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  • The Paper Daughters of Chinatown (Adapted for Young Readers)

    Based on the true story of two friends who unite to help rescue immigrant women in the most dangerous corners of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the late 1890s.When Tai Choi leaves her home in the Zhejiang province of China, she believes she’ll be visiting her grandmother. But in truth, despite her mother’s opposition, her father has sold her to pay his gambling debts. Alone and afraid, Tai Choi is ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Polar Bears Past Bedtime

    Illustrated by Sal Murdocca ...
    Series Book 12 - Magic Tree House (R)
    The #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time celebrates 25 years with new covers and a new, easy-to-use numbering system!It's icicle city…when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie to the frozen Arctic. Luckily, a seal hunter on a dogsled lends them warm clothes. Unluckily, they get stuck on cracking ice. Will the giant polar bear save them? Or will Jack and Annie become frozen dinners ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • The Turtle of Michigan

    A Novel

    “Celebrates the power of human connections.”—School Library Journal (starred review)“Humorous, sensitive, and poignant.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)The stand-alone companion to National Book Award Finalist and beloved poet Naomi Shihab Nye’s The Turtle of Oman. The Turtle of Michigan is a deft and accessible novel that follows a young boy named Aref as he travels from Muscat, Oman, to Ann Arbo ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Bayou Magic

    A magical coming-of-age story from Coretta Scott King honor author Jewell Parker Rhodes, rich with Southern folklore, friendship, family, fireflies and mermaids, plus an environmental twist.It's city-girl Maddy's first summer in the bayou, and she just falls in love with her new surroundings - the glimmering fireflies, the glorious landscape, and something else, deep within the water, that only ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Secret Saturdays

    Read Torrey Maldonado's posts on the Penguin Blog and the new Penguin Community.A poignant look into one fatherless twelve-year-old’s struggles with friendship and trust.Sean is Justin’s best friend, at least Justin thought he was. But lately Sean has been acting differently. Sean’s been telling lies, getting into trouble at school, and hanging out with a tougher crowd, even getting into fights. ... Read more

    $7.99 USD $6.99 USD

  • The Vanderbeekers Make a Wish

    Series Book 5 - The Vanderbeekers
    Witness the power of family history and family love in this funny, poignant addition to a series that the New York Times Book Review hails as “delightful and heartwarming.”It’s summer on 141st Street, and the Vanderbeekers are looking forward to Papa’s surprise fortieth birthday party. But when Papa must leave town suddenly to help his best friend, trouble in the form of their distant grandparents ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Handful of Stars

    by Cynthia Lord ...
    This powerful middle-grade novel from the Newbery Honor author of RULES explores a friendship between a small-town girl and the daughter of migrant workers.When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • President of the Whole Fifth Grade

    Series Book 1 - President Series
    In this fun middle-grade novel from the author of The Kayla Chronicles, Brianna Justice has big dreams of following in her chef hero’s footsteps—and the first step is to become the president of her class.Start counting your votes . . . and your friends.When Brianna Justice's hero, the famous celebrity chef Miss Delicious, speaks at her school and traces her own success back to being president of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Forge

    Series series Seeds of America
    “One of the best novels they have ever read.” —Kirkus ReviewsCurzon navigates the dangers of being a runaway slave in this keenly felt second novel in in the historical middle grade The Seeds of America trilogy from acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson.Blistering winds. Bitter cold. And the hope of a new future.The Patriot Army was shaped and strengthened by the desperate circumstances of the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Under the Same Sky

    A teenager discovers racism and romance on his father's farmFor his fourteenth birthday, Joe Pedersen wants a motorbike that costs nearly a thousand dollars. But his mom says the usual birthday gift is fifty dollars, and his dad wants Joe to earn the rest of the money himself and "find out what a real day's work feels like." Angry that his father doesn't think he's up to the job, Joe joins the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Amari and the Night Brothers

    by B. B. Alston ...
    Series Book 1 - Supernatural Investigations
    New York Times bestseller!Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this exhilarating debut middle grade fantasy, the first in a series filled with #blackgirlmagic. Perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor.Amari Peters has never stopped believing her missing brother, Quinton, is alive. Not even when the police told her otherwise, or when she ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • When Life Gives You Mangos

    by Kereen Getten ...
    Named to Oprah Magazine's Best Caribbean Books for Your 2021 reading list, imagination and adventure run wild in the most talked about middle grade debut of the year!A small village on a Jamaican island.A girl who doesn't remember the previous summer.A best friend who is no longer acting like one; a new girl who fills that hole in her heart.A summer of finding fallen mangos, creating made up games ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Lowji Discovers America

    Dear Jamshed,America is not so different from what we thought. I told you I wouldn't see a single cowboy riding across the plain, and I haven't.I have not even seen a plain.Still, there are some silver linings. They are:Trapper and King, the cat and dog who live in the apartment building. They are cuddly and waggy. I am not allowed to play with them, though, becayse they are supposed to catch mice ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Undertown

    In this fast-paced adventure story, Timothy and Jessamyn are towed through the streets of Manhattan riding in Timothy’s family’s sailboat, on their way to the Long Island shore, when the boat comes unhitched from its truck. The teens sail” backward down a hill in Upper Manhattan, then fall down a huge construction site hole and into the vast sewer system below.Thrust into an amazing adventure, the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Los Monstruos: Felice and the Wailing Woman

    by Diana López ...
    The twelve-year-old daughter of La Llorona vows to free her mother and reverse the curses that have plagued the magical town of Tres Leches in this delightfully sweet and spellbinding adventure by beloved author Diana López.When Felice learns that she’s the daughter of La Llorona, she catches a ride to the magical town of Tres Leches, where her mother is said to be haunting the river. Growing up ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • To Catch a Cheat: A Jackson Greene Novel

    When a video frames Jackson Greene and his friends for a crime they didn't commit, Gang Greene battles the blackmailers in this sequel to the acclaimed The Great Greene Heist.Jackson Greene is riding high. He is officially retired from conning, so Principal Kelsey is (mostly) off his back. His friends have great new projects of their own. And he's been hanging out a lot with Gaby de la Cruz, so he ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Give Me Some Truth

    A powerful new book from Eric Gansworth, author of If I Ever Get Out of Here, that speaks the truth on race, relationships, and rock from two unforgettable perspectives.Carson Mastick is entering his senior year of high school and desperate to make his mark, on the reservation and off. A rock band -- and winning Battle of the Bands -- is his best shot. But things keep getting in the way. Small ... Read more

    $11.99 USD $7.99 USD

  • Dragonfly Eyes

    by Cao Wenxuan ...
    Translated by Helen Wang ...
    A 2023 Batchelder Honor BookFrom acclaimed Chinese author Cao Wenxuan, recipient of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, comes a compelling family saga spanning fifty years and three generations.Ah-Mei and her French grandmother, Nainai, share a rare bond. Maybe it’s because Ah-Mei is the only girl grandchild. Or maybe it’s because the pair look so much alike and neither resembles the rest of their ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna

    by Alda P. Dobbs ...
    Series series Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
    2022 Pura Belpré Honor BookNYPL Best Book of 2021Texas Bluebonnet Master List SelectionNPR Best Book of 2021Based on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution."Wrenching debut about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on."—<... ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Beneath the Wide Silk Sky

    Stunning, devastating, poignant: Debut author Emily Inouye Huey paints an intimate portrait of the racism faced by America's Japanese population during WWII. Perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Sharon Cameron.Sam Sakamoto doesn't have space in her life for dreams. With the recent death of her mother, Sam's focus is the farm, which her family will lose if they can't make one last payment. There's ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Soft Rain

    A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears

    It all begins when Soft Rain's teacher reads a letter stating that as of May 23, 1838, all Cherokee people are to leave their land and move to what many Cherokees called "the land of darkness". . .the west. Soft Rain is confident that her family will not have to move, because they have just planted corn for the next harvest but soon thereafter, soldiers arrive to take nine-year-old, Soft Rain, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Amari and the Great Game

    by B. B. Alston ...
    Series Book 2 - Supernatural Investigations
    Sequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers!Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times and Indie bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy—perfect for fans of Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky, the Percy Jackson series, and Nevermoor.After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Am... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Escape from Aleppo

    by N. H. Senzai ...
    “Filled with kindness and hope…Heartbreaking…Necessary.” —Booklist (starred review)Nadia’s family is forced to flee their home in Aleppo, Syria, when the Arab Spring sparks a civil war in this timely, “harrowing” (Publishers Weekly) coming-of-age novel from award-winning author N.H. Senzai.Silver and gold balloons. A birthday cake covered in pink roses. A new dress.Nadia stands at the center of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky (Volume 1)

    by Kwame Mbalia ...
    Series series Tristan Strong Novel, A
    Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents Kwame Mbalia's epic fantasy, a middle grade American Gods set in a richly-imagined world populated with African American folk heroes and West African gods.Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote ... Read more

    $6.99 USD