Quick view Chasing the Nightbird by Krusta Russell Fourteen-year-old Lucky Valera is a seasoned sailor about to join the crew of the whaling ship, Nightbird. But when his estranged older brother suddenly kidnaps him and forces him into servitude as a mule spinner at the mill, his life takes a dramatic... View Details
Quick view The Bushwhacker: A Civil War Adventure pb by Jennifer Johnson Garrity While the Civil War rages in Missouri and Rebels destroy their farm home and scatter their family, thirteen-year-old Jacob and his younger sister find refuge in an unlikely place. View Details
Quick view Gabriel's Triumph by Alison Hart In the second book in the Racing to Freedom trilogy, ex-slave Gabriel faces challenges and setbacks as he pursues his dream of becoming a famous jockey. View Details
Quick view Gabriel's Journey by Alison Hart Thirteen-year-old Gabriel, a former slave, leaves behind his life as a professional jockey and joins his father in the Fifth U.S. Colored Cavalry at Camp Nelson, Kentucky. View Details
Quick view Gabriel's Horses by Alison Hart The year is 1864 and twelve-year-old Gabriel hopes to one day become a famous horse jockey. Although he is a the son of a free black father and a slave mother, making him a slave as well he loves to help his father, one of the best horse trainers in... View Details
Quick view Grow A Novel in Verse by Juanita Havill Everything about Berneetha is bigger mouth, her size, and especially her dreams. And when Berneetha decides to create a community garden on a vacant lot, twelve-year-old Kate Sibleys just got to help make that dream a reality. View Details
Quick view The Universe of Fair by Leslie Bulion Eleven-year-old science enthusiast Miller Sanford sees himself as a responsible kid, but his parents think he's too young to explore the annual town Fair alone with his best friend. Hopeful that this year they will reconsider, Miller works extra hard to... View Details
Quick view Astra by Chris Platt Thirteen-year-old Lily O'Neil's passion is Arabian horses. Someday she wants to be a great endurance rider like her mother. But a year earlier, when a freak riding accident took her mother's life, Lily's father sold Lily's beloved horse and forbid her... View Details
Quick view Quarterback Season by Fred Bowen Matt expects to be the starting quarterback on his middle school team. But after a few practices watching Devro, a talented seventh grader, he's starting to get nervous. To make matters worse, his English teacher is on his case about a new class... View Details
Quick view The Trouble with Rules by Leslie Bulion For Nadine Rostraver, fourth grade means peer pressure and new social rules she hadn't anticipated. For one thing, girls aren't supposed to hang out with boys anymore. So where does that leave Nadine and her best friend Nick? Then Summer Crawford... View Details
Quick view Off the Rim by Fred Bowen Chris yearns to be more than a benchwarmer on the Oak View Middle School basketball team. With the help of his best friend Greta and her mom, Chris begins to change his defensive strategy and successfully learns to keep his opponents from scoring. View Details
Quick view On the Line by Fred Bowen Marcus is the high scorer and best rebounder on his basketball team, but he's not so great at free throw, until the school custodian helps him overcome his fear of failure. View Details