Quick view Gym Candy by Carl Deuker  An award-winning author explores the dark corners of the heart of a young football player as he struggles for success, in this novel that tackles the issues surrounding the player's decision to cross the line. View Details
Quick view The Giver (Paperback) by Lois Lowry In Lowry's Newbery Medal-winning classic, 12-year-old Jonas lives in a seemingly ideal world. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver does he begin to understand the dark secrets behind his fragile community. View Details
Quick view Le Petit Prince (French) by Antoine De Saint-Exupery An aviator whose plane's forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little man from a small planet who describes his adventures in the universe, seeking the secret of what is really important in life. View Details
Quick view Mercy on These Teenage Chimps by Gary Soto On his 13th birthday, Ronnie wakes up feeling like a chimp. Now his best friend, Joey, is turning 13, and after Joey humiliates himself in front of a cute girl, he climbs a tree and refuses to come down. So Ronnie sets out to woo the girl on Joey's... View Details
Quick view The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, a sixteen-year-old youth enrages the sea devil who legend says is its owner. View Details
Quick view Facts of Life by Gary Soto What do Gaby Lopez, Michael Robles, and Cynthia Rodriguez have in common? These three kids join other teens and tweens in Soto's short story collection, in which the hard-knock facts of growing up are captured with humor and poignance. View Details
Quick view Dawn of Fear by Susan Cooper Three English children, fascinated by the war air raids, gradually become aware of true fear and horror when they seek vengeance on an opposing gang that destroyed their hideaway. View Details
Quick view The Crossover by Kwame Alexander n this middle grade novel in verse that's Love That Dog meets The Watsons Go to Birminghammeets Slam, twelve-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father... View Details
Quick view Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry The second book in Lois Lowry's Giver Quartet tells the story of Kira, orphaned, physically flawed, and left with an uncertain future. View Details
Quick view Jumping the Nail by Eve Bunting The jumping place is called the Nail--it's 90 feet from the top of the cliff to the water below. No one in La Paloma has dared jump since that terrible accident 10 years ago--until Scooter tells everyone he will jump. Dru and Mike try desperately to... View Details
Quick view A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of a safe haven. Based on the life of... View Details
Quick view A Long Walk to Water (Hard Cover) by Linda Sue Park When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva... View Details