**A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK • A captivating coming-of-age tale that beautifully capture the transformative power of friendship and the raw energy of punk rock.“Funny and heart-wrenching.”—BCCB, starred review“Amazing.”—Booklist, starred review“Candid, irreverent, realistic, and humorous.”—School Library Journal, starred review**Troy Billing is: Seventeen, 290 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off the sub...

Gabriel King is afraid of everything: spiders, the rope swing over the lake, andmost of all, going to fifth grade.Frita Wilson, his best friend, decides Gabriel needs some liberating from his fears, so they make a list and plan to tackle each one. But one of the reasons Frita is so determined to help Gabe is that she needs his help too. Hollowell, Georgia in 1976 isn't exactly the most integrated place, and Frita's the only black student in school in a town with an active Ku Klux K...

Evie reluctantly moves with her widowed father to Beaumont, New York, where he has bought an apple orchard, dismissing rumors that the town is cursed and the trees haven't borne fruit in decades. Evie doesn't believe in things like curses and fairy tales anymore--if fairy tales were real, her mom would still be alive. But odd things happen in Beaumont. Evie meets a boy who claims to be dead and receives a mysterious seed as an eleventh-birthday gift. Once planted, the seed grows into a tre...

New babies get lots of kisses from their mommas in this warm and bouncy picture book that perfectly captures baby love.All the new mommas just can’t stop kissing their new babies, and who can blame them? This celebration of motherhood is a joyful ode to the sweet relationship between moms and their babies—and all the other family members who love them.

From award-winning author K. L. Going comes a happily-ever-after story of a girl who discovers the true secret to all good writing--through an unlikely friendship, some well-intentioned matchmaking, and little bit of science.Jane Brannen wants nothing more than to become a famous author like Jane Austen--she just needs to figure out the key to literary success! Her chance to uncover the secret arrives when bestselling author J. E. Fairfax visits her tiny town of Wh...

This picture book celebrates and honors the interconnectedness of everything here on planet Earth.The planet where we live is full of people, animals, insects, birds, trees, clouds, rain, oceans—and everything is interconnected. With a cumulative text and rich, highly-detailed collages, this book is a joyous ode to our wondrous planet.

From the award winning author of Fat Kid Rules the World and The Liberation of Gabriel King comes a lyrical, middle grade gem that asks all the hard questions and hits all the right notes--perfect for fans of Cynthia Rylant and Mockingbird by Kathryn ErskineTia lives with her mom in a high-risk neighborhood in New Orleans and loves singing gospel in the Rainbow Choir with Keisha, her boisterous and assertive best friend. Tia's dream is to change t...

When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, there's no one for him to tell. His mother has gone off, his father is stoned on the couch, and the phone's been disconnected, so even the social worker can't get through. Leaving his public housing behind, Iggy ventures into the world to make something of his life. It's not easy when you're sixteen, have no skills, and your only friend is mixed up with the dealer who got your mom hooked. But Iggy is . . . Iggy, and he has the kind of wisdom ...

The winner of the National Book Award, Pete Hauntman, brilliantly captures the high-stakes thrill and unexpected twists that come with the age-old game of poker in this ten-story anthology.In this unique collection, acclaimed young adult novelist and longtime poker enthusiast Pete Hauntman has complied ten stories exploring the great American game of poker. From an internet poker scheme gone wrong to a midnight game with the devil, from a humiliating display of pok...

Liam Geller is Mr. Popularity. Everybody loves him. He excels at sports; he knows exactly what clothes to wear; he always ends up with the most beautiful girls in school. But he's got an uncanny ability to screw up in the very ways that tick off his father the most.When Liam finally gets kicked out of the house, his father's brother takes him in. What could a teenage chick magnet possibly have in common with his gay, glam rocker, DJ uncle who lives in a trailer in upstate New York? ...

Two toddlers go on a bumpety berry hunt in this darling picture book that’s perfect for preschoolers.Wagon on gravel goes bumpety-bump.Pebbles in the pond fall plunkey-plunk.Toes in the grass dance thumpety-thump.Bumpety-plunkety-thumpety-thump!Join two sweet siblings as they explore their backyard, get deliciously creative in the kitchen, and then spend a cozy evening preparing for bed. Along the way they’ll get muddy and mess...