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Baseball in April and Other Stories
by Gary Soto Publisher Comments In this unique collection of short stories, the small events of daily life reveal big themes love and friendship, youth and growing up, success and failure. Calling on his own experiences of growing up in California's Central Valley, poet Gary...
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Ivy and Bean (Ivy and Bean #01)
by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall Publisher Comments The moment they saw each other, Bean and Ivy knew they wouldn't be friends. But when Bean plays a joke on her sister, Nancy, and has to hide, Ivy comes to the rescue, proving that sometimes the best of friends are people never meant to like each other...
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell Publisher Comments The winner of the 1961 Newbery Medal, this novel is the story of a young Indian girl who is left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California for 18 years. She is not only surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance...
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Half Magic (Edward Eager's Tales of Magic)
by Edward Eager Powells.com Staff Pick The four children of Half Magic have been reading E. Nesbit's magical story The Enchanted Castle, when they find something magical of their own at least, partly magical. The ensuing misadventures are highly entertaining. Half Magic was a childhood...
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The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster Publisher Comments Illustrated in black-and-white. This ingenious fantasy centers around Milo, a bored ten-year-old who comes home to find a large toy tollbooth sitting in his room. Joining forces with a watchdog named Tock, Milo drives through the tollbooth's gates and...
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Gooney Bird Greene
by Lois Lowry Publisher Comments This ALA Notable Children's Book by the two-time Newbery Medalist introduces a new girl in class who loves being the center of attention and tells the most entertaining "absolutely true" stories. Illustrations....
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The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman Publisher Comments In a world as convincing as Narnia, Earthsea, and Redwall, a half-wild, half-civilized girl named Lyra Belacqua lives a carefree life among the scholars of Jordan College until her life is shattered by the arrival of two powerful visitors....
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Bone #01: Out From Boneville
by Jeff Smith Publisher Comments The Bone adventures tell the story of a young bone boy, Fone Bone, and his two cousins, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone, who are banned from their homeland of Boneville. When the cousins find themselves mysteriously trapped in a wonderful but often...
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Utterly Me Clarice Bean
by Lauren Child Publisher Comments The acclaimed Child brings her trademark wacky wit and eccentric visual energy to this first full-length, fast paced, Clarice Bean episode....
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials #03)
by Philip Pullman Publisher Comments The Amber Spyglass brings the intrigue of The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife to a heart-stopping end, marking the final volume of His Dark Materials as the most powerful of the trilogy. Along with the return of Lyra, Will, Mrs. Coulter, Lord Asriel,...
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The Tail of Emily Windsnap (Emily Windsnap)
by Liz Kessler and Sarah Gibb Publisher Comments For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep her away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily...
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Clementine
by Sara Pennypacker Publisher Comments The author of "Stewart's Cape" and "Stewart Goes to School" introduces a new charmingly flawed and quirky character with an altogether unforgettable voice....
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The Sign of the Beaver
by Elizabeth George Speare Publisher Comments Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief’s grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move...
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A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle Publisher Comments This special edition of A Wrinkle in Time includes a new essay that explores the science behind the fantasy. Rediscover one of the most beloved children's books of all time: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: Meg Murray, her little brother Charles...
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Dragon Keeper
by Carole Wilkinson Publisher Comments In the time of the Han Dynasty in ancient China, the last remaining dragon is in danger of being killed by the cruel Emperor. A nameless orphan with no past and an uncertain future becomes his unlikely ally. The young orphan soon discovers that it is her...
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Babymouse: Queen of the World!
by Jennifer Holm and Matt Holm Publisher Comments It's the same thing every day for Babymouse. Where is the glamour? The excitement? The adventure? Nothing ever changes, until...Babymouse hears about Felicia Furrypaws's exclusive slumber party. Will Babymouse get invited? Will her best friend, Wilson...
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The Book of Three: The Chronicles of Prydain, Book One (Chronicles of Prydain #01)
by Lloyd Alexander Publisher Comments The Newbery-winning fantasy series now available in gorgeous new paperback editions! Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his quest to become a...
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The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman Publisher Comments Lyra and her daemon return as she and 12-year-old Will Parry are in a desperate flight for Will's life. They are drawn closer to Will's father and to the Subtle Knife, a deadly, magical, ancient tool that cuts windows between worlds. Through it all, the...
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The Slave Dancer
by Paula Fox Publisher Comments Snatched from the docks of New Orleans, 13-year-old Jessie is thrown aboard a slave ship where he is sickened by the horrible practices of the slave business. But they are nothing compared to the one final horror that Jessie will witness. Can the cruelty...
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Camp Babymouse (Babymouse #06)
by Jennifer Holm and Matthew Holm Publisher Comments Welcome to Camp Babymouse! Two weeks of fresh air, fun, and friendship! Babymouse can't wait for the adventures to start. All that she has to do is relax and make sure she doesn't get lost in the wilderness. What could possibly go wrong, right Babymouse?...
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