Juvenile & Young Adult / Social Situations / Social Issues

Badd

by Tim Tharp

Ceejay has never been pretty or popular, but she knows who she is: she's younger sister to Bobby, the most charming bad boy in town. Bobby's a bit wild, but with his big heart and sense of fun, everybody loves...

Summer of the Monkeys

by Wilson Rawls

The last thing a fourteen-year-old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys. Jay Berry Lee's grandpa had an explanation, of course--as he did for most things. The monkeys...

Little Black Lies

by Tish Cohen

Sara Black is tiptoeing across a fraying tightrope.

As the new eleventh grader at Anton High–the most elite public school in the country–she sticks out like an old VW bus in a parking lot full of shiny BMWs....

The Gypsy Game

by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

The kids from The Egypt Game are back. What game will they play next? The answer is Gypsies. While April plunges in with her usual enthusiasm, the more Melanie learns, the more something seems to be holding...

Zombies Don't Forgive: Book 2

by Rusty Fischer

Following Barracuda Bay’s homecoming cum zombie Armageddon, fellow zombies Maddy, Dane, and Stamp have fled to Orlando where they work at a theme park, hiding in plain sight at their jobs in the Great Movie...

Manner-Man

by Sherrill S. Cannon

Synopsis:

"I am strong, and my flash is bright, And I will defend you and make things all right."

These are the magic words to call upon Manner-Man - a superhero who can help control bullies and teach children...

When the Cherry Blossoms Fell: A Cherry Blossom Book

by Jennifer Maruno

Nine-year-old Michiko bids her father goodbye. She doesn't know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train...

The Last Superhero

by Kristin Butcher

Jas, a Grade Seven boy, puts all his energy into completing artwork for an adventure comic. But when he meets Wren, an eccentric, crusading classmate, his efforts are derailed. When she sees things wrong, she...

Under the Moonlit Sky

by Nav K. Gill

Its the spring of 1984 and life is getting exciting for young and beautiful Esha. However, one day changes everything, and she must fulfill her fathers last wish, taking her to a place she never dreamed of visiting:...

Perfect Pals

by Robert McConnell & June Bradford

Candy, Josie and Buddy are three canine friends whose days are filled with fun and friendship at the local park. But their happy days are threatened when two bullies named Riff and Raff drive them from their...

Sons from Afar

by Cynthia Voigt

Will a common cause unite two brothers—or drive them further apart? Find out in the sixth installment of Cynthia Voigt’s Tillerman cycle.

If James and Sammy Tillerman agree on anything, it’s that they have...

Seventeen Against the Dealer

by Cynthia Voigt

Do you have to lose everything to see what truly matters? Find out in the seventh and final installment of Cynthia Voigt’s Tillerman cycle.

Dicey Tillerman has big dreams. She’s started a boatbuilding business,...

Urban Bully

by Andrew Manley

Urban Bully is dramatic and deeply moving novel inspired by Dr. Manley's personal experiences in dealing with Special Needs youth. Dr. Manley deals with the rationale for the bullying epidemic in the inner city...

Come a Stranger

by Cynthia Voigt

A dashed dream leads to a rash decision in the fifth installment of Cynthia Voigt’s Tillerman cycle.

Mina Smiths lives to dance, so her scholarship to ballet camp seems like a dream come true. She doesn’t...

The Berenstain Bears Chapter Book: The Great Ant Attack

by Stan & Jan Berenstain

The Bear Family thinks they're going out for a lovely afternoon picnic…but little do they know that they're in for a sharp surprise, including some bites to the behind! After a science experiment gone wrong...

The Berenstain Bears Chapter Book: The Red-Handed Thief

by Stan & Jan Berenstain

After a series of crimes sweeps the Bear Country School, the cubs begin to jump to conclusions. With a gentle reminder from their teacher that no one is guilty until proven innocent, the cubs try to keep their...

The Berenstain Bears Chapter Book: Ride Like the Wind

by Stan & Jan Berenstain

When Sister Bear begins taking riding lessons, she is thrilled to get on the fastest horse and go for an exciting ride. But when Sister is paired with a mild-tempered old mare named Bess, she's a bit wary. Will...

Cleavage: Breakaway Fiction for Real Girls

by Deb Loughead & Jocelyn Shipley

Stories a girl can get a grip on! A brash new collection of fifteen original stories about girls who challenge convention, and girls who wish they could. These young women make usthink about taking pride in...

Flyaway

by Lucy Christopher

If they saved the swan together, could she then save her friend? In a heartbeat, in a wingbeat, it happens. Isla's father falls. They're racing across the fields, following the swans flying in to winter at the...

The Kid Who Became President

by Dan Gutman

Judson Moon returns as the President of the United States in this hilarious sequel to THE KID WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT -- updated just in time for the 2012 election! My fellow Americans, When I was running for...