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My cat Barney died this Friday. I was very sad. My mother said we could have a funeral for him, and I should think of ten good things about Barney so I cou...

One teen's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl—and she has deman...

Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–unti...

When Eliza Hart, the most popular girl at Ventana Ranch boarding school, is found dead, Ellie Sokoloff is determined to figure out what happened to her. Aft...

Ten-year-old Danny Is Bored And Lonely When He Hops On The Back Of The Exciting And Somewhat Scary Tiger That Offers Him A Ride, But He Soon Discovers That ...

The bestselling "It's a Girl Thing" has a new little sister that's just right for younger girls curious about what puberty will bring. Illustrations. ...

It's 1851 and Lucy Spencer's family is keeping a secret. Their Ohio home is a station on the Underground Railroad, the network of people and places that he...

Living With Her Warden Father In An Apartment Above A 1950s Prison, Cammie O'reilly Struggles To Come To Terms With The Loss Of Her Mother, Who Died Saving ...

offering A Fun, Sassy, And Girl-power–inspired Approach To Understanding Puberty, This Beautifully Packaged Guide Offers Tweens An Appealing And Fresh Take...

Corlie Roux’s farm life in South Africa is not easy: the Transvaal is beautiful, but it is also a harsh place where the heat can be so intense that the v...

Baseball Hall of Famer Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1906 - 1982) changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Much has been written about t...

With Over A Quarter Of A Million Copies Sold, This Accessible, Bestselling Picture Book Phenomenon About The Unbreakable Connections Between Loved Ones Has ...

A Stonewall Children's & Young Adult Honor Book! In the wake of a destructive tornado, one girl develops feelings for another in this stunning, tender...

From award-winning YA author Brandy Colbert comes a debut middle-grade novel about the only two Black girls in town who discover a collection of hidden jour...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, Evangeline, tells the story of two young people deported from beautiful Acadie just before they are to be married a...

Best-selling author Robert Munsch's poignant story is about a little girl and how she begins to heal after the loss of her grandfather.Young Sarah Gillis ca...

The stunning finale of the epic fantasy duology from New York Times bestselling author Beth Revis. Alchemy student turned necromancer Nedra Brysstain has m...

Once upon a time there was a place called Sam-sam-sa-mara, where the animals and the people lived and worked together like they didn't know they weren't su...

Newbery Honor medalist Ann M. Martin's "unforgettable" (Booklist, starred) family story, now in paperback "In 1963, Ellie's mother, Doris Day Dingman, was...

You’ve got mail … lots of it! Author Nancy Rue loves getting letters from her readers, but finding the time to answer them has always been a challenge. ...

Girls approaching puberty have lots of questions: How can they get rid of zits? Why do they sometimes feel cranky and scared? Are they "normal"? With a rel...

Mealworms are small creatures that live in dark secret places. Jeremy is a bit like that when he leaves his home in rural Nova Scotia and moves to Toronto w...

Knowledge is power, girlfriend. One day you were an easy-going kid, and the next—wham! You’re an emotional roller-coaster. Hair is growing in all-new p...

Events Surrounding The Hit And Run Accident Of A Popular High School Student Are Told From The Viewpoints Of Those Involved, Including The Victim.Categories...

Charlie is in big trouble Dangeroos, Mimics, Netherstalkers, and worse are everywhere, and the danger to our world has never been greater. The Named have s...

Brandon is the biggest and toughest kid in his small-town school. He is feared as a bully, but he only pretends to be "dumb as a bag of hammers," so he can ...

A Hilarious, High-stakes Quest To Redeem A Family Name! Bonus: There May Be Gold. Chris Dearing Comes From A Long Line Of Losers And A History Of Bad Luck T...

After Fifteen-year-old Liz Hall Is Hit By A Taxi And Killed, She Finds Herself In A Place That Is Both Like And Unlike Earth, Where She Must Adjust To Her N...

josh Mendel Has A Secret. Unfortunately, Everyone Knows What It Is.five Years Ago, Josh’s Life Changed. Drastically. And Everyone In His School, His Town—...

The story is told in the form of an allegory featuring a family of bears. This child-centered look at family violence encourages victims to take action to h...

What can you do to help yourself (and others) feel happier? This book is packed full of activities and ideas to try with family, friends and on your own. S...

Meet a guardian angel like no other, from a writer like no other. Bold rising star, Victoria Schwab, makes her whimsical, inspiring, and clever middle-grade...

In the quiet of Hog's Hollow, each member of the River family pursues a dream. Old Man River sets out to build a fallout shelter in case the war in Vietnam ...

It's the monster hunters' last chance to stop an all-out monster war! We're under attack! The last of the mega-monsters known as the Named are fighting the...

Tessa Reynolds is finishing up her junior year of high school. She's just had a humiliating experience at the prom, and she's constantly struggling with h...

seventeen-year-old Cassie Morgan Lives With A Time Bomb (a.k.a. Her Stepfather, Dino Cavalli). To The Public, Dino Is A World-renowned Violin Player And C...

No brand is more trusted among teens and young women than Seventeen. The monthly magazine's more than 13 million devoted readers know it is the place to le...

escaping From The Protective Walls Of Wealth And Privilege, A Young Girl Discovers The Harsh World Outside, Where Some People Don't Have As Much As Others....

There's never been anyone quite like Annie Bananie. So when she has to move away, her playmate cannot believe it -- until she realizes that even far apart, ...

Events Surrounding The Hit And Run Accident Of A Popular High School Student Are Told From The Viewpoints Of Those Involved, Including The Victim. Lurlene M...

Brenna is able to deal with the death of her parents and her crushing load of grief when she is directed to the word of God by her uncle, who is a preacher....

Seventeen-year-old Erich is a prisoner of war working at a northern Alberta logging camp. Twelve-year-old Max goes to school―reluctantly―in the nearby t...

"An inspiring story that looks at classism, the true breadth of what is beautiful, and standing up for ourselves that will be a welcome read for kids who m...

Winner of the 2011 Coretta Scott King Author Award A 2011 Newbery Honor Book Eleven-year-old Delphine has it together. Even though her mother, Cecile, aba...

A reissue of Pam Munoz Ryan's bestselling backlist with a distinctive new author treatment. Esperanza thought she'd always live with her family on their ra...

Survival Strategy #50: If You Can, Be Brave It's easy to be brave when your eight-year-old sister, Billie, looks up to you as her protector. Twelve-year-ol...

hailey Abbott’s Summer Boys Takes A Weepy Turn In This Story Of One Girl’s Attempt To Tell Her Childhood Friend How She Really Feels About Him. Alex Though...

When it was first published, Crossing Bok Chitto took readers by surprise. This moving and original story about the intersection of Native and African Amer...