Though they're reading poems about it in school, Frannie hasn't thought much about hope. Instead, she's worried about her brother, concerned about her best friend's increasing holiness, and feeling fed up with the bullies at school. But then a mysterious new boy comes to school. He seems almost perfect, but maybe he isn't quite what he appears. Through his perspective, though, Frannie and her f…
Things are hotting up at Skate School and Frankie's got her sights set on gold at the World Championships. She's also falling for the gorgeous Dylan. When they skate together it's magic. The problem is that any hint of romance is strictly forbidden by their coach so Frankie and Dylan end up skating with each other in secret...
Ten-year-old Lizhi arrives in Singapore to meet her father's family after he dies in an accident. Aunt Mona, his sister, is rude and strange and does little to make her feel at home. Lizhi struggle to make sense of this new place in which her only friend is the young Indonesian maid, Bwe Bwe. Then onde day she discovers a beautifully carved mudskipper in a house that is full of forgotten objec…
Hidden away in Algy's garden shed is another world! It's a snowy arctic place where anything can happen. And it does...
Dear Dumb Diary Isabella asked her mom for money, but since Isabella's mom has three children, she is threetimes meaner than a mom with only one, and said no. We tried to escape the room as soon as we saw her mouth begin to form ADULT WISDOM, but she's fast and hit us with, "You know girls, the best things in life are free.""Like money?" Isabella asked. "So, like free money. Free money would…
I went back and read some of my very oldest diaries. The entries say things like "I eated salad dressing" and "I got a Barbie shoe stuck in Stinker's nose again" and "The vet was mean to me about the Barbie shoe so I tried to bite him but vets are quick at not getting bit because dogs try all the time but dogs don't usually kick so I did that." What amazed me was just how dumb I used to be, co…
Despite being at her new school with the uncool Jessamy James, Polly's making plenty of new friends and earning herself a whole new social life. But will new arrangements clash with the gang of four's weekly Saturday meet-ups? Will Polly be facing friendship crisis? Or will the girlfriends work it out?
Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," BREADCRUMBS is a stunningly original fairy tale of modern-day America, a dazzling ode to the power of fantasy, and a heartbreaking medi…
Little man throws the meanest fastball in town. But talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without shuttering - not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend's paper route for the month of July, he's not exactly looking forward to interacting with the customers. But it's the neighborhood junkman, a bully and thief who stirs up real trouble in Little Man'…
Who was Sitting Bull? 1. A boy named jumping badger born in the Dakota Territory. 2. A Holy man and tribal chief. 3. A Lakota Sioux leader who fought to protect his people. 4. All of the above! Find out more about the real Sitting Bull in this fun and exciting illustrated biography!