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Since Alice McKinney burst onto the scene in 1985, she has addressed the issues tween girls care about with humor and sensitivity. Now, the first two books in Naylor's beloved series are reissued with a fresh new look. ...More

With atmospheric writing, Gardner creates a new exhilarating fairy tale of a young girl who in the 17th century discovers she has inherited mysterious abilities from her mother. ...More

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Thumbs Up! Award Winner - 2001
After moving to Wisconsin to run a diner with her aunt, 16-year-old Hope finds herself involved in the small town's mayoral race, where the G.T., owner of the diner, enters the race against the undefeated longtime mayor. G.T. has leukemia, but Hope sees the goodness and power in him. ...More

Carrie Fitzgerald always has the lead in the school play, and she dates the cutest boy in school. But when her mother accidentally donates Carrie's lucky T-shirt to a charity in India, she travels halfway around the world to get it back. ...More

Sandy Alger is born into wealth and lives an idyllic life in almost total seclusion with his family for twenty years. But when his wicked uncles make a move to steal the family fortune, Sandy is forced to come to terms with a threatening world. Jean Ferris goes far beyond her standard YA novels in this dramatic and fanciful adventure. ...More

Hamilton, the teenage surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack in the fall of 2003, shares her amazing story, detailing her return to surfing after this life-changing event. She also reveals how she has dealt with the maelstrom of attention from the press and media and how her faith keeps her going and feeling positive. ...More

CCBC Choices - 2001
Suddenly orphaned and physically disabled, Kira is mysteriously removed from her squalid village to live in the palatial Council Edifice, where she is expected to use her gifts as a weaver to do the bidding of the all-powerful Guardians. ...More

Sassy, brunette New Jersey transplant Annisa Gobrowski is stunned when she sees everyone at her new school in Florida is blonde. But that's not going to stop her from making the cheerleading squad. But after she discovers the other cheerleaders hate her, she has second thoughts. ...More

2005 Kentucky Bluegrass Award - Grades 6-8
CCBC Choices - 2003
Word is Jack Semple was kicked out of every school in his home state. Now, the only place that will take him is the Creative Academy, a home school run by a chaotic, quarrelsome family named Applewhite. When Jake meets E.D. Applewhite, a scruffy girl longing for order, the only thing they have in common is the determination to survive the family's eccentricities. ...More

2008 Grand Canyon Reader Award- Tween Nominee
2007 Gateway Reader's Award 3rd place
2007 Teen Buckeye Book Award- 2nd Place
2007 Virginia Readers' Choice High School Winner
2006-2007 Rosie Award Winner

Lyra Belaqua is content to run wild among the scholars of Jordan College, with her daemon familiar Pantalaimon always by her side. But the arrival of her fearsome uncle, Lord Asriel, draws her to the heart of a terrible struggle--a struggle born of Gobblers and stolen children, witch clans and armored bears. And as she hurtles toward danger in the cold, far North, young Lyra never suspects the shocking truth: She alone is destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle. ...More

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Flavor of the Week is a novel about a teenage chef and the girl he dreams of when he cooks. ...More

The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: "My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss." He says: "It's been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort." But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he's thinking there's more to her than meets the eye, she's thinking that he's not quite all he seemed.
This is a classic romantic comedy of errors told in alternating chapters by two fresh, funny new voices. Wendelin Van Draanen is at her best here with a knockout cast of quirky characters and a hilarious series of misunderstandings and missed opportunities. But underlying the humor are two teens in transition. They are each learning to look beyond the surface of people, both figuring ...More

In this swashbuckling and hilarious twist on the classic fairy tale, Rapunzel uses her amazing hair as a lasso and teams up with a mysterious outlaw to gallop around the Wild West, battling villains and righting wrongs. ...More

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When a family moves to an old English country estate, Sebastian, the son of an alchemist, is accidentally awakened from a centuries-long sleep. The evil enemy of Sebastian's father has also been awakened and continues to relentlessly pursue his sinister plan. ...More

Each December, while they were growing up, one of these beautifully written and illustrated letters would arrive for Tolkien's children. Readers, young and old, are sure to be charmed by the inventiveness of Tolkien's seasonal ingenuity. 60 color illustrations. ...More

With atmospheric writing, Gardner creates a new exhilarating fairy tale of a young girl who in the 17th century discovers she has inherited mysterious abilities from her mother. ...More

Emma is Austen's most technically accomplished novel. The full implications of its hidden plot are only revealed by a second reading. Presented here for the first time with the spelling and the punctuation of the first edition of 1816, the text allows readers to see the novel as Austen's contemporaries first encountered it. The volume includes comprehensive explanatory notes, an extensive critical introduction covering the context and publication history of the work, and a chronology of Austen's life as well. This edition is an indispensable resource for all scholars and readers of Austen. ...More