Gold Medal Winner of the 2025 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards! ________________________________Ancient guardians. Hidden threats. Epic adventure.What are your plans for summer?Jay Blotter's summer was supposed to be simple: soccer with friends, biking around the city, maybe a part-time job. Then the shadows came.It starts with an enigmatic faceless creature only Jay can see, and a creeping sense that Tramonton is hiding something ominous. Then a black mink shows up like it owns the place. The city's historic Obelisk stands shattered, and the eerie dangers it once held at bay are returning.Jay is one of the few who can see what's happening. But what good is being a Seer if no one believes you?Now he must find answers and allies. Will he rise to protect his home, or will the shadows consume both him and Tramonton?He can't do it alone.

Ronnie is anxious about spending the summer with family she barely remembers. Her expectations are low. She'll babysit her cousin, do odd jobs to earn money for college, and maybe if she's lucky, spend a few hours on the beach. She never thought for a moment she would find herself in an abandoned orphanage, hunting ghosts or tangled up in murder.

The glorious Crown Tournament draws hundreds of arcanists from around the world to battle in magical martial arts competitions…The prize? More riches than anyone can spend in a lifetime—and a ceremonial crown to mark the winner for an entire decade until the next tournament begins. And while most obviously want the wealth, a certain pair of arcanists want the crown instead.Master Elias is bonded to a syrocko drake, a deadly creature capable of controlling the desert winds. He recruits young Amir Rosewood, a kirin arcanist capable of powerful magic, to help him win the tournament—and the prize crown.Why seek out the crown? It holds a secret, one that can turn whoever holds it into a powerful god-like arcanist. Unfortunately, Elias and Amir aren’t the only ones who know, and their underhanded opponents will stop at nothing to acquire the crown for themselves.

Meri Murphy is not a mermaid’s daughter. At least, she doesn’t think she is.What she does know is that her father is the town drunk who tells anyone who will listen that his wife hadn’t left him fourteen years ago. No, she was a mermaid, and returned to the sea to save her people and all of Ireland from an evil tyrant.Meri wishes he would stop telling that story.Everything changes during a school trip to the Cliffs of Moher. First, Meri learns that mermaids were once called merrows, and their children are the merrowkin. While at the Cliffs she glimpses a golden tower on the waves, and learns about a city that lies at the bottom of the bay between Ireland above and the land of gods below, a barrier between the two worlds that rises once every seven years. Suddenly, her father’s stories aren’t the strangest things she’s heard.Accompanied by her friend, Aodhan, Meri embarks on a quest to discover what really happened to her mother, and hopefully bring her home.

A mysterious key. A hidden world. A destiny she never asked for.After her mother’s sudden death, seventeen-year-old Lola is forced to move across the country to live with an aunt she barely knows. Leaving behind her friends and everything familiar, she expects a lonely final year of high school.Instead, she discovers a secret.Hidden in her aunt’s house is an ancient key — and a door that doesn’t lead where it should.When Lola unlocks it, she stumbles into a hidden network of Travelers, people who can cross between worlds through magical doors scattered across the globe. And the key she’s found may be far more powerful than anyone realizes.But powerful artifacts attract dangerous attention.As Lola begins to uncover the truth about her family and the mysterious Travelers, she learns that mastering the key may be the only way to protect the worlds beyond the door.And soon she’ll be sent to the Academy, where Travelers are trained.If she survives long enough to get there.Perfect for fans of portal fantasy, magical academies, and hidden worlds,The Ancestors’ Key is the first adventure in the Travelers Universe.Stay in the loop! Join Marie-Hélène's newsletter for writing updates, sales, upcoming events, and special promotions. www.mhlebeault.com

FIRST CAME THE DRAGONSWhen scientists brought everyone’s favorite fairytale creature to life, people flocked to see them, including 17-year-old Zelda Rissland.THEN CAME THE PARASITEBut scientists created more than just dragons—they created a deadly parasite. Wyrmrot, they later called it. First, it ate your brain, and then it made you eat other people’s brains.NOW ZELDA MUST SURVIVE THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSEThe first rule of survival in the apocalypse is trust no one, and Zelda knows this better than anyone. The only person she can rely on is her childhood friend turned boyfriend, Cooper Marotta, or so she thinks.When mysterious geographic coordinates appear on a construction sign, Zelda hopes they will lead to answers about what happened to her family. Together with Cooper and a group of friends, she sets out on a perilous journey across the country, facing down zombie hordes and hungry dragons.But Cooper has a secret, and he’s not the only one. What Zelda discovers at her destination might be the most dangerous of all.Wyrmrot is a heart-stopping Young Adult Apocalyptic novel told in dual timelines. "Jurassic Park meets The Last of Us." This fast-paced tale of survival, secrets, and betrayal features dragons, zombies, and a touch of romance. Perfect for fans of Erin Bowman's Contagion or Emily Suvada's This Mortal Coil.