Juvenile & Young Adult / Family

The Rock and the River

by Kekla Magoon

The Time: 1968

The Place: Chicago

For thirteen-year-old Sam it's not easy being the son of known civil rights activist Roland Childs. Especially when his older (and best friend), Stick, begins to drift away...

A Series of Unfortunate Events #2: The Reptile Room

A Series of Unfortunate Events #2

by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist & Michael Kupperman

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky.

In the first two books alone,...

The Puppy Place #1: Goldie

by Ellen Miles

Welcome to the Puppy Place! This new Little Apple series stars a lovable new puppy in every book! And it's Charles and Lizzie Peterson's job to find every puppy the perfect home. Charles and Lizzie Peterson...

Molly Moon's Incredible Book of Hypnotism

by Georgia Byng

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Hypnotism

Molly Moon is no ordinary orphan. When she finds a mysterious old book on hypnotism, she discovers she can make people do whatever she wants. But a sinister stranger...

You Don't Know Me

by David Klass

Dark and funny.

John ("My father named me after a toilet!") wrestles with the certainty that no one really knows him -- not in his miserable home, and certainly not at school. It's true that no one can guess...

A Series of Unfortunate Events #7: The Vile Village

A Series of Unfortunate Events #7

by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist & Michael Kupperman

Dear Reader,You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down. Nobody in their right mind would read this particular book about the lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire on purpose,...

Dirty Little Secrets

by C. J. Omololu

Everyone has a secret. But Lucy's is bigger and dirtier than most. It's one she's been hiding for years-that her mom's out-of-control hoarding has turned their lives into a world of garbage and shame. She's...

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad Beginning

A Series of Unfortunate Events #1

by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist & Michael Kupperman

Dear Reader,

I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. It tells an unhappy tale about three very unlucky children. Even though they are charming and clever, the Baudelaire...

A Series of Unfortunate Events #6: The Ersatz Elevator

A Series of Unfortunate Events #6

by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist & Michael Kupperman

In their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the place where all their misfortune began. Even though...

Peace, Locomotion

by Jacqueline Woodson

Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he's living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it's his job to be the "rememberer"-and write down everything...

I Survived #6: I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001

by Lauren Tarshis

On the day that shocks the world, one boy just wants to find his dad. A powerful addition to the gripping I SURVIVED series. The only thing Lucas loves more than football is his Uncle Benny, his dad's best friend...

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread

by Kate Dicamillo & Timothy Basil Ering

Winner of the Newbery Medal! Kate DiCamillo introduces a hero for all time! Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story...

A Series of Unfortunate Events #5: The Austere Academy

A Series of Unfortunate Events #5

by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist & Michael Kupperman

As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home Prufrock Preparatory School : they can′t help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school′s motto Memento Mori or "Remember you will...

Stranded

by Jeff Probst & Christopher Tebbetts

A New York Times Bestseller!

As seen on The Today Show, Rachael Ray, and Kelly and Michael.

From the Emmy-Award winning host of Survivor, Jeff Probst, with Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life co-author,...

Just Leave Me Alone

by Nakesha Lowe

Just Leave Me Alone is for all of you smothering parents out there that worry about every little thing when it comes to your children. Many parents don't realize that being too strict has its disadvantages....

Yalu and the Puppy Room

by Brian Thomas Yates

Yalu is a six week old puppy selected for a family who wants a Golden Retriever. Not only is she's cute, fury, and brown, but has all the confidence she needs to be successful. The problem is that the family...

The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin

by Stan Berenstain & Jan Berenstain

The Bear family might not win the blue ribbon for their entry in the pumpkin contest during the annual Bear Country Thanksgiving Festival, but they do gain a new appreciation of the true spirit of the holiday...

Harley, Like a Person

by Cat Bauer

Fourteen-year-old Harley Columba is convinced she's adopted. She's nothing like her abusive, alcoholic father or her bitter, romance novel-reading mother. They have brown eyes, but Harley's eyes are blue. They...

Runaway Twin

by Peg Kehret

Thirteen-year-old Sunny runs away from her current foster parent in search of her twin sister, from whom she was separated ten years earlier. On the way, she'll face a tornado, bullies, and a stray dog- and...

Out of My Mind

by Sharon M. Draper

Eleven-year-old Melody has a photographic memory. Her head is like a video camera that is always recording. Always. And there's no delete button. She's the smartest kid in her whole school—but no one knows...