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The history of street art up to Bansky—four decades of trailblazing graffiti in Europe. Graffiti has always been a wild, free, and ephemeral art form—from its origins in the 1960s through the photographs of Brassaï, who transformed graffiti into art, to the Sprayer of Zurich in the 1970s and the appearance of the first works by Banksy in England. This book studies the illegal roots of the art form with over 120 vandals from more than a dozen countries, tracing its journey to the dawn of the new millennium. Where do the origins of street art and graffiti lie? In the far-flung region between Paris, Düsseldorf, and Zurich, European graffiti developed not in the gallery but outdoors, for the general public. Who were the pioneers of street art and concept artists who left their signatures in the rue Visconti in Paris between 1962 and 1986? What are the links between pop music, graffiti photos, and records? And who was Rimbaud, the queer revolutionary nineteenth-century poet to whom countless street artists referred? Find the answers to these questions and many more in this compelling story of how graffiti began.

Liv knows he’s meant to be a boy, so why does his school force him to wear a skirt? Okay, here goes. My name is Liv (not Olivia). I’m not technically a girl. I’m transgender. Which is a bit like being a Transformer, only not quite as cool because I probably won’t get to save the world one day. Liv knows he’s meant to be a boy. But with his new private school’s strict dress code, he can’t even wear pants. Only skirts. So the Pants Project begins. The only way for Liv to get what he wants is to go after it himself, and on the way to changing his school’s policies, he may end up changing his own life.

Now in paperback! Emmeline can control shadows, but what happens when her shadow starts craving a life of its own? Emmeline’s gift to control shadows makes her the subject of fear. When a noble stranger visits and offers her parents a cure, Emmeline is terrified that she’ll lose her only friend—her shadow, Dar. So Dar proposes a deal: she will change the noble’s mind if Emmeline will help her become flesh. When the man ends up in a coma, Emmeline is blamed. Now forced to flee, her only hope of clearing her name is to find a way to give the shadow a life of its own.

In this fantasy of Jazz Age Harlem, where warring factions of oligarchs, gangsters, and vampires vie for power and control, a young vampire and the girl who once betrayed her are drawn to one another It’s 1926 and reapers, the once-human vampires with a terrifying affliction, are on the rise in New York. But the Saint family’s thriving reaper-hunting enterprise holds reign over the city, more powerful than even the organized criminals who run the nightclubs. Eighteen year-old Elise Saint, home after five years in Paris, is the reluctant heir to the empire. Only one thing weighs heavier on Elise’s mind than her family obligations: the knowledge that the Harlem reapers want her dead. Layla Quinn is a young reaper haunted by her past. Though reapers have existed in America for three centuries, created by New World atrocities and cruel experiments, Layla became one just five years ago. The night she was turned, she lost her parents, the protection of the Saints, and her humanity, and she’ll never forget how Elise Saint betrayed her. But some reapers are inexplicably turning part human again, leaving a wake of mysterious and brutal killings. When Layla is framed for one of these attacks, the Saint patriarch offers her a deal she can’t refuse: to work with Elise to investigate how these murders might be linked to shocking rumors of a reaper cure. Once close friends, now bitter enemies, Elise and Layla explore the city’s underworld, confronting their intense feelings for one another, and uncovering the sinister truths about a growing threat to reapers and humans alike.

The Hate U Give meets Internment in this pulse-pounding thriller about an impenetrable dome around Baltimore that is keeping the residents in and information from going out during a city-wide protest—now in paperback! Jamal Lawson just wanted to be a part of something. As an aspiring journalist, he packs up his camera and heads to Baltimore to document a rally protesting police brutality after another Black man is murdered. But before the protest even really begins, the city implements a new safety protocol…the Dome. The Dome surrounds the city, forcing those within to subscribe to a total militarized shutdown. No one can get in, and no one can get out. Alone in a strange place, Jamal doesn’t know where to turn…until he meets hacker Marco, who knows more than he lets on, and Catherine, an AWOL basic-training-graduate, whose parents helped build the initial plans for the Dome. As unrest inside of Baltimore grows throughout the days-long lockdown, Marco, Catherine, and Jamal take the fight directly to the chief of police. But the city is corrupt from the inside out, and it’s going to take everything they have to survive.

A gripping, speculative thriller from a dazzling new voice about a teen who disappears…and returns, changed in ways that trauma alone can’t explain. Sutton going missing is the worst thing to happen to Casey, to their family. She’s trying to help find her sister, but Casey is furious. She knows Sutton is manipulative, meanwhile everyone paints a picture of her perfection. People don’t look for missing Black girls—or half-Black girls—without believing there is an angel to be saved. When Sutton reappears, Casey knows she should be relieved. Except Sutton isn’t the same. She remembers nothing about while she was gone—or anything from her old life, including how she made Casey miserable. There’s something unsettling about the way she wants to spend time with Casey and watch her goldfish swim for hours. What happened to Sutton? The more Casey starts uncovering her sister’s secrets, the more questions she has. Did she really know her sister? Why is no one talking about the other girls who have gone missing in their area? And what will it take to uncover the truth?

Mysterious disappearances. An urban legend rumored to be responsible. And one group of friends determined to save their city at any cost. Stranger Things meets Jordan Peele in this utterly original debut from an incredible new voice. For over a year, the Bronx has been plagued by sudden disappearances that no one can explain. Sixteen-year-old Raquel does her best to ignore it. After all, the police only look for the white kids. But when her crush Charlize’s cousin goes missing, Raquel starts to pay attention—especially when her own mom comes down with a mysterious illness that seems linked to the disappearances. Raquel and Charlize team up to investigate, but they soon discover that everything is tied to a terrifying urban legend called the Echo Game. The game is rumored to trap people in a sinister world underneath the city, and the rules are based on a particularly dark chapter in New York’s past. And if the friends want to save their home and everyone they love, they will have to play the game and destroy the evil at its heart—or die trying.

The instant New York Times bestseller is now in paperback! A magic-wielding queen and a ruthless bounty hunter are separated by centuries—but connected by a prophecy When assassins ambush her best friend, Rielle risks everything to save him, exposing herself as one of a pair of prophesied queens: a queen of light and a queen of blood. To prove she is the Sun Queen, Rielle must endure seven elemental magic trials. If she fails, she will be executed…unless the trials kill her first. One thousand years later, the legend of Queen Rielle is a fairy tale to Eliana. A bounty hunter for the Undying Empire, Eliana believes herself untouchable—until her mother vanishes. To find her, Eliana joins a rebel captain and discovers the evil at the empire’s heart. As Rielle and Eliana fight in a cosmic war that spans millennia, their stories intersect, and the shocking connections between them ultimately determine the fate of their world—and of each other.

Embark on an intergalactic adventure where you’ll study bright galaxies, envision new planets, and explore futuristic technology in this imaginative science activity book for kids! The Space Science Handbook takes children on a tour of the cosmos through scientific experiments, creative projects, and demonstrations. In addition to exploring aspects of the solar system, extraterrestrial life, and space technology, this book teaches vital scientific concepts and helps children consider sociological and philosophical implications of a future in the stars. Each experiment includes a mission brief, simple instructions and diagrams, and an explanation of the science at work! Experiments include: Atmospheric Pressure: Crush a can using the Earth’s atmosphere Turbulent Flow: Study turbulent flow using milk, food coloring, and dish soap Space Sludge: Make magnetic slime Emergency Battery: Create a battery from potatoes Wearable Electronics: Create a signaling patch and more!

Search for dinosaur bones and peek under flaps in this adorable board book! In this uniquely interactive board book, toddlers go “digging” for dinosaurs by lifting flaps, discovering many objects in the earth along the way! A delightful introduction to paleontology, young children will enjoy this treasure-hunt approach to storytelling, and their excitement will grow as they get closer to finding the greatest treasure of all: a dinosaur!

Search for dinosaur bones and peek under flaps in this adorable board book! In this uniquely interactive board book, toddlers go “digging” for dinosaurs by lifting flaps, discovering many objects in the earth along the way! A delightful introduction to paleontology, young children will enjoy this treasure-hunt approach to storytelling, and their excitement will grow as they get closer to finding the greatest treasure of all: a dinosaur!

From Pura Belpre Honoree Alda P. Dobbs and illustrator Emily Mendoza comes a lyrical and vibrant picture book history of the Poinsettia flower and the holiday traditions it has inspired. The story of the Poinsettia goes back through hundreds of years, treasured by the Aztecs, the inspiration for Mexico’s most famous Christmas legend. After the flower caught the eye of the first US ambassador to Mexico, it was named after him. A century later, millions of Americans saw the brilliant red flower on their first color television screens. Award-winning author Alda Dobbs and artist Emily Mendoza bring to life the history of this beautiful and uniquely new world holiday icon. Includes detailed back matter with a timeline.

Written for The Story of… biography series, this guide introduces students to influential women such as Fannie Lou Hamer, Anne Frank, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Malala Yousafzai and Simone Biles. These trailblazers, though from diverse backgrounds and historical periods, share common threads of resilience, leadership and the courage to challenge societal norms. Through their stories, students will learn how these women overcame obstacles and used their voices to drive meaningful change.

In the next adventure in the NYT and USA Today bestselling series, the How to Catch kids attempt to trap an invisible Bad Guy on the loose! The next exhilarating adventure in the NYT and USA Today bestselling How to Catch series invites readers to help the kids catch an invisible Bad Guy who escaped his own villain TV show! How to Catch an Invisible Bad Guy is packed with exciting action, bright, engaging illustrations, and more laugh-out-loud humor, and is the perfect title for the reader who knows they are destined to become a superhero!

A heartwarming picture book that teaches children about patience and living in the moment. Reha despises the present, all because her brother says he won’t let her play with his dinosaur toys until she’s older. To solve this problem, she decides to build a time machine. But even though she does everything her time travel book says, she can’t seem to get it right. Then, in her last attempt to find what she needs, her brother asks if he can help. Perhaps the present could be okay after all?