A middle school teacher and a counselor for college admissions essay writing present a collection of unconventional essays by leading writers to challenge how students think about essays using imagina
Evie feels unsettled and sad after her parents divorce, her father remarries and takes the family dog, and his new wife becomes pregnant, but a cooking class and helping the elderly lady next door wit
Accidentally bringing her mother's lunch to school and discovering that the lunch contains a paring knife, seventh-grader Sierra Shepard attempts to turn the knife in to the principal's office and is
"She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know where she is, or why. All she knows when she comes to in a ransacked cabin is that there are two men arguing over whether or not to kill her. And that sh
Kate and Lucie are best friends. Kate is neat and Lucie is messy. Kate wakes up early and Lucie loves to sleep in. But both girls love, love, love dogs! Unfortunately, Kate and Lucie live in apartment
During a summer visit, 12-year-old Lucy Crandall must come to terms with both her grandmother’s failing memory and how her mentally-challenged neighbor will impact her popularity when both enter the s
Getting to feel at home in a new countryYoon’s name means "shining wisdom," and when she writes it in Korean, it looks happy, like dancing figures. But her father tells her that she must learn to writ
A dramatic and accessibly told recreation of the 16th president's assassination adapts the author's historical thriller for younger readers, combining age-appropriate text with abundant photographs to
With his older brother gone to fight in the Great War and his father prone to sudden rages, fourteen-year-old Stanley devotes himself to taking care of the family’s greyhound and puppies. Until the mo
Ed is a friend of Ted. Ted has a dog named Fred. Fred does not like Ed. When Fred bites Ed’s head, animosity is spread! This laugh-out-loud story from the popular and hilarious collection The Cat on t
The sun comes up, and Miss Lina’s ballerinas go to ballet class. They jump! They spin! They point their toes! But when class is over, Miss Lina’s ballerinas keep dancing wherever they go. Based on the
Ed is a friend of Ted. Ted has a dog named Fred. Fred does not like Ed. When Fred bites Ed’s head, animosity is spread! This laugh-out-loud story from the popular and hilarious collection The Cat on t
Tess and Lizzie are sisters, sisters as close as can be, who share a secret world filled with selkies, flying horses, and a girl who can transform into a wolf in the middle of the night. But when Liz
Emma has just learned that her mother is a long-lost Poseidon princess and now struggles with an identity crisis: As a Half-Breed, she’s a freak in the human world and an abomination in the Syrena rea
Trapped in a superstore by a series of escalating disasters, including a monster hailstorm and terrifying chemical weapons spill, brothers Dean and Alex learned how to survive and worked together with
Using a bogus name, the League of Picklemakers, sixth-grader Ben and three recruits start a prank-pulling club that could possibly receive funding from their middle school's PTA.
When a crocodile captures Mrs. Chicken and takes her to an island to fatten her up, clever Mrs. Chicken claims that she can prove they are sisters and that, therefore, the crocodile shouldn't eat her.
When her request for a dog is rejected by her parents, Stella resolves to adopt a one-legged pigeon and fights her scabby-kneed brother and a local liar to catch the bird, who already has a home in an
When musical prodigy, Elvis Ruby, completely freezes up on television, he is forced to hide out in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, where he spends the summer working with his aunt and cousin at Piney
Familiar hands tossed him gently into the winter air. Hawk flapped his wings and skimmed the earth. Then he beat his wings harder, rose, and flew over the trees. And straight as an arrow, Hawk soared
Quebrado has been a slave on captain Bernadino de Talavera's pirate ship for years, but when a hurricane sinks the ship and kills most of the crew, Quebrado escapes to safety and finds acceptance and
Engrossing tales from the fifth gradeEvery child is like A little world with ever-changing weather,Nights and mornings. And somehow, here we are,Spinning through the universe together. Unforgettable s
In 1938, Edith Westerfeld, a young German Jew, is sent by her parents to Chicago, Illinois, where she lives with an aunt and uncle and tries to assimilate into American culture, while worrying about h
When sixteen-year-old Telemachos and his two best friends, one a centaur, leave their life of privilege to undertake a quest to find Telemachos's father Odysseus, they learn much along the way about w
In the aftermath of her mother's murder by a cruel man who possesses expert hunting and tracking skills, 14-year-old Angel runs for her life, trying to prevent becoming the next victim and struggling
Forced to move to another school after her ADHD gets the best of her, Doreen resolves to do better despite her younger sister's growing popularity and mounting financial stresses at home, challenges s
An acclaimed poet and an award-winning artist collaborate to create a special collection of poetry for young readers, capturing elements that children love through exciting text and vivid illustration
Relates the harrowing tale from World War I in which two towns were leveled and nearly 2,000 people killed when two warships collided in Halifax Harbour and then a blizzard dumped more than a foot of
Even though Henry Barker and his two brothers learned firsthand that the urban legend about danger on nearby Superstition Mountain wasn’t just a myth, this doesn’t stop them from planning their return
"Guided by a tattered map, accompanied by Thomas the Pig Boy, and inspired by the storyteller's blood that thrums through her veins, eleven-year-old Trinket searches for the seven stories she needs to
Believing that the man dating his widowed mother is a disreputable person, 12-year-old Foster bonds with a mysterious Iraq War veteran who imparts wisdom and secrets before exposing threatening charac
A teenaged girl who has the power to astrally project finds her body taken over by a dead classmate, and must find a way to reclaim it if she wants to save herself and her friend who is accused of mur
Thirteen-year-old C.J., an African-American boy, chronicles what happens to his family when his father, who temporarily left, returns home and they all must deal with their feelings of anger, hope, ab
Told through the eyes of a young boy, the sober mood of the country after the Lincoln assassination is presented as he and many other mourners await to pay their respects to their fallen president as
A personal history of the civil rights movement from activist and acclaimed journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault. On January 20, 2009, 1.8 million people crowded the grounds of the Capitol to witness the
Author of War Horse, and bestselling storyteller Michael Morpurgo touched our hearts with this beautiful story of a boy, his lost dog, and the lengths he would go to be reunited. This timely story of
He was a child of royalty, born and raised to defend tradition. But his African name—Rolihlahla, meaning "tree shaker"—hinted at a very different future. Nelson Mandela would spend most of his life sh
Set in the current day, this is the final book in Morris Gleitzman's series that began with Once, continued with Then and is . . . Now.Felix is a grandfather. He has achieved much in his life and is w
