Quick view Sanitized for Your Protection by Stephan Pastis In this fourth volume of Timmy Failure's memoirs, Timmy is forced to hit the road in a cross-country trip that includes Timmy's mom, Total the polar bear, Doorman Dave, and smells-like-a-tangerine criminal mastermind Molly Moskins. It's a world gone... View Details
Quick view Roman Diary: The Journal of Iliona, Young Slave by Richard Platt Iliona never imagined that her sea voyage from Greece to Egypt would lead her to Rome. But when her ship is boarded by pirates, that s where she ends up as a slave. Separated from her brother, Apollo, Iliona is soon at the whim of her owners, and the... View Details
Quick view Zebra Forest by Adina Rishe Gerwitz In an extraordinary debut novel, an escaped fugitive upends everything two siblings think they know about their family, their past, and themselves. View Details
Quick view Hello, I'm Johnny Cash by Greg Neri There's never been anyone like music legend Johnny Cash. His deep voice is instantly recognizable, and his heartfelt songs resonate with listeners of all ages and backgrounds. G. Neri captures Johnny's story in beautiful free verse, portraying an... View Details
Quick view Dolls of Hope by Shirley Parenteau When eleven-year-old Chiyo Tamura is sent from her home in a small Japanese mountain village to a girls' school in the city of Tsuchiura, she never imagines that she will soon be in Tokyo helping to welcome more than twelve thousand Friendship Dolls... View Details
Quick view Darby by Jonathon Scott Fuqua Darby Carmichael and her best friend Evette live in South Carolina in 1926. The girls cannot visit each others' homes because Darby is white and Evette is black--but they don't let that stop them from escaping to the woods to play. View Details
Quick view The Exquisite Corpse Adventure: A Progressive Story Game by M T Anderson Twenty top kids' authors and illustrators, including Jon Sciezka, Kate DiCamillo, Jack Gantos, Lemony Snicket, and Chris Van Dusen, collaborate on this zany, progressive story filled with werewolves, mad scientists, a talking pig, and 11-year-old twins... View Details
Quick view Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun by Liz Kessler Neptune, King of the ocean, sends half-mermaids Emily and Aaron to the land of the midnight sun to investigate the source of the dangerous storms brewing in the ocean. View Details
Quick view Emily Windsnap and the Castle in the Mist by Liz Kessler When she incurs Neptune's wrath by finding a diamond ring buried under rocks in the ocean, Emily is put under a curse that will force her to choose to be either a mermaid or a human and split up her parents forever. View Details
Quick view Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep by Eleanor Farjeon Elsie Piddock has such a talent for rope skipping that the fairies on nearby Mount Caburn award her a magical rope and, many years later at the age of 109, Elsie returns to skip again and save the mountain from the destructive plans of the greedy new... View Details
Quick view Graven Images by Paul Fleischman Now back in print with stunning new cover art, Fleischman's Newbery Honor Book featuring three twisted tales of figurines that have a mysterious power over those who come in contact with them. View Details
Quick view Freakling by Lana Krumwiede In twelve-year-old Taemon's city, everyone has a power called psi -- the ability to move and manipulate objects with their minds. When Taemon loses his psi in a traumatic accident, he must hide his lack of power by any means possible. But a humiliating... View Details