Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including a book about messages in bottles, a middle grade novel set on a Caribbean cruise, a high fantasy novel, and a picture book about bubbles.

Off & Away by Cale Atkinson. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-4847-8232-3. In this early reader illustrated book, Jo’s dad makes sure that messages in bottles find their destination.

Lions & Liars by Kate Beasley, illustrated by Dan Santat. FSG, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-374-30263-4. In this illustrated middle grade novel, a kid tries to make friends when he mistakenly ends up at a camp for troubled boys.

Heartseeker by Melinda Beatty. Putnam, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-5247-4000-9. In this middle grade fantasy novel, a girl can see the lies people tell as colors.

Bubbles by Kit Chase. Putnam, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-399-54574-0. Kangaroo loves to blow bubbles. When a trail of them leads her to Koala, a fellow bubble blower, she’s eager to be friends.

Run Wild by David Covell. Viking, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-670-01411-8. In this picture book, Covell celebrates freedom, the out-of-doors, the joy of movement, and the importance of paying attention to the present moment. The book earned a starred review from PW.

Fat Girl on a Plane by Kelly deVos. Harlequin Teen, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-373-21253-8. In this YA novel, a teen realizes that losing weight isn’t the magical cure-all she thought it would be.

Hawk Rising by Maria Gianferrari, illus. by Brian Floca. Roaring Brook, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-62672-096-1. The spare, poetic prose of Gianferrari (Hello Goodbye Dog) and the realistic watercolors of Floca (Princess Cora and the Crocodile) combine to present a day in the life of a red-tailed hawk. The book earned a starred review from PW.

The Mortification of Fovea Munson by Mary Winn Heider. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-4847-8054-1. In this middle grade caper, a 12-year-old girl has the experience of a lifetime when she reluctantly serves as summer receptionist for her parents’ cadaver lab, where doctors experiment on, and learn from, corpses.

Wild Blues by Beth Kephart. Atheneum/Dlouhy, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-9153-2. In this middle grade novel, Lizzie spends the summer with her mother, who has been diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing treatment. The book earned a starred review from PW.

Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner. Feiwel and Friends, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-250-14602-1. In this epistolary YA novel, a brilliant 17-year-old channels her frustrations at school in letters to MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow, whom she admires.

Drawn Together by Minh Lê, illus. by Dan Santat. Disney-Hyperion, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-48476760-3. This story from Lê (Let Me Finish!), about a Thai-speaking grandfather and his assimilated American grandson, testifies to the mighty power of art. The picture book earned a starred review from PW.

Pink Is for Boys by Robb Pearlman, illus. by Eda Kaban. Running Press, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-7624-6247-6. To whom does a color belong? Pearlman (Groundhog’s Day Off) invites readers to think about this question gender-agnostically.

The Cardboard Kingdom by Chad Sell. Knopf, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-5247-1937-1. In his first title for young people, cartoonist Sell offers a middle grade novel that unfolds in a neighborhood where children make elaborate cardboard costumes that let them try on new personas and powers. The book earned a starred review from PW.

The Summer of Us by Cecilia Vinesse. Poppy, $9.99; ISBN 978-0-316-39113-9. Vinesse (Seven Days of You) takes YA readers on a tour of Europe in this novel about five friends who travel from London to Paris, Amsterdam, Prague, and Barcelona.

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