Call Me Oklahoma!
Paige Turner starts fourth grade with a new name in hopes of being more bold and brave, especially when dealing with class bully Viveca and overcoming her stagefright.
2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist
Paige Turner starts fourth grade with a new name in hopes of being more bold and brave, especially when dealing with class bully Viveca and overcoming her stagefright.
The Girls Who Code series is a mashup of the Babysitters Club and Computer Science 101. A group of four or five (depending which book in the series you are on) diverse tween girls navigate friendship, life, coding and hackathons while the authors drop some code fragments into the storyline.
While trying to hide an incriminating report card and dodge meddling siblings, fifth-grade twins Hunter and Zack set out to save their town from a diabolical dentist who is planning to blow it to smithereens.
A child reveals the exciting vacations his parents insist upon, including a trip to Maine that ends up in a hurricane, a visit to a Florida swamp and the alligators that live there, and a New Year's in Mexico.
In the African village of Kosawa, people live in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by a large and powerful American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water. Promises of clean up and financial reparations to the villagers are made, and ignored. The country's government, led by a corrupt, brazen dictator, exists to serve its own interest. Left with few choices, the people of Kosawa decide to fight the American corporation. Doing so will come at a steep price.
After receiving a brain cancer diagnosis, wealthy Dava Shastri leaks news of her death early so she can examine her legacy--a decision that horrifies her children and exposes a lifetime of secrets.
The Ghosthunters series by Cornelia Funke is a hilarious, fun, compelling collection of tales about a boy named Max who befriends a ghost living in his cellar and an old eccentric ghosthunting woman. Together the trio fights off troublesome ghosts and learn how to overcome fears and the most insurmountable obstacles.
The Mallory McDonald series is a collection of 27 primary works written by Laurie B. Friedman. The series revolves around the life of Mallory McDonald, an eight year old girl who loves to write and has a vivid imagination.
A nine-year-old East Indian boy tries to adjust to his new life in suburban America.
Third-grader Jeremy dreads going to a new school when his family moves, so he decides to reinvent himself, hoping his new classmates will be impressed.