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Girl Defective

Simmone Howell · Atheneum Books for Young Readers; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In the tradition of High Fidelity and Empire Records, this is the literary soundtrack to Skylark Martins strange, mysterious, and extraordinary summer. This is the story of a wild girl and a ghost girl a boy who knew nothing and a boy who thought he knew everything. Its a story about Skylark...
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Last Man Out

Mike Lupica · Philomel Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

From the #1 bestselling author of Heat, Travel Team and Fantasy League comes a story of heroes, family, and football.When the Brighton Bears suit up on game day, 12-year-old Tommy Gallagher is the toughest kid on the football field. And the bravest. After all, his father Patrick is a Boston...
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The Door That Led to Where

Sally Gardner · Delacorte Press
Pages: 277
Format: Print book

In this fast-paced young adult mystery, Printz Honor winner Sally Gardner brings London to life as she explores crime, poverty, and ignorance over the span of almost two centuries, as a young man is given the opportunity to go back in time in order to make sense of the present. A fresh...
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It looks like this

Rafi Mittlefehldt · Candlewick Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

In spare, understated prose heightened by a keen lyricism, a debut author will take your breath away.A new state, a new city, a new high school. Mike's father has already found a new evangelical church for the family to attend, even if Mike and his plainspoken little sister, Toby, don't...
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Eight Rivers of Shadow

Leo Hunt · Candlewick Press
Format: Print book

In a high-stakes sequel, reluctant necromancer Luke Manchett must call upon the most wicked and eerie ghosts of his dispelled Host to save two innocent souls.It's been a few months since Luke Manchett inherited a Host of eight hostile spirits from his dead father and made a deal with the devil...
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Search and Rescue Teams: Saving People in Danger

Justin Petersen · Capstone Press
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

Looks at how search and rescue teams prepare to search for lost people or help those whose lives are in danger.
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As I Descended

Robin Talley · HarperTeen
Pages: 370
Format: Print book

From the acclaimed author of Lies We Tell Ourselves, Robin Talley, comes a Shakespeare-inspired story of revenge and redemption, where fair is foul, and foul is fair.Maria Lyon and Lily Boiten are their school's ultimate power couple - but one thing stands between them and their perfect...
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Keep Curious and Carry a Banana: Words of Wisdom from the World of Curious George

H A Rey · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 80
Format: Print book

For more than seventy-five years, the world of Curious George has delighted readers with its playful charm and deceptively simple wisdom. Fans of the Keep Calm and Carry On craze will find comfort in this Georgified version of the popular book format. Each inspiration is humorously accompanied...
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The Distance Between Us: Young Readers Edition

Reyna Grande · Aladdin Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Award-winning author Reyna Grande shares her compelling experience of crossing borders and cultures in this middle grade adaptation of her "compelling ... unvarnished, resonant" (BookPage) memoir, The Distance Between Us.When her parents make the dangerous and illegal trek...
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Play. Speak.

· Oddint Media
Pages: 174
Format: Book

This item is Non-Returnable.
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