Fiction

Gus, who has big plans to get out of his hometown of Nowhere, is rescued from a bully by Rossi Scott, who gives up her dirt bike as a result, and Gus and his friends go into Dead Frenchman Mine to search for gold to buy a new bike for Rossi before her bigrace.

While his father works two jobs, seventh-grader Efrén Nava must take care of his twin siblings, kindergartners Max and Mia, after their mother is deported to Mexico. Includes a glossary of Spanish words.

When a racist incident rocks her small Michigan town, eleven-year-old Lekha must decide whether to speak up or stay silent, even as she struggles to navigate her life at home, where she can be herself, and at school, where she is teased about her culture.

When twelve-year-old Zinnia Manning's older brother Gabriel is diagnosed with bipolar disorder, it turns her family's world upside-down, especially since they are keeping the information private.

Lotta loves to hear Great-grandmother Erika tell stories of her childhood, herding reindeer in the snowy north of Norway. Lotta dreams of having such adventures, too. Little does she know that her wish is about to come true.

This is book 2 in the Winter Journeys series.  To see previous (or subsequent to this posting!) books in the series, click here.

When eleven-year-old Becca, a quadruplet, finds a sick piglet on the side of the road, her life is changed forever.

When Earth is threatened by an invading race of bugs called the Plague, 11-year-old Finn, his arch-nemesis, Lincoln, his crush, Julep, and one pink unicorn lunchbox become Earth's last best hope against destruction

Thirteen-year-olds Quinn Parker and Mike Warren uncover the awful truth about their strange neighbors and the gruesome secret of how they stay young.

A friendless girl who has developed a knack for keeping her head down at school resists a red-headed newcomer who wants to make friends, before the two are paired for a class assignment that she hopes will secure her position on the debate team.

Best friends Pearl, Millie, and Halinka decide to enter a contest run by an astronaut to build a flying machine, but when a fire ruins their prototype, they have to improvise to meet the deadline.

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