Quick view The Aurora County All-Stars by Deborah Wiles Twelve-year-old House Jackson, star pitcher and team captain of the Aurora County All-Stars, has been sidelined for a year with a broken elbow. Now that he's healed, the biggest game of the season is set for the same day as the pageant for the county's... View Details
Quick view The Apple and the Arrow by Conrad Buff Winner of a 1952 Newbery Honor Medal, this story of William Tell and his 12-year-old son, Walter, is now available in a special 50th anniversary dual edition. In 1291, William Tell is ordered by an Austrian tyrant to shoot an apple balanced atop... View Details
Quick view Taking Sides by Gary Soto Having moved from the barrio to the suburbs, Lincoln Mendoza is still loyal to his home team--even though he's playing basketball for another school now. When the two teams face each other, Lincoln learns something about winning, loyalty, change, and... View Details
Quick view Help Wanted: Stories by Gary Soto Soto takes readers into the lives of young people in this collection of ten funny, heartbreaking tales, and reveals the hopes of today's teens. View Details
Quick view Harris and Me: A Summer Remembered by Gary Paulsen Sent to live with relatives on their farm because of his unhappy home life, an eleven-year-old city boy meets his distant cousin Harris and is given an introduction to a whole new world. View Details
Quick view Guppies in Tuxedos by Marvin Terban A person or place that becomes a word is an eponym, and here we have the surprising stories behind more than a hundred eponymous words. View Details
Quick view Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes This charming Newbery Medal winning classic introduces Ginger Pye, the smartest dog you'll ever know. Jerry Pye and his sister, Rachel, feel pretty smart themselves for buying Ginger. It was the best dollar they ever spent. Ginger steals... View Details
Quick view Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles Wiles has created a unique, funny, and utterly real cast of characters in this heartfelt, and quintessentially Southern coming-of-age novel. Ten-year-old Comfort Snowberger will charm readers with her wit, her warmth, and her struggles, as she learns... View Details
Quick view Dying to Meet You by Kate Klise The creators of the Regarding the . . . series begin a clever new series set in a Victorian mansion occupied by an irritable ghost, told in letters, drawings, newspaper articles, and even an occasional tombstone engraving. Illustrations. View Details
Quick view Deep and Dark and Dangerous by Mary Downing Hahn Ali finds an old photograph and recognizes her mother and her aunt as children, but a third person has been torn out of the picture. Who could it be? Then Ali meets Sissy, a mean and spiteful girl who has a secret. Could it have something to do with... View Details
Quick view Black Star, Bright Dawn by Scott O'Dell A young Eskimo girl encounters frightening obstacles when she takes her father's place in the Iditarod, the annual 1,172-mile dogsled race in Alaska. View Details
Quick view Baseball in the Barrios by Henry Horenstein Hubaldo's life as a fifth grader in a barrio in Venezuela centers around his love for the country's most popular sport, its teams, and its players. View Details
