Diary entries reveal thirteen-year-old April Sinclair's complicated best-friend/love triangle, her new friendship, a busy dance team schedule, and a closer relationship with Matt Parker that surprises
Combines rhyming text and engaging illustrations in an introduction to the concept of alliteration that offers skill-reinforcing examples in colorful print surrounded by whimsical feline characters. S
After days of being in a cave with the rest of his herd due to torrential rains, Elmer the patchwork elephant is ready for some time alone, but first he must get help to rescue Young Elephant from an
After a rockfall blocks the hippos' river and they move to the river where the elephants live, Elmer convinces the elephants to help move the rocks so that the hippos can return home.
Relates the story of a basketball game in segregated 1944 North Carolina when a team from a white college played Coach John McLendon's North Carolina College of Negroes team.
During World War I, British and American ships were painted with bold colors and crazy patterns from bow to stern. Why would anyone put such eye-catching designs on ships?Desperate to protect ships fr
A latest adventure starring the quirky Chico Bon-Bon from Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem finds him helping his friend, Clark the elephant, tackle a perplexing dilemma at a seaside resor
Explores the experience of immigrants who came to America in the twenty-first century, celebrating the diversity of the country and hope for the future.
Examines how a team of scientists and historians unearthed a Maryland homestead from the 1600s and details the painstaking work required to restore the ruin to its former glory.
Seventeen-year-old Sephora, a surfer and artist who loves fairy tales and mythology, struggles with a secret so horrible she cannot speak it aloud, especially not to her beautiful, single mother, alth
In an alternate world where industrialization has caused many species of carbon-eating dragons to thrive, Owen, a slayer being trained by his famous father and aunt, and Siobahn, his bard, face a drag
Once a year on Elmer's Day, all the elephants decorate themselves and have a parade, and this year Elmer comes up with a plan to include the other animals as well as the elephants.
Assigned to a remote delpoyment during their mandatory time in the Oil Watch, Owen and his friends practice and turn their team into a rugged fighting unit, but things become dicey when they face off
In a fearless and unconventional love story in which the gender of the two main characters is never identified, 16-year-old Kid, who lives on the streets of Brooklyn, loves Felix, a guitarist and junk
Loosely based on a school explosion that took place in New London, Texas in 1937, this is the story of two teenagers: Naomi, who is Mexican, and Wash, who is black, and their dealings with race, segre
When Max's parents decide he is ready to give up his toy dog and take care of a real puppy, Max is thrilled to bring Monty home, but the first night the puppy behaves very badly and it seems nothing w
"April Sinclair has always looked forward to high school. But with a jealous BFF, fighting parents, and self-doubt about romance, ninth grade may be more than April bargained for"--
As a gang of urban teenagers known as the TKO Club makes random attacks on bystanders, Erica, who is dating the gang leader, wrestles with her dark side and "good kid" identity.
Through journal entries required by their social worker at a juvenile detention center, middle-schoolers Katie, Nate, and Renata relate how they came to kidnap their tormentor, Chase, a star athlete f
Sofie, sixteen, lives alone with her father, a Scottish fisherman, on New Hampshire's coast and is not prepared for the return of her pregnant mother, a Cambodian immigrant, or for the forbidden relat
"April Sinclair would like to blame someone for her mostly miserable life, and since her parents won't take responsibility, she blames the stork. Her teenage years kick off with a humiliating 13th bir
Alex has always identified herself as a baseball player, the daughter of a winning coach, but when she realizes that is not enough she begins to come to terms with her adoption and her race.
"Lenny the lion loves his grandpa, King Lion. But when King Lion starts to forget things, Lenny begins to worry. He can't understand why grandpa keeps getting muddled and doesn't want to play any more
Love, music, and heartbreak take the stage in Len Vlahos's follow-up to The Scar Boys.Told as an interview with the band after they reach the pinnacle of success, readers will hear from Cheyenne, Harr
Lark Ainsley has yearned to become an adult by having her magical energy harvested, but when she is finally chosen a special talent is revealed and, rather than become a human battery powering the dom
