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 Marching with Aunt Susan by Claire Rudolf Murphy Not allowed to go hiking with her father and brothers because she is a girl, Bessie learns about women's rights when she attends a suffrage rally led by Susan B. Anthony. View Details
Quick view Blacksmith's Song by Elizabeth Van Steenwyk The nine-year-old son of a blacksmith learns to communicate messages to travelers on the Underground Railroad using his father's hammer and anvil before his family joins the others in traveling to freedom. View Details
Quick view Murphy Gold Rush Dog by Alison Hart Murphy wants to help Sally and Mama build a new life in Nome, but life in the mining town is not easy. Can the three of them find a home-and maybe a fortune? 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 Ol' Bloos Boogie Woogie Band and Blues Ensemble by Jan Huling The Bremen Town Musicians, featuring a group of questionably talented but determined animals, is retold with a spicy Louisiana flair. 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
