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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... (read more) Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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.... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Louis Sachar Publisher Comments Stanley Yelnats is under a curse. A curse that began with his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather and has since followed generations of Yelnats. Now Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys' detention center, Camp Green Lake, where... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Donald J. Sobol Publisher Comments Whenever 10-year-old Leroy (nicknamed "Encyclopedia") Brown's father, the chief of police in Idaville, has a difficult case, Encyclopedia always manages to solve it at the dinner table. So, he decides to open his own detective agency.... (read more) List Price $5.50 Your price $2.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Lois Lowry Publisher Comments In 1943 Copenhagen, the Germans begin their campaign to "relocate" the Jews of Denmark. So Annemarie Johansen's parents take in her best friend Ellen Rosen and pretend that she is a part of their family.... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by George Selden Publisher Comments After Chester, a cricket, arrives in the Times Square subway station via a picnic basket from his native Connecticut, he takes up residence in the Bellini's newsstand. There, the tiny creature is lucky enough to find three good friends: a little boy... (read more) List Price $5.50 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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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... (read more) List Price $6.00 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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,... (read more) List Price $7.50 Your price $4.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat Publisher Comments Nate the Great and his trusty dog, Sludge, have a tricky case to solve. Nate’s friend Rosamond has started a fortune-telling business, but her money box is missing. Sludge and Nate visit Claude, who helped Rosamond set up her business, and Finley... (read more) List Price $4.50 Your price $2.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Scott McCloud Publisher Comments Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price $12.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Elizabeth Ge Speare Publisher Comments A Newbery Medal Book, An ALA Notable Children's Book, A Child Study Children's Book Committee: Children's Book of the Year, New York Public Library--Books for the Teen Age.... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Patricia Reill Giff Publisher Comments When Lily meets Albert, a refugee from Hungary, during the summer of 1944, they begin a special friendship. However, Lily and Albert have both told lies, and Lily has told a lie that may cost Albert his life.... (read more) List Price $5.50 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Esther Forbes Publisher Comments Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 Boston, just before the Revolutionary War. But even more gripping than living through the drama of Revolutionary Boston is the important discovery Johnny... (read more) List Price $6.50 Your price $2.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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