Life for Dinora Diaz, DeeDee for short, is full of D’s. Missing her dad, who’s disappeared. Being diagnosed with diabetes. Feeling dumb in fourth grade at her new school, which she transferred into—le
Fourth grade’s tough. But how much trouble can one kid get into when he’s just trying to help his sister?When Sandro Zapote finds out his little sister needs heart surgery, he is determined to help hi
Winner of the 2012 Batchelder AwardBased on a real series of events that happened during World War II, Soldier Bear tells the story of an orphaned bear cub adopted by a group of Polish soldiers in Ira