Orca is expanding our hi-lo offerings for middle-grade readers! Our popular, best-selling Orca Currents are now being released in the new Noah Text® edition, offering a new accessibility feature proven to assist readers with dyslexia and improve readers’ fluency. What is Orca Noah Text®? Orca Noah Text® editions are Orca Currents …
In Bark Twice for Murder, grieving teen Harry discovers his friend and mentor Stanley has been murdered, and he finds himself solving the crime with Stanley’s talking dog Waffles. Read on to hear from author John Lekich about his writing process and his love of brunch. What inspired you to …
Bridgewood is having one of the hottest summers on record. Despite the strict fire ban, fires keep breaking out, and it’s starting to look like arson. Dylan O’Connor, as usual, is right in the thick of things, and his friend Eliot is questioned as a suspect. Dylan doesn’t think Eliot …
Brett is president of her school’s Unity Club. When a new group home for at-risk youth opens in the neighborhood, Brett becomes friends with Jude, one of the boys who lives at the home. After a series of acts of vandalism, the community starts demanding that the group home be …
In Shadow, fourteen-year-old Preston Craft is organizing a film festival for his school’s film club. When one of the films goes missing two days before the festival begins, Preston is convinced it was stolen and is determined to get it back. The only indication of the theft is a suspicious …
In Gold, Sam and Annabel are on vacation with Annabel’s parents in Italy. While visiting the small hilltop town of Civita, they hear rumors of looted gold from World War II buried somewhere in the town’s network of underground tunnels and caves. Once again the two friends cross paths with …
