Twelve year old Catherine just wants a normal life, which is nearly impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his diability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules from 'no toys in the fish tank' to ' keep your pants on in public' in order to head off David's embarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, new sort o…
On the afternoon that Miri spots a piece of glass taped to the wall of her room, her world changes into something she never dreamed was possible. Undaunted by the barest of clues, the meanest of cousins and the mystery of time itself, Miri finds that magic is really just a way of setting things right.
Junior high school really sucks for thirteen-year-old Vladimir Tod, and not in the good slurp-up-the-blood kind of way. A gang of bullies harasses him daily, the principal is dogging his every move, and the girl he really likes prefers his best friend. Oh, and Vlad has to hide the fact that he's a vampire. When the one teacher he really connects with mysteriously vanishes, Vlad is determine…
Daring deeds and fantastic adventures, this book is the second part of Roald Dahl's autobiography, creates a world as bizzare and unnerving as any you will find in his fiction.
When Ben Wolf learns his senior year of high school will be his last year, period, he is determined to go out in a blaze of glory. That means not letting anyone know about his diagnosis. It means trying out for the football team. It means giving his closeminded civics teacher a daily migraine. It means going for the amazingly perfect, fascinating Dallas Suzuki. But living with a secret isn't ea…
Twelve-year-old Rosie and her best friend, Bailey, dont always get along, that's true. But Granny Torelli seems to know just how to make things right again with her interesting stories and family recipes. It's easier to remember what's important about love, life, and friendship while Granny Torrelli makes soup.
Ebenezer Scrooge is not a nice man. He is mean to his employees and mean to his family. He doesn't understand Christmas at all.
After spending the night studying the Joyce Kilmer Middle School Handbook, Jenny McAfee feels totally prepared to start sixth grade. But Jenny has another reason to feel confident. She'll have her best friend, Addie Wilson, right there by her side. When Jenny and Addie meet at their lockers the next morning, Jenny finds out that Addie has other plans--and they don't include her. Could Addie …
Lois and Wilma's father has a brand-new gold Cadillac, and 'lois is looking forward to riding in at all the way from Ohio to Mississippi.
My name is Leon Walter Tillage. I was born on January 19, 1936... I remember that as a young boy Iused to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness..