As children, Jennifer and Cameron were best friends. After Cameron disappears, Jennifer has lost the only person who understands her. Now in high school, she is shocked when Cameron suddenly reappears, and they are both confronted wit...
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...
Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the...
Judy BlumeMEET THE PAIN:My sister's name is Abigail. I call her The Great One because she thinks she's so great. Who cares if she's in third grade and I'm just in first?MEET THE GREAT ONE:My brother's name is Jacob Edward, but everyone calls hi...
The Berenstain Bears and Too Much Pre...
Stan BerenstainSister and Brother Bear have activities every day after school, and Mama andPapa have their own interests, too. There isn't much time left over forhomework, household chores, or just plain family fun. As the Bears' lives growmore hect...
Peter's Chair (Picture Puffin)
Ezra Jack KeatsGenerations of children have read, re-read, and loved Ezra Jack Keats's award-winning, classic stories about Peter and his neighborhood friends. Now, for the first time, Peter's Chair, A Letter to Amy, and Goggles! are available in pa...
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from 'a peach is not ...
More More More,' Said the Baby (A Cal...
Vera B. WilliamsHere are Little Guy, Little Pumpkin,and Little Bird. Their grownups love then. So will you.
Introducing Tracy Beaker, 10-year-old girl-wonder and the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress . . . sort of. Tracy Beaker's not exactly sure what her mother does, because Tracy has been in foster care for as long as she can remembe...
Regan's brother Liam can't stand the person he is during the day. Like the moon from whom Liam has chosen his female namesake, his true self, Luna, only reveals herself at night-in the secrecy of his basement bedroom Liam transforms h...
There are lots of things regular people can do, but grandmas can't. Grandmas can't bake your favorite cookies by themselves. And sometimes they can't laugh without tears coming out of their eyes. Grandmas can't let you go to bed witho...
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Red Shoes...
Maj LindmanOne day, Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr decided to buy their mother the perfect birthday present--a pair of red shoes. So they set out to earn some money. Things did not go exactly as planned, but in the end, Mother was very surprised!.
Double Trouble... As usual, Fudge is driving his older brother, Peter, crazy. But life really spins out of control when Peter and his family meet their long-lost relatives, the Hatchers. Now Peter has to deal with his weird cousin,...
IIt's great that the hero on the archetypal quest here is a young woman in search of courage and identity....The storytelling is comic and affectionate, each chapter building to its own dramatic climax. Sal's voice is sometimes lost a...
'I will be as wild as I wanna be.'After getting tossed from her posh boarding school, wild, willful, and coffee addicted Cyd Charisse returns to San Francisco to live with her parents. But there's no way Cyd can survive in her parents...
"I felt like I was going to my own execution...." Cat had listened patiently as the other three girls in Dr. Marlowe's therapy group shared their innermost feelings. They had described their broken families honestly, to the...
Ruby Holler (Joanna Cotler Books)
Sharon Creech'Trouble twins' Dallas and Florida are orphans who have given up believing there is such a thing as a loving home. Tiller and Sairy are an eccentric older couple who live in the beautiful, mysterious Ruby Holler, but they're restless ...
Michael was looking forward to moving into a new house. But now his baby sister is ill, his parents are frantic, and Doctor Death has come to call. Michael feels helpless. Then he steps into the crumbling garage and encounters a stran...
The One in the Middle Is the Green Ka...
Judy BlumeLately second grader Freddy Dissel has that left-out kind of feeling. Life can be lonely when you're the middle kid in the family who feels like 'the peanut butter part of a sandwich,' squeezed between an older brother and little sist...
The Little Scarecrow Boy is the lightest and brightest picture book from one of the most renowned children's writers ever: Margaret Wise Brown, author of Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny. Caldecott winner David Diaz's illustration...
Spot loves spending time with his Mom.Whether playing hide-and-seek, baking a cake, or reading his favorite story, Spot and Mommy have lots of fun together. Perfect for Mother's Day and all year long, this touching and heartwarming...
Primrose Squarp simply knows her parents did not perish at sea during a terrible storm, but try convincing the other residents of Coal Harbour on that score. For all practical purposes, at least for the time being, Primrose is an orph...
Helen Oxenbury's delightful board books, featuring her sweet and cuddly babies at play, are back with a whole new look.
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of ...
Leslye WaltonA 2015 William C. Morris YA Debut Award FinalistMagical realism, lyrical prose, and the pain and passion of human love haunt this hypnotic generational saga. Foolish love appears to be the Roux family birthright, an ominous forecast f...
Cool Zone with the Pain and the Great...
Judy BlumeThe perfect chapter book!The Pain and the Great One hardly agree on anything. But deep down, they know they can count on each other, especially at school, where it often takes two to figure things out. Like when that first baby tooth ...
Friend or Fiend? with the Pain and th...
Judy BlumeThis dynamic bestselling author/illustrator duo captures the ups and downs of everyday life in this chapter book offering fun and perfectly narrated short stories—for kids who can already read, like the Great One, or for kids who ar...
The summer before Ivy's senior year is going to be golden-all bonfires, barbeques, and spending time with her best friends. For once, she will just get to be. No summer classes, none of Granddad's intense expectations to live up to th...
Kate Malone is a successful teen who is eagerly awaiting her acceptance from her dream college, yet when her neighbor's home is destroyed and she is forced to share a room with her enemy, Kate finds herself having to reevaluate her li...
Mystery Ranch (Boxcar Children)
Gertrude Chandler WarnerAunt Jane, their grandfather's sister, is a very unhappy woman who hasn't spoken to her brother in years. The Boxcar Children try to help her, but isn't until the end of the summer that they learn about Aunt Jane's secret.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing
Judy BlumeTwo is a crowd when Peter and his four-year-old brother, Fudge, are in the same room. Grown-ups think Fudge is absolutely adorable, but Peter and his pet turtle, Dribble, know the truth. Fudge is actually a tiny terror in disguise, ca...
The third and final breathtaking book in the Sweet Trilogy by Wendy Higgins...* * *It's time. Evil is running rampant and sweet Anna Whitt is its target. Nobody knows when or how the Dukes will strike, but Anna and her Nephilim...