Newbery Medalist Richard Peck tells a story of small-town life, gay marriage, and everyday heroes in this novel for fans of Gary Schmidt and Jack Gantos.Archer Magill has spent a lively five years of grade school with one eye out in s...

Join Joey and his sister Mary Alice as they spend nine unforgettable summers with the worst influence imaginable—their grandmother!

Mary Alice's childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel's sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to fill the double bill of any picture show. But now she is fifteen, and faces a whole long year with Grandma, a woman well known fo...

Your future lies beyond a mountain of ice, where you will die, and live again.' The wisewoman's prophecy disturbs Miranda, a maidservant who bears an uncanny resemblance to her rich and arrogant mistress, Amanda Whitwell. Thrust into ...

In this novel set during the Great Depression, 15-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her grandmother in Illinois after her father loses his job. This is a sequel to A LONG WAY FROM CHICAGO, but here Mary Alice’s brother, J...

Each year, city kids Joey and Mary Alice travel from their home in Chicago to spend part of the summer with their grandmother in rural Illinois. In eight short stories, one for each visit, Joey and Mary Alice come to appreciate their ...

In the beloved tradition of The Borrowers, The Tale of Desperaux, and The Cricket in Times Square, here is an irresistible adventure story of the tiny individuals who secretly live among us humans.Helena is the oldest of four mouse si...

When 15-year-old Russell Culver's mean old teacher drops dead shortly before school starts in August of 1904, he thinks it could be an opportunity for him to leave his Indiana farm and ride the rails out west for rollicking adventure....

Fourteen-year-old tomboy Peewee would rather tinker with cars than wear dresses or go to school, but she's in for the ride of her life when a quartet of spunky librarians arrive in her tiny Indiana town to re-open the library and tran...

The return of one of children's literature's most memorable characters is a gift indeed. The eccentric, forceful, big-hearted Grandma Dowdel is the star of the Newbery Medal–winning A Year Down Yonder and Newbery Honor–winning A L...

Set off on an amazing quest with this lovable orphaned mouse. The tiniest mouse in the Royal Mews is such a mystery he doesn’t even know his own name! He scampers off on a epic adventure in and around Buckingham Palace with a plan...

Newbery Award-winning author Richard Peck is at his very best in this fast-paced mystery adventure. Fans of The Tale of Desperaux, A Little Princess, and Stuart Little will all be captivated by this memorable story of a lovable orphan...