Everyone in Ms. Rooney's class has a special person to be kind to during the December holidays, but Emily has a tough time trying to make Jill Simon, the class crybaby, happy
It's September again.What does it mean for Richard "Beast" Best to be left back? It means being teased by his old friends while he's stuck facing the same old teacher in the same old classroom. He eve
A story of the American Revolution from two-time Newbery Honor–winning author Patricia Reilly Giff. While staying with her aunt, Elizabeth finds something remarkable: a drawing. It hangs on the wall,
A contemporary and irresistible story from Patricia Reilly GiffLidie lives in Jales, Brazil, where she’s free to ride, to be a wild girl, and to dream of going to live with her father and older brothe
Challenged by a rival school to a race, the Zigzag Zebras, under the guidance of coach Ramon, practice hard by running everywhere inside and outside of the school, an effort that is challenged by Gina
It's 1944, W.W. II is raging. Jayna's big brother Rob is her only family. When Rob is called to duty on a destroyer, Jayna is left in their small town in upstate New York with their cranky landlady. B
The kids of the Polk Street School run into plenty of surprises on a two-day trip to the nation's capital and all its sites; includes maps and a children's guide to Washington attractions.
Thirteen-year-old American girl Genevieve has spent the summer of 1939 at her grandmother’s farm in Alsace, France. Then she makes an impulsive choice: to stay in France. It proves to be a dangerous d
Almost twelve-year-old Siria, who chases firetrucks in the middle of the night to ensure her fire fighter dad's safety, learns about bravery one winter as she tries to mend a broken friendship.
Brooklyn, 1875: Bird Mallon lives on Water Street where you can see the huge towers of the bridge to Manhattan being built. Bird wants nothing more in life than to be brave enough to be a healer, lik
This year, as in other years, Lily has planned a spectacular summer in Rockaway, in her family's cozy house on stilts over the Atlantic Ocean. But by the summer of 1944, World War II has changed almos
February is fun.It's time for everyone in Ms. Rooney's room to make cards for the Valentine box. Emily Arrow couldn't be happier when Dawn Bosco gives her some colored stars to decorate her cards. She
Newbery Honor BookALA Notable BookYALSA Best Book for Young AdultsHollis Woods was abandoned as an infant, and runs away from every foster home. When elderly artist Josie takes her in, Hollis begins t
