It's the year 2040, and sixteen-year-old Dez Harkly is one of the last of her kind-part of a nearly extinct race of shape-shifters descended from guardians to the Egyptian pharaohs. Her home and her secret are threatened when the Coun...
Jolly is 17 years old and has two children from two absent fathers. She can't cope and so advertises for a babysitter. Verna LaVaughn replies to the advertisement and takes the first steps towards building her own future. Jolly, slowl...
- Winner of the 2018 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction - From the bestselling author of Newbery Honor–winner Wolf Hollow, Beyond the Bright Sea is an acclaimed best book of the year.An NPR Best Book of the Year • A Pare...
A 2017 Newbery Honor BookNew York Times BestsellerA young girl's kindness, compassion, and honesty overcome bullying. ★ An NPR Best Book of the Year★ A Booklist Best Book of the Year★ An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grad...
I Hadn't Meant to Tell You This
Jacqueline WoodsonTwelve-year-old Marie is one of the popular girls in the prosperous black suburb. She's not looking for a friend when Lena Bright, a white girl, appears in school. But the two girls are drawn to each other. You see, both Lena and Mari...
Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the "rememberer" – and write down everything that happens ...
Life Eternal (a Dead Beautiful Novel)...
Yvonne WoonRenée Winters has changed. When she looks in the mirror, a beautiful girl with an older, sadder face stares back. Her condition has doctors mystified, but Renée can never reveal the truth: she died last May, and was brought back to ...
Dealing with Dragons: The Enchanted F...
Patricia C. WredeMeet Princess Cimorene--a princess who refustes to be proper. She is everything a princess is not supposed to be: headstrong, tomobyish smart... And bored. So bored that she runs away to live with a dragon. And not just any dragon,...
Classic Starts(r) the Swiss Family Ro...
Johann David WyssA shipwreck; a deserted island; a single family, wondering if they can survive. Rich in suspense and surprises, The Swiss Family Robinson entices young readers to come along on a wonderful adventure, where each moment brings a new thr...
All the Way to America: The Story of ...
Dan Yaccarino"This immigration story is universal." —School Library Journal, Starred Dan Yaccarino's great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents' good advice: "Work hard, but remember to enjoy l...
Dragonwings: Golden Mountain Chronicl...
Laurence YepMoon Shadow is eight when he sails from China to join his father, Windrider, in America. Windrider lives in San Francisco's Chinatown and works in a laundry. Moon Shadow has never seen him. Moon Shadow soon loves and respects this ...
A rainy day and a class full of restless students present a challenge for Mrs. Fox. Her plan to keep the children occupied turns into an indoor adventure that has the whole school buzzing by the end of the day. The students get the ch...
Amon's Adventure: A Family Story for ...
Arnold YtreeideAnother family "read together" story from popular author Arnold Ytreeide
Faith turns to shame, confidence to doubt, and conviction to rebellion. Inaya was only nine when her mother converted to Islam and moved the family to Saudi Arabia. Now, at sixteen years old, Inaya returns to America and decides to re...
Samara Taylor used to believe in miracles. She used to believe in a lot of things. When your father's a pastor, it's hard not to buy in to the idea of the perfect family, a loving God, and amazing grace. But lately, Sam has a lot of r...
My Life in Pictures (Bea Garcia)
Deborah ZemkeFans of Amelia's Notebook and Judy Moody will love this friendship story bursting with doodles and pictures Bea Garcia is an artist. She draws anywhere and everywhere—but mostly in her own notebook. When Bea's first and only bes...
The Curse of Einstein's Pencil (Bea G...
Deborah ZemkeBea's artistic gifts lead to a special new friendship in book two of this funny illustrated chapter book series for fans of Amelia's Notebook and Judy Moody Bea Garcia is looking for a new best friend, and she almost has one—the sma...
An ancient prophecy divides two sisters-One good...One evil...Who will prevail? Twin sisters Lia and Alice Milthorpe have just become orphans. They have also become enemies. As they discover their roles in a prophecy that has turned g...
Diary of a Minecraft Zombie Book 14: ...
Zack ZombieZombie Puberty Really Stinks!It seems puberty hits zombies a lot differently than humans. And Zombie is going through some major changes. But somebody forgot to tell Zombie that mutating is part of growing up. So he's up to his eye ...
The Berenstain Bears Piggy Bank Bless...
Zondervan PublishingIn The Berenstain Bears' Piggy Bank Blessings , a level one Berenstain Bears Living Lights I Can Read, Mama Bear thinks it is time to teach the cubs about saving money for something special. Even the Bible says each one of us should p...
The Berenstain Bears: Thank God for G...
Zondervan PublishingHave Brother and Sister taken care of themselves as God would want? Go with the Bear family to Dr. Grizzly's office and read all about it.
Haunted Kids: True Ghost Stories (Hau...
Allan ZulloMany kids claim to have seen ghosts in all sorts of places—cemeteries, bedrooms, attics, schools, roadways, forests, caves. Often, experts were called in to investigate these apparent hauntings, and most of the time these so-called ...
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn unforgettable family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as "the kind of book that can be life-chan...
The Okay Witch and the Hungry Shadow ...
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secre...
J. K. RowlingThe Dursleys were so mean that hideous that summer that all Harry Potter wanted was to get back to the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But just as he's packing his bags, Harry receives a warning from a strange, impish...
Gallows Hill (Laurel-Leaf Books)
Lois DuncanRole-playing takes on a terrifying cast when 17-year-old Sarah, who is posing as a fortune-teller for a school fair, begins to see actual visions that can predict the future. Frightened, the other students brand her a witch, setting o...
The Long Winter (Little House)
Laura Ingalls WilderThe adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as Pa, Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie, and little Grace bravely face the hard winter of 1880-81 in their little house in the Dakota Territory. Blizzards cover the little town with snow...
Howie Finds a Hug (I Can Read! / Howi...
Sara HendersonIs everyone too busy for Howie? Go with Howie as he looks through the house for someone to give him a bedtime hug.