Fiction

Polly loves words, writing, and telling stories, so when she finds a fancy book on her doorstep labeled "Special Delivery from the Writing and Spelling Department for Polly Diamond" she is thrilled; and when she finds that anything she writes in it actually happens she is really excited--but Polly soon realizes that she has to be very careful what she writes because that kind of power can be dangerous.

Three-Ring Rascals is the first series for newly independent readers from Kate and M. Sarah Klise. Bursting with humor and wordplay complemented by illustrations, documents, and graphics.

Horrible Harry is a children's book series written by Suzy Kline between 1988 and 2019. It is normally used in American elementary schools for teaching reading. It is based on a 2nd (later 3rd) grader named Harry, and his misadventures are told through the words of his best friend, Doug.

Captain Awesome Books by Stan Kirby from Simon & Schuster. Imaginative second-grader Eugene McGillicudy protects the town of Sunnyview as his alter ego named Captain Awesome with his best friend Charlie Thomas Jones and sidekick Turbo the hamster in this entertaining chapter book series.

"Marisol, who has a big imagination and likes to name inanimate objects, has a tree in her backyard named Peppina...but she's way too scared to climb it. Will Marisol find the courage to climb Peppina? Maybe"

Five friends are ready for their school's Olympics field day. There will be relay races, archery contests, and more! But not everyone wants to play fair—someone is trying to ruin the events! Can the kids in the Most Valuable Player club solve the mystery, save the Olympics, and take home the gold?

Freddie finds a mysterious package outside his apartment containing sneakers that allow him to run faster than a train, and inspire him to perform heroic deeds.

Sisters Twig and Turtle experience adventures and challenges with family, friends, and school as they adjust to living in a tiny house.

A boy with a bird in his chest navigates all the perils of adolescence while learning to accept and celebrate his queerness. Arriving during the yearly floods in Morning, Montana, Owen is born with a mysterious heart ailment. His mother, Janice, takes him home, expecting the worst. Instead, she awakens one morning to see a baby bird settled “inside the rib cage, next to his heart and lungs.” So begins Owen’s life as a boy with a secret, a boy who is kept inside by his mother, a boy with only the bird, Gail, for company.

1629: A newly orphaned young girl named Mayken is bound for the Dutch East Indies on the Batavia, one of the greatest ships of the Dutch Golden Age. Curious and mischievous, Mayken spends the long journey going on misadventures above and below the deck, searching for a mythical monster. But the true monsters might be closer than she thinks. 1989: A lonely boy named Gil is sent to live off the coast of Western Australia among the seasonal fishing community where his late mother once resided. There, on the tiny reef-shrouded island, he discovers the story of an infamous shipwreck.