The linguistic fun starts with the title and ripples through this fast-paced adventure for middle- and high-schoolers until their parents start swiping the book for their own enjoyment. Keep a dictionary handy to get the most pleasure... Read More

“For a moment Lorena could almost see Grandma running to greet them, her silver hair flying, and Grandpa greeting them in his full, almost shouting voice.” Memories can be confusing, even when they feel good: Grandma has passed away,... Read More

Armed with the same tenacity and unwavering determination as Henke’s precious Lily in Lily’s Purple Plastic Purse, Suki takes center stage. The comparison stops there, however, as the story’s tone evokes more reverence than sass in... Read More

Perfectionism, greed, child abuse, and deception are sad realities of modern America. Teens who know these realities seek ways of escape. Fifteen-year-old Ian and his only friend, Teddy, seek to take the perfect photo of a California... Read More

Vampires. Demons. Werewolves. None are a match for mighty Buffy, the Vampire Slayer! Beginning while she was a high school cheerleader living in a small town (unfortunately located over the very gateway to Hell), Buffy Summers saved the... Read More

“I’m afraid there’s nothing more we can do for your Emily,” the doctor told them. “She’s in God’s hands now.” These words echo through a quaint farmhouse in rural Québec as twelve-year-old Emily, victim of a winter... Read More

Twelve months in the life of a young Navajo girl are full of the unexpected. Alice Yazzie’s days contain baby lambs, strip mines, going to the principal’s office, Donald Duck, and even the death of a close friend. It is a year that... Read More

Children can be inordinately cruel to one another, in all cultures around the world. In this book, a young Japanese girl named Michi must leave her aunt, her only known relative, to work with a seamstress, Mistress Shinyo. Michi soon... Read More