Among the noteworthy books arriving on the scene this week are a psychological family thriller, followups to notable debuts, a multi-perspective novel featuring a schizophrenic bomber and a 19th-century ship, and a new picture book illuminating the power of drawing.

Big Nate Lives It Up by Lincoln Peirce. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $13.99; ISBN 978-0-06-211108-1. The seventh novel in the ongoing series about the perennial troublemaker.

Vanishing Girls by Lauren Oliver. HarperCollins, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-06-222410-1. The latest novel from the versatile author of middle grade, YA, and adult books is a psychological thriller about a divided family and a missing local girl. Read PW’s starred review here.

The Thickety: The Whispering Trees by J.A. White, illus. by Andrea Offermann. HarperCollins/Tegen, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-06-225729-1. The middle-grade series that got off to a strong start last year with The Thickety: A Path Begins picks up the action right where readers left off. Read PW’s starred review here.

Seraphina: Shadow Scale by Rachel Hartman. Random, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-375-86657-9. The epic fantasy returns with a high-stakes followup to Hartman’s debut novel Seraphina, which came out in 2012. Read our Flying Starts interview with the author here, and see PW’s starred review here.

Nightbird by Alice Hoffman. Random/Lamb, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-385-38958-7. The prolific author’s first foray into middle-grade is set in a magical realist New England. See our recent Q & A with Hoffman here, and read PW’s review here.

The Alex Crow by Andrew Smith. Dutton, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-525-42653-0. The latest from the Printz Honor is a layered, multi-perspective novel spanning summer camps, adoptive families, mad bombers, masturbation slang, illegal biological research, and an icebound 19th-century ship. Read our profile of Smith here, and PW’s starred review here.

My Pen, Christopher Myers. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-4231-0371-4. The latest picture book from Caldecott Honoree (and son of Walter Dean Myers) is a sketchbook come to life, and stands as testament to the power of drawing. Read PW’s starred review here.

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