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This Star Wont Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl

Esther Earl - ‎Dutton Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition
Format: Hardcover

New York Times Bestseller! "This moving read will have you reaching for the tissues and smiling with delight ... .Stunningly alive on the page, Esther shows that sometimes the true meaning...
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Son

Lois Lowry - HMH Books for Young Readers; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

They called her Water Claire. When she washed up on their shore, no one knew that she came from a society where emotions and colors didn't exist. That she had become a Vessel at age thirteen. That she had carried a Product at age fourteen. That it had been stolen from her body. Claire...
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The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis - HarperCollins

A mass-market paperback edition of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, book two in the classic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. This edition features cover art by Cliff Nielsen and interior black-and-white illustrations by the series' original illustrator, Pauline Baynes....
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The Misfits

James Howe - Atheneum Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition

Sticks and stones may break our bones, but names will break our spirit.
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The Ruins of Gorlan: Book 1

John F Flanagan - ‎Puffin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The international bestselling series with over 5 million copies sold in the U.S. alone!They have always scared him in the past - the Rangers,...
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The Batboy

Mike Lupica - Puffin; Reprint edition

Brian is living every baseball kid's dream: he is a batboy for his hometown Major League team. Brian believes that it's the perfect thing to bring him and his big-leaguer dad closer together. And if that weren't enough, this is the season that Hank Bishop, Brian's baseball...
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The Big Field

Mike Lupica - Puffin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Playing shortstop is a way of life for Hutch?not only is his hero, Derek Jeter, a shortstop, but so was his father, a former local legend turned pro. Which is why having to play second base feels like demotion to second team. Yet that?s where Hutch ends up after Darryl ?D-Will? Williams,...
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The Extra Yard

Mike Lupica - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Teddy, a young football player, learns that sometimes bridging the distance in your family can be harder than stretching for an extra yard on the field in the second book of the Home Team series from New York Times bestselling author and sportswriting legend Mike Lupica.Last spring Teddy's...
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Fantasy League

Mike Lupica - Puffin Books; Reprint edition

From the 1 New York Times bestselling author of HEAT, TRAVEL TEAM and MILLION-DOLLAR THROW comes a story of every football kids dream come true.12-year-old Charlie is a fantasy football guru. He may be just a bench warmer for his schools football team, but when it comes to knowing and loving...
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Fast Break

Mike Lupica - Philomel Books
Format: Print book

From the #1 bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Million-Dollar Throw comes a feel-good basketball tale reminiscent of The Blind Side. Forced to live on his own after his mom dies and her boyfriend abandons him, 12-year-old Jayson does whatever it takes to get by. He will do anything...
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Heat

Mike Lupica - Puffin Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The #1 Bestseller!Michael Arroyo has a pitching arm that throws serious heat along with aspirations of leading his team all the way to the Little League World Series. But his firepower is nothing compared to the heat Michael faces in his day-to-day life. Newly orphaned after his father...
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Hero

Mike Lupica - Puffin; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Zach Harriman knew that his dad was something of a hero, a man trusted by the president to solve international crises at a moment's notice. Suddenly people are telling him he has powers - people who know much more about his father than Zach ever did. But there are the Bads, who appear...
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Million-Dollar Throw

Mike Lupica - Puffin; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Everyone calls Nate Brodie ÒBradyÓ because heÕs a New England quarterback, just like his idol, Tom Brady. And now heÕs got a chance to win a million dollars by throwing one pass through a target at halftime in the PatriotsÕ Thanksgiving night game. More than anything,...
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The Only Game

Mike Lupica - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Can a young baseball star maintain his love of the game after the loss of his brother? Find out in this start to the Home Team series about a small town with high hopes, from New York Times bestselling author and sportswriting legend Mike Lupica.Jack Callahan is the star of his baseball...
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Miracle on 49th Street

Mike Lupica - Philomel; 1 edition
Format: Print book

In the tradition of About a Boy comes a feel good sports and holiday novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Mike Lupica.Josh Cameron has it all: a World Championship ring with the Boston Celtics, an MVP award, a clean-cut image, and the adoration of millions. What he doesn't...
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QB 1

Mike Lupica - Philomel Books, An Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
Format: Print book

From #1 New York Times bestselling author of TRAVEL TEAM, HEAT, and MILLION-DOLLAR THROW comes a cheer-worthy, family-friendly football novel set amid the Friday Night Lights world of Texas high school football.Jake Cullen is a freshman quarterback playing high school football in the high-pressure...
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Travel Team

Mike Lupica - Puffin Books
Format: Paperback

The #1 Bestseller!Twelve-year-old Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court -- but don't tell him that. Because no one plays with more heart or court sense. But none of that matters when he is cut from his local travel team, the very same team his father led to national...
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True Legend

Mike Lupica - Puffin; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

#1 New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica makes his return to the basketball court! There's a reason teammates call him "True." Because for basketball phenom Drew Robinson, there is nothing more true than his talent on the court. It's the kind that comes along once in a generation...
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The Underdogs

Mike Lupica - Puffin; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

New York Times bestseller Mike Lupica tackles football!Will Tyler may not be the biggest running back around, but no one can touch him when it comes to hitting the hole and finding the end zone. And no one can match his love of the game. When Will has a football in his hand, life can't...
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Acceleration

Graham McNamee - Ember; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

It's a hot summer and in the depths of the Toronto Transit Authority's lost and found, 17-year-old Duncan is cataloging misplaced belongings. And between Jacob, the cranky old man who runs the place, and the endless dusty boxes overflowing with stuff no one will ever claim, Duncan...
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The Red Pyramid

Rick Riordan - Hyperion Book CH; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Since their mother's death, Carter and Sadie have become near strangers. While Sadie has lived with her grandparents in London, her brother has traveled the world with their father, the brilliant Egyptologist, Dr. Julius Kane. One night, Dr. Kane brings the siblings together for a "research...
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The Serpent's Shadow

Rick Riordan - Disney-Hyperion; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all....
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The Throne of Fire

Rick Riordan - Hyperion Book CH
Format: Paperback

In this exciting second installment of the three-book series, Carter and Sadie, offspring of the brilliant Egyptologist Dr. Julius Kane, embark on a worldwide search for the Book of Ra, but the House of Life and the gods of chaos are determined to stop them.
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Eggs

Jerry Spinelli - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Eggs is a quirky and moving novel about two very complicated, damaged children. David has recently lost his mother to a freak accident, his salesman father is constantly on the road, and he is letting his anger out on his grandmother. Primrose lives with her unstable, childlike, fortuneteller...
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Hokey Pokey

Jerry Spinelli - Yearling; Reprint edition
Format: Print book

Welcome to Hokey Pokey. A place and a time, when childhood is at its best: games to play, bikes to ride, experiences to be had. There are no adults in Hokey Pokey, just kids, and the laws governing Hokey Pokey are simple and finite. But when one of the biggest kids, Jack, has his beloved...
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Knots in My Yo-Yo String

Jerry Spinelli
Format: Paperback

Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his best-selling fiction. "A master of those embarrassing, gloppy, painful, and suddenly wonderful things that happen on the razor's edge between childhood and full-fledged...
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Loser

Jerry Spinelli - HarperCollins; Reprint edition

From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes an incredible story about how not fitting in might just lead to an incredible life.Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand...
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Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli
Format: Paperback

Stargirl. From the day she arrives at quiet Mica High in a burst of color and sound, the hallways hum with the murmur of Stargirl, Stargirl. She captures Leo Borlocks heart with just one smile. She sparks a school-spirit revolution with just one cheer. The students of Mica High are enchanted....
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Love, Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli - ‎Ember; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

The New York Times bestselling sequel to Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinellis modern-day classic Stargirl,...

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Milkweed

Jerry Spinelli - Ember; 1 Reprint edition

A stunning novel of the Holocaust from a Newbery MedalistHes a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Filthy son of Abraham.Hes a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. Hes a boy who steals food for himself, and the other orphans. Hes a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels.Hes...
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Smiles to Go

Jerry Spinelli - HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Print book

What is stargazer, skateboarder, chess champ, pepperoni pizza eater, older brother, sister hater, best friend, first kisser, science geek, control freak Will Tuppence so afraid of in this great big universe?Jerry Spinelli knows.
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Chasing Lincoln's Killer

James L. Swanson - Scholastic Press; 1 edition

NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced...
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