Mandy's adventures in fifth grade include taking a class trip to her teacher's farm, making a photojournal of the trip, competing for tickets to a rock concert, and trying to avoid the class troublemaker, Jonathan...
Although her new friendship with the worldly and vivacious Geneva Peace helps Andi come out of her shell, the relationship begins to make emotional demands on Andi that challenge her capacity for friendship....
A touching novel about a young girl's struggle to deal with the loss of her father, who moved out of the home, and sister, who has moved away to college, describes how, through a series of events and self-reflection, she finds the strength to cope an...
Bartleby, the red-eared turtle, and Seezer, the American alligator, have swum the Mighty Mississippi to reach bayou country, their true home. But when they find the creek where Seezer was born, they discover it’s ruled by Old Stump -- a giant gator...
All Bartleby has ever known is life in his plastic bowl. Then his boy chucks him into the big water place. There Bartleby faces challenges both fearful and thrilling. He also meets another discarded pet-Seezer-an alligator whose true home is the Migh...
Lee Bloom is drawn to the mysterious house on Ave J, where she meets Polly Burke, a girl who has indoor shipwrecks and poisoned-tea parties, and is taking flying lessons.Soon Polly recruits Lee to help fight the pirates that are coming to Brooklyn in...
Zachary Moore is tired of being the puniest guy in the sixth grade, which is why he's been working out with his best friend, Dunk. But Zach's muscles still look like mosquito bites. His latest humiliation by Lizard Lips Monroe, the toughest girl in t...