Fortune's Bones: The Manumission Requiem -- by Marilyn Nelson (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description "There is a skeleton on display in the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury, Connecticut. It has been in the town for over 200 years. Over time, the bones became the subject of stories...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Airborn -- by Kenneth Oppel (Author) (Book - Parent/Child)
Product Description: "Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the Aurora, a huge airship that sails hundreds of feet above the ocean, ferrying wealthy passengers from city to city. It is the life Matt's always...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Teacher's Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts -- by Richard Peck (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description ""If your teacher has to die, August isn't a bad time of year for it," begins Richard Peck's latest novel, a book full of his signature wit and sass. Russell Culver is fifteen in...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
A Hat Full of Sky: The Continuing Adventures of Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men -- by Terry Pratchett (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Something is coming after Tiffany ... Tiffany Aching is ready to begin her apprenticeship in magic. She expects spells and magic -- not chores and ill-tempered nanny goats!...
Ages 9 years - 14 years.
Becoming Naomi León -- by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Naomi Soledad Leon Outlaw has had a lot to contend with in her young life, her name for one. Then there are her clothes (sewn in polyester by Gram), her difficulty speaking up,...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy -- by Gary Schmidt (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
The Schwa Was Here -- by Neal Shusterman (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "They say his clothes blend into the background, no matter where he stands. They say a lot of things about the Schwa, but one thing's for sure: no one ever noticed him. Except me....
Ages 9 years - 14 years.
The Shadows of Ghadames -- by Joëlle Stolz (Author) (Book - Child)
"IN THE LIBYAN CITY of Ghadames, Malika watches her merchant father depart on one of his caravan expeditions. She too yearns to travel to distant cities, and longs to learn to read like her younger...
All Ages
Age groups: School Age (6-12)
So B. It -- by Sarah Weeks (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description "You couldn't really tell about Mama's brain just from looking at her, but it was obvious as soon as she spoke. She had a high voice, like a little girl's, and she only knew 23...
Ages 9 years - 12 years.
A Child's Christmas in Wales -- by Dylan. Thomas (Author) (Book - Child)
Product Description: "Bring out the tall tales now that we told by the fire as the gaslight bubbled like a diver. . . . There are always Uncles at Christmas. And Aunts, of course, who might sing a...
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12)