Nox Winters and the Stygian Serpent
The second book in a rich, eerie middle grade fantasy duology full of magic, monsters, and miles and miles of untamed forest, from Rochelle Hassan, author of The Prince of Nowhere. Perfect for fans of Over the Garden Wall and Serafina and the Black Cloak.After Nox's narrow escape from the Nightwood last fall, he had no intention of ever returning. It doesn't matter that he's a Keeper of Night, destined to guard and rule over the forest. He never wanted the title or the power; it wasn't his choice, so as far as he's concerned, it's not his problem.But when an old friend comes to Nox for help, he can't refuse. He agrees to go back to the Nightwood one more time, a decision that sends him on a harrowing journey into the mountains at the edge of the forest. There, he and his friends fall prey to a trickster deity of good fortune, whose games they must win if they want to survive. But victory may require Nox to do the one thing he swore he wouldn't--accept his magical inheritance and the responsibility that comes with it.Nox might be ready to put the Nightwood behind him. But the Nightwood isn't ready to let him go.
Cold Blood
Sel struggles to adjust to his new normal as an insidious new illness threatens Tremorglade in this edge-of-your-seat third book in the Bite Risk trilogy that's The Last Kids on Earth meets Stranger Things. Sometimes the cure is worse than the sickness, and the only thing that spreads faster than a fever is suspicion... Sel Archer and his friends just saved Tremorglade. Again. But Sel didn't walk away completely unscathed this time. Now he has exciting but dangerous new Ripper abilities to keep on a leash, just as clamors for a cure to the Rippocalypse begin to grow louder by the day. But when the hunt for a cure takes a dangerous turn, suddenly the Frozen Fever isn't just a myth. It's real...and it's spreading. Sel and his friends will have to act fast to stop it before it arrives in Tremorglade, and his new abilities just might be the answer. Not everyone agrees, though, and when the Town of the Turned turns on him, will anyone listen in time to be saved from transforming into something much worse than a Ripper?
