings, fate delivers him to the King's elephant stable, where he is raised by unlikely parents-the wise head of the stable Subba-sahib and Devi Kali, a fierce and affectionate female elephant. (Junior Library Guild Selection)