A wonderful middle-grade novel narrated by Kenny, 9, about his middle-class black family, the Weird  Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Kenny's  13-year-old brother, Byron, gets to be too much trouble,  they head South to... [More...]

Of all Nick's ideas, the frindle is his most successful. What's a frindle? It's a pen, or what used to be called a pen before Nick began his brilliant campaign. Soon much of the nation is crazy about frindles—except for Mrs. Granger, Nick's teacher,... [More...]

SHADOW CHILDREN
Luke has never been to school. He's never had a birthday party, or gone to a friend's house for an overnight. In fact, Luke has never had a friend.
Luke is one of the shadow children, a third child forbidden by the Population Police.... [More...]

As ruler of Dimwood Forest, Ocax the hoot owl has promised to protect the mice occupying an abandoned farmhouse as long as they ask permission before "moving about." Poppy, a timid dormouse, is a loyal, obedient subject—until she sees Ocax devour her... [More...]

By the age of 12, Charlotte Parkhurst knows the world of the 1860s holds more opportunities for boys than girls. So she cuts off her hair, dons boy's clothing and begins a new life that gives her many privileges, including the right to vote. Finalist for... [More...]

Since her birth, Ella of Frell has been the unfortunate recipient of an addled fairy's gift—the "gift" of obedience. But spunky Ella does not tamely accept her fate and embarks on a quest to break this curse once and for all!

While her family is restoring an old house in Lawrence, Kansas, 12-year-old Dana discovers the diary of a Quaker woman whose family sheltered runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad.

Believing herself to be a frontier child in 1840, Jessie is shocked when her mother reveals a secret—it's really 1996. After a diphtheria outbreak strikes the village children, Jessie must venture out into the modern world where she faces a wealth of... [More...]

Farmer Brown thinks it's odd when he hears the sounds of typing coming from the barn, but his troubles really begin when his cows start leaving him notes. First they demand better working conditions, then they stage a strike! Full color.

Accidentally knocked into a bird's nest, a baby fruit bat is adopted by the birds. And when she's finally reunited with her mother and the other bats, she learns that the differences between bats and birds are much less significant than her newfound... [More...]