Quick view The Gold Cadillac by Mildred D Taylor  Lois and Wilma are proud of their father's brand-new gold Cadillac, and excited that the family will be driving in it all the way from Ohio to Mississippi. But as they travel deeper into the rural South, there are no admiring glances for the shiny new... View Details
Quick view The Girls Get Even by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor As Halloween approaches, the three Malloy sisters find themselves continually trying to get even with the four Hatford brothers, who have been playing tricks on them since the Malloys moved from Ohio to West Virginia. Sequel to "The Boys Start the War." View Details
Quick view The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true. View Details
Quick view The Flunking of Joshua T. Bates by Susan Shreve Driving home from the beach on Labor Day, Joshua receives some shocking news from his mother: he must repeat third grade. View Details
Quick view The Fabled Fourth Graders of Aesop Elementary School by Candace Fleming This funny, fast-paced chapter book features contemporary fables about a rambunctious group of fourth graders and their amazing teacher--the globe-trotting, Mayan-ceremonial-robe-wearing Mr. Jupiter. View Details
Quick view The Elevator Family by Douglas Evans When the Wilson family arrives at the San Francisco Hotel and discover that there are no regular vacancies, they decide to stay in the hotel elevator. View Details
Quick view The Daydreamer by Jan McEwan In these seven exquisitely interlinked stories, the grown-up protagonist Peter Fortune reveals the secret journeys, metamorphoses, and adventures of his childhood. View Details
Quick view The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural by Patricia McKissack A collection of ten spine-tingling tales, all with a foundation in African-American culture and history from the time of slavery through the civil rights era. A Newbery Honor Book, Coretta Scott King Award Winner and a Notable Children's... View Details
Quick view The Cybil War by Betsy Byars Simon learns some hard lessons about good and bad friendships when his good friend Tony's stories involve him in some very troublesome and complicated situations. View Details
Quick view The Curse of the Pharaoh by Steve Stevenson The first mystery in this new series sees young detective Agatha Mistery traveling to Egypt. Rumors of a mysterious tablet unearthed in the Valley of the Kings may be just the clue that Agatha needs to unlock the secret curse of an ancient Pharaoh... View Details
Quick view The Corn Grows Ripe by Dorothy Rhoads When his father is badly injured in an accident, a young Mayan boy called Tigre wonders who will plant and harvest the corn that they need to survive--and to please the Mayan gods. Twelve-year-old Tigre has never done a man's work before. Now he will... View Details
Quick view The Computer Nut by Betsy Byars Ten-year-old Kate begins a communication exchange on a computer with someone purporting to be from outer space, who says he is going to pay a visit to Earth soon. View Details