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When eleven-year-old Rigel Harman's parents divorce, she and her sisters must move from the Alaskan wilderness to suburban Connecticut, and while she yearns to return in a year, she eventually realizes she must move forward. Eleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes, and doesn't mind not having electricity or running water. When her parents divorce, Rigel and her sisters have...

"When a baby gorilla is stolen from an orphanage in Rwanda, Teddy, his parents and an old family friend find themselves in a race against time to save it"-- Provided by publisher.

A powerful reverso poem about two girls separated by barbed wire and 80 years of history Barbed Wire Between Us is a powerful reverso poem that tells two deeply resonant stories across time. It begins with a Japanese American girl sent to an internment camp in Oklahoma during World War II. Read in reverse, it reveals the journey of a Latina girl detained in the very same camp decades later, during the U.S. policy of migrant family separation. Harrowing...

From the USA Today-bestselling author of Jawbreaker and Slouch, Breakout is a fresh and funny middle-grade novel about a girl with chronic acne figuring out how to feel good in her own skin.

Tortured by the persistent voice in her mind, Moonpaw finally confesses to her Clanmates, and the Clan rallies around her in support. But as Moonpaw grows closer to Goldenpaw, the voice's threats become more ominous, and even turn violent. Moonpaw worries she's a danger to her entire Clan and wonders if ThunderClan would be better off without her. Meanwhile, Tawnypelt is sure that the prophecy she received from Bluestar is a dire warning--and she...

The friendly monster El Cucuy reunites with Ramón at his birthday party where they must fend off other boogeymen from across the realms.

"For one month, we skate twice a week in the dim light from the street, though on clear nights we play by moonlight. I can feel where Denys and Andrej are in the shadows, hear the movement of the puck and know how fast it's going and how far it will travel. For one long month, this is our only hockey life. And for one long month, Alex asks every day where our father is and when he's coming home. Lukas loves reading about the NHL and wants nothing...

Jermaine is NOT destined to be popular at his new elite school. First, he's the poorest kid in class -- no phone, no cool sneakers, no chance. Second, he loves science and can't keep himself from gushing about geology. But after being bullied at his old school, he's desperate for the status and protection that comes from joining the "Turbo Jets"... even if that means abandoning Brody, a fellow outsider who truly wants to be Jermaine's friend. As part...

Determined to regain her sense of accomplishment after losing her top-class ranking to Jonah, Grace decides to compete against him in a Labor Day half-marathon, but as they train together, she learns valuable lessons about what truly matters.

"Mika is finally meeting her mother. It should be a cause for celebration. Instead, it's one of caution as she is drawn into a dark and twisted mystery. Now thirteen, Mika has left behind her Stockholm orphanage for a treacherous journey with Detective Hoff to finally meet her mother, Annie Moonwind, a maid at the imposing Roseboon estate. Upon their arrival, and to their surprise, Valdemar is mistaken for the local constable, and Mika his errand...