Spacecast
Middle-grade, speculative fiction
A ROVER’S STORY x THE LION OF MARS
After 11-year-old Rocky ruins a high-profile broadcast onboard the first commercial hotel in space, she starts a podcast to repair her friendships, save her mom’s job as guest concierge and protect the future of kids in space.
Evie and the Bird: Canine Ghost Detectives
Middle-grade, paranormal
DOG SQUAD x SCOOBY-DOO
Newly adopted Evie the terrier knows the rules: control her fears or get sent back to the shelter. But did sweet 9-year-old Hanna’s family have to bring her to a haunted island? It’ll take all her courage plus the brains of a geriatric collie descended from ghost hunters to get the ghosts to back off!
CAROLYN ZIEGLER 