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The Cay

by Theodore Taylor

Phillip is excited when the Germans invade the small island of Curaçao. War has always been a game to him, and he’s eager to glimpse it firsthand–until the freighter he and his mother are traveling to the...

Parvana's Journey

by Deborah Ellis

The gripping novel, the second book in The Breadwinner Trilogy, tells the story of Parvana's quest to find her family.

The Taliban still controls Afghanistan, but Kabul is in ruins, Parvana's father has died,...

Habibi

by Naomi Shihab Nye

Fourteen-year-old Liyana Abboud would rather not have to change her life...especially now that she has been kissed, for the very first time and quite by surprise, by a boy named Jackson.

But when her parents...

Angel's Grace

by Tracey Baptiste

Grace has always had wild red hair like no one else in her family and a birthmark on her shoulder that her mother told her was the mark of an angel. When Grace is sent from New York to spend the summer with...

Cubbie Blue and His Dog Dot - Book 2: What's Up With Mike?

by Randa Handler

Derek, Chris, and Brian, three 7-year-old boys, befriend Derek's new neighbor, Mike, who is blind. Their special friend, Cubbie Blue, a 3-inch-tall special being with supernatural powers, and his minuscule dog...

Cubbie Blue and His Dog Dot - Book 1

by Randa Handler

Three multiracial seven-year-old boys with varied backgrounds befriend a super wise visitor from an enchanted part of Antarctica, tiny Cubbie Blue and his minuscule dog Dot, who have accidentally landed in their...

Fish

by L.S. Matthews

My story starts the day that my parents told me we must leave our adopted home forever. Because of the soldiers and the drought we barely had enough to eat and we could no longer stay to help the people in our...

Harmless

by Dana Reinhardt

There was a man. He had a knife. He attacked us down by the river.

It was just a harmless little lie.

Anna, Emma and Mariah concoct a story about why they're late getting home one night—a story that will replace...

The Squire's Tale

by Gerald Morris

Growing up an orphan in an isolated cottage in the woods, young Terence never expected much adventure. But upon the arrival of Gawain, his life takes a surprising turn. Gawain is destined to become one of the...

Caspar's Sword

by Denise Hirota

Book Synopsis: The ancient-looking footlocker was filled to the brim. On top was a tattered Prussian Army uniform, scattered gold buttons, some papers and a sword! -- Tommy Haus couldn't believe what he was...