Bestselling and award-winning author Kate Messner takes readers on a heart-filling journey as a boy finds his path to healing.An instant New York Times bestseller! • A USA Today bestseller! • Read with Jenna Jr. Summer Reading List Pick!"Genuinely moving." —The New York Times Book Review • "Explores the healing power of hiking." —NPR's All Things ConsideredKirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year • School Library Journal Best Book of the Year • Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year: Middle Grade • The Week Jr. Best Book of the Year • Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year • An NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Honor Book • The Week Jr.'s Book Club PickOne summer.46 mountain peaks.A second chance to make things right.Finn Connelly is nothing like his dad, a star athlete and firefighter hero who always ran toward danger until he died two years ago. Finn is about to fail seventh grade and has never made headlines . . . until now. Caught on camera vandalizing a cemetery, he's in big trouble fo
The Scariest Kitten in the World is a hilarious picture book by Kate Messner and illustrated by MacKenzie Haley in the vein of The Monster at the End of This Book about a not-so-scary kitten and a not-too-terrifying haunted house. WARNING! This is a VERY scary story. It is the most spine-chilling story anyone could ever read. It takes place in a horrifying haunted house (okay, not that terrifying) . . .with a creepy creature (well, maybe not that creepy) . . .and its frightening friends (but are they that frightening?). Seriously. You're going to be scared right out of your underpants by these guys! There's no way they're the cutest little critters you've ever seen . . . right? Packed with humor and heart and adorable illustrations, this not-quite-scary story will keep you laughing until the very last page.
In their fourth adventure, classroom mice Fergus and Zeke―after a few false starts―jump into a creative project to help the kids mark the one hundredth day of school.Fergus and Zeke love being the cla
In this latest book in the acclaimed Over and Under series, a spectacular hike reveals the hidden wonders, rich colors, and layers of wildlife living within a thriving desert slot-canyon.Over and Unde
pandemic.Before he was Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci was a curious boy in Brooklyn, delivering prescriptions from his father’s pharmac
An inspiring and informative book for kids about the past and future of America's presidents. Who will be the NEXT president? Could it be you? When George Washington became the first president of th
Acclaimed author Kate Messner blends a hijinks-filled mystery with the timely #MeToo movement in a heartfelt and important new novel.When Mia moves to Vermont the summer after seventh grade, she’s rec
Nora Tucker is looking forward to summer vacation in Wolf Creek--two months of swimming, popsicles, and brushing up on her journalism skills for the school paper. But when two inmates break out of the
Kirby "Zig" Zigonski lives for the world of simple circuits, light bulbs, buzzers, and motors. Electronics are, after all, much more predictable than most people--especially his father, who he hasn't
After a concussion that effects her balance, memory, and other abilities, twelve-year-old Kat goes to I-Can, the "Miracle Clinic in the Swamp," where she joins forces with other patients to expose plo
A fast-paced mystery from the author of CAPTURE THE FLAG!Jose, Anna, and Henry are junior members of the secret Silver Jaguar Society, sworn to protect the world's most important artifacts. When they
In the not-too-distant future, huge tornadoes and monster storms have become a part of everyday life. Sent to spend the summer in the heart of storm country with her meteorological engineer father, Ja
For Claire Boucher, life is all about skating on the frozen cow pond and in the annual Maple Show right before the big pancake breakfast on her family's farm. But all that changes when Russian skating
Gianna Z has less than one week to collect, identify, and creatively display 25 leaves for her science project—or else she won’t be able to compete in the upcoming cross-country race. As the deadline
When the world's greatest masterpieces are stolen, it's up to three kids to track down the culprits!Henry, Anna, and Jose head from Boston to Paris for their most dangerous mission yet: to solve the m
Three kids get caught up in an adventure of historic proportions!Anna, Jose, and Henry are complete strangers with more in common than they realize. Snowed in together at a chaotic Washington D.C. air
