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Save Me a Seat
Sarah Weeks - Scholastic Pr
Format: Hardcover
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Joe and Ravi might be from very different places, but they're both stuck in the same place: SCHOOL.Joe's lived in the same town all his life, and was doing just fine until his best friends moved away and left him on his own. Ravi's family just moved to America from India, and he's finding... |
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Moonpenny Island
Tricia Springstubb - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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Readers of Kate DiCamillo and Sheila Turnage will love Moonpenny Island, a middle grade novel of friendship and secrets by the beloved and acclaimed Tricia Springstubb.Moonpenny is a tiny island in a great lake. When the summer people leave and the ferries stop running, just the tried-and-true... |
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Hero
Sarah Lean - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of A Dog Called Homeless, winner of the Schneider Family Book Award, comes an action-filled adventure about friendship, imagination, and what it means to be a hero, perfect for fans of classic dog and friendship stories like Because of Winn-Dixie and Shiloh.The short length... |
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Finding the Worm
Mark Goldblatt - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Post praised Twerp as "reminiscent of The Perks of Being a Wallflower." Finding the Worm is a sequel that stands on its own--an unforgettable coming-of-age story about life, loss, and friendship. Perfect for fans of The Sandlot and readers... |
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The Stars of Summer: An All Four Stars Book
Tara Dairman - G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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"A scrumptious gem of a story!" - Jennifer A. Nielsen, New York Times bestselling author of The False Prince for All Four StarsIn this charming sequel to All Four Stars, eleven-year-old foodie Gladys Gatsby now has her first published review under her belt... |
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Astrotwins -- Project Blastoff
Mark Kelly - Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books
Format: Hardcover
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A team of middle schoolers prepares for blastoff in this adventure from the author of the New York Times bestselling Mousetronaut, based on the childhoods of real-life astronauts Mark Kelly and his twin brother Scott.It's a long, hot summer and Scott and Mark are in big trouble... |
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Towers Falling
Jewell Parker Rhodes - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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When her fifth-grade teacher hints that a series of lessons about home and community will culminate with one big answer about two tall towers once visible outside their classroom window, Deja can't help but feel confused. She sets off on a journey of discovery, with new friends... |
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The Great Good Summer
Liz Garton Scanlon - Beach Lane Books
Format: Book
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Ivy Green's mama has gone off with a charismatic preacher called Hallelujah Dave to The Great Good Bible Church of Panhandle Florida. At least that's where Ivy and her dad think Mama is. But since the church has no website or phone number and Mama left no forwarding address,... |
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Fort
Cynthia DeFelice - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Book
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Eleven-year-old Wyatt and his friend Augie aren't looking for a fight. They're having the best summer of their lives hanging out in the fort they built in the woods, fishing and hunting, cooking over a campfire, and sleeping out. But when two older boys mess with the fort -- and with... |
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A Handful of Stars
Cynthia Lord - Scholastic Press
Format: Book
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When Lily's blind dog, Lucky, slips his collar and runs away across the wide-open blueberry barrens of eastern Maine, it's Salma Santiago who manages to catch him. Salma, the daughter of migrant workers, is in the small town with her family for the blueberry-picking season.
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Red Butterfly
A.L. Sonnichsen - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Kara never met her birth mother. Abandoned as an infant, she was taken in by an American woman living in China. Now eleven, Kara spends most of her time in their apartment, wondering why she and Mama cannot leave the city of Tianjin and go live with Daddy in Montana. Mama tells Kara to be content... |
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President of the Whole Sixth Grade
Sherri Winston - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Brianna Justice is determined to raise enough money for the big class trip to Washington, D.C., but she's up against a lot: classmates who all pretend to be something they're not, a new nemesis determined to run her out of office, and the sinking feeling she's about to lose... |
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The Only Girl in School
Natalie Standiford - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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When Claire's best friend, Bess, moves away, she becomes the only girl left in her entire school. At first, she thinks she'll be able to deal with this -- after all, the girls' bathroom is now completely hers, so she can turn it into her own private headquarters and draw on the walls. When... |
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Just My Luck
Cammie Mcgovern - HarperCollins
Format: Book
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Fourth grade is not going at all how Benny Barrows hoped. He hasn't found a new best friend. He's still not a great bike rider - even though his brother George, who's autistic, can do tricks. And worst of all, he worries his dad's recent accident might be all his fault.... |
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Jacky Ha-Ha
James Patterson - Jimmy Patterson Books / Little, Brown and Company
Format: Book
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With her irresistible urge to tell a joke in every situation--even when she really, really shouldn't--twelve-year-old Jacky Ha-Ha loves to make people laugh. And cracking wise helps distract her from thinking about not-so-funny things in her life, like her mom serving in a dangerous,... |
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Just Like Me
Nancy J Cavanaugh - Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Format: Book
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Who eats Cheetos with chopsticks?! Avery and Becca, my "Chinese Sisters," that's who. We're not really sisters-we were just adopted from the same orphanage. And we're nothing alike. They like egg rolls, and I like pizza. They're wave around Chinese fans, and I pretend... |
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Ms. Bixby's Last Day
John David Anderson - Walden Pond Press
Format: Book
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Everyone knows there are different kinds of teachers. The boring ones, the mean ones, the ones who try too hard, the ones who stopped trying long ago. The ones you'll never remember, and the ones you want to forget. Ms. Bixby is none of these. She's the sort of teacher who makes... |
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The Way to Bea
Kat Yeh - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Book
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Everything in Bea's world has changed. She's starting seventh grade newly friendless and facing big changes at home, where she is about to go from only child to big sister. Feeling alone and adrift, and like her words don't deserve to be seen, Bea takes solace in writing haiku... |
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The World from Up Here
Cecilia Galante - Scholastic Press
Format: Book
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Wren Baker has never felt brave a day in her life. She doesn't even know what she's afraid of, really. Only that if she raises her voice or leaves her mark or ventures too far from home, she'll risk falling flat on her face.
But that all changes when Wren's... |
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Where I Belong
Mary Downing Hahn - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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No one is kind to sixth-grader Brendan Doyle: his foster mother, his teachers, his classmates, and especially the thugs who bully him. He takes refuge in books, drawing, carving, and daydreaming. When Brendan stumbles upon an old man near his tree house in the Virginia woods, he is quick... |
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The Heart and Mind of Frances Pauley
April Stevens - Schwartz & Wade
Format: Hardcover
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Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Holm's The Fourteenth Goldfish and Holly Goldberg Sloan's Counting by 7s, this heartfelt, deeply moving middle-grade debut features an offbeat girl who learns that she can remain true to herself while also letting others in.Eleven-year-old Frances... |
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What Would Joey Do?
Jack Gantos - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Book
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Are they flirting or fighting? This is Joey Pigza's question when the fireworks suddenly start to explode between his long-separated mom and dad, whom he's never really had a chance to see together. The more out of control his parents get, the less in control Joey feels and the more... |
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