Hitting bookshelves this week are some buzzed-about middle-grade and YA novels, highly anticipated sequels, and stand-alones that go from juvenile detention centers to a not-so-distant Seattle where teens await their final hours under threat of asteroid impact.

The Island of Dr. Libris by Chris Grabenstein. Random, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-385-38844-3. The new novel from the author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library features famous authors comingling in a parallel universe. Read PW’s review here.

Written in the Stars by Aisha Saeed. Penguin/Paulsen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-399-17170-3. This debut novel has received early accolades, and centers on a teen raised in America who falls in love against the wishes of her parents, and is sent back to Pakistan for an arranged marriage. Read PW’s review here.

The Penderwicks in Spring by Jeanne Birdsall. Knopf, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-375-87077-4. The fourth in the series, the first of which received a National Book Award, finds the family developing new talents as spring bursts into bloom around them. Read PW’s review here.

Half Wild by Sally Green. Viking, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-670-01713-3. The series that launched to much acclaim with its first volume last year returns with this sequel, set in a world that melds modern-day London and dueling factions of good and evil witches. Read PW’s review here.

We All Looked Up by Tommy Wallach. Simon & Schuster, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-1877-5. A high-concept YA debut that follows a cast of characters spending their final moments as an asteroid careens toward Earth. Read PW’s review here.

The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma. Algonquin Young Readers, $17.95; ISBN 978-1-61620-372-6. YA author Suma’s new novel is touted by her publisher as Black Swan meets Orange Is the New Black. Read her Q & A with PW here, and a review of the book here.

For more children's titles on sale throughout the month of March, check out PW’s full On Sale Calendar.