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Kids Preorder Promotion


Order some of the most highly anticipated kids book releases of the season from Bookshop Santa Cruz, and you could win them all!
 For each book below that you preorder, you will be entered into a raffle to win the whole set. Preorders must be prepaid. Winner will be announced December 5th, just in time for the holidays! See our preorder page for adult books here.

Guts: A Graphic Novel By Raina Telgemeier Cover Image
$12.99
ISBN: 9780545852500
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Graphix - September 17th, 2019

Raina Telgemeier once again brings us a thoughtful, charming, and funny true story about growing up and gathering the courage to face -- and conquer -- her fears.


Tyrant's Tomb, The-The Trials of Apollo, Book Four By Rick Riordan Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781484746448
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Disney Hyperion - September 24th, 2019

Preorder your copy of The Tyrant's Tomb (The Trials of Apollo, Book Four), to secure your signed first edition, while supplies last. It's not easy being Apollo, especially when you've been turned into a human and banished from Olympus. On his path to restoring five ancient oracles and reclaiming his godly powers, Apollo has faced both triumphs and tragedies. Now his journey takes him to Camp Jupiter in the San Francisco Bay Area. Preorders must be prepaid. Signed first edition books can be picked up starting September 24th.


Wayward Son (Simon Snow Trilogy #2) By Rainbow Rowell Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250146076
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Wednesday Books - September 24th, 2019

Preorder your copy of Wayward Son from Bookshop Santa Cruz and get an exclusive embroidered patch, while supplies last. A follow-up to her bestseller Carry On, with Wayward Son, Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first. It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent amount of butter. Preorders must be prepaid. Books and patches can be picked up starting September 24th.


The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth (Book of Dust, Volume 2) By Philip Pullman Cover Image
$22.99
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ISBN: 9780553510669
Published: Knopf Books for Young Readers - October 3rd, 2019

Preorder you copy of The Book of Dust: The Secret Commonwealth, and receive an adorable daemon of your own with a Pantalaimon collectible enamel pin with your book. Return to the parallel world of His Dark Materials in the second volume of Philip Pullman's new bestselling masterwork The Book of Dust, and discover what comes next for Lyra, "one of fantasy's most indelible heroines." Preorders must be prepaid. Books and pins can be picked up starting October 3rd.


Legacy (Keeper of the Lost Cities #8) By Shannon Messenger Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781534427334
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Aladdin - November 5th, 2019

Preorder your first edition with a special annotated scene from the point of view of Tam Song, and beautiful illustrated end papers by Shannon Messenger. Illusions shatter—and Sophie and her friends face impossible choices—in this astonishing eighth book in the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series.  Preorders must be prepaid. Books can be picked up starting November 5th.


Call Down the Hawk (The Dreamer Trilogy, Book 1) By Maggie Stiefvater Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781338188325
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Scholastic Press - November 5th, 2019

Preorder from Bookshop Santa Cruz to receive limited edition signed art from Maggie Stiefvater with your copy, while supplies last. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Raven Boys, a mesmerizing story of dreams and desires, death and destiny. Preorders must be prepaid. Books and art pieces can be picked up starting November 5th.


Wrecking Ball (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 14) By Jeff Kinney Cover Image
$14.99
ISBN: 9781419739033
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Amulet Books - November 5th, 2019

In Wrecking Ball, Book 14 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series—from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney—an unexpected inheritance gives Greg Heffley’s family a chance to make big changes to their house. But they soon find that home improvement isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.


The Queen of Nothing (The Folk of the Air #3) By Holly Black Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780316310420
Availability: Not On Our Shelves, But Available from Warehouse - Usually Delivers in 3-14 Days
Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - November 19th, 2019

Preorder from Bookshop Santa Cruz to receive an exclusive enamel pin with your copy, while supplies last. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, comes the highly anticipated and jaw-dropping finale to The Folk of the Air trilogy. Preorders must be prepaid. Books and pins can be picked up starting September 24th.


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Children of Virtue and Vengeance (Legacy of Orisha #2) By Tomi Adeyemi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250170996
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) - December 3rd, 2019

Preorder from Bookshop Santa Cruz for limited preorder perks, while supplies last. Children of Virtue and Vengeance is the stunning sequel to Tomi Adeyemi's New York Times-bestselling debut Children of Blood and Bone, the first book in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy. Preorders must be prepaid. Books and preorder perks can be picked up starting December 3rd.