Now in paperback! Kid-favorite DEEP DOWN POPULAR romances a whole new audience! 6th-grader Jessie Lou is deeply, madly, passionately in love with Conrad Parker Smith. Too bad she's a tomboy with only one on-again, off-again friend, and hair so short you can't spit on it. Too bad he's the most popular boy in their small-town school. But then Conrad hurts his leg and suddenly can't keep up with his old pursuits anymore. Jessie Lou and Conrad start spending a lot more time together, but she c...

A sudden trip to a seaside house. A boy with brown sugar eyes. And then , a mysterious letter. Felicity's glamorous parents have a secret. When they leave her with distant relatives in Maine, far away from the battles of WWII, Felicity hopes they won't be gone for long. Her new Uncle Gideon hides things. Her Aunt Miami is star-crossed. And Derek, a kid her age, refuses to leave his room. But Felicity needs Derek's help. Gideon is getting coded letters from Felicity's parents, and she's sur...

A story about a wounded girl and the boy who won't give up on her. 7th grader Louise should be the captain of her school's gymnastics team - but she isn't. She's fun and cute and should have lots of friends - but she doesn't. And there's a dreamy boy who has a crush on her - but somehow they never connect. Louise has everything going for her - so what is it that's holding her back? Phoebe Stone tells the winning story of the spring when 7th grader Louise Terrace wakes up, finds the courage...

Everyone and everything in the world has a name. What is God’s name?In poetic text and vibrant illustrations, this modern fable celebrates the diversity and, at the same time, the unity of all people.“God must have a single name this greater and more powerful than all other names.” All the people of the world set out to find God’s name … and each of the many seekers is sure that he or she alone has found the right name, the only name, for God. Fina...

Anywhere but Paris...The best cure for a terrible crush on someone like Windel Watson is a trip across the ocean. That's what twelve-year-old Petunia Beanly thinks, until she hears where her family is moving. Not Paris. Not France. Anywhere would be better. Because that's where Windel will be, too.When the Beanly family gets to Paris, Pet's older sister seems right at home. Ava swans around looking beautiful, and making Pet feel even smaller and more awkward. It fe...

The eagerly anticipated follow-up to Phoebe Stone's instant classic, THE ROMEO AND JULIET CODE. When Flissy Bathburn's parents first dropped her off in Bottlebay, Maine, she hated everything about it. She hated the big gloomy house she was to live in. She hated meeting her long-lost and highly eccentric relatives. And most of all, she hated knowing that she was safe in America while her parents faced the guns of WWII in Europe. But a year has passed now, and Flissy has grown to love her li...

Todos los pueblos del mundo se puso a buscar el nombre de Dios ... y cada uno de los muchos buscadores es asegurarse de que él o ella sólo ha encontrado el nombre correcto, el único nombre, por Dios. Por último, se juntan y por fin aprender lo que el nombre de Dios es en realidad. En el texto poético y vibrantes ilustraciones, esta fábula moderna celebra la diversidad y, al mismo tiempo, la unidad de todas las personas.

**A small-town girl with a big belief in love, Piper is about to have her world turned upside down.“Teens will likely race through Hepler’s heartwarming, sweet-as-a-candy-heart novel.”—Booklist“Hepler pens an energetic Valentine’s Day tale for romantics and cynics alike.”—Publishers Weekly**The greatest risk can bring the sweetest reward . . .Just because Piper’s birthday is on Valentine’s Day does not mean she’s a romantic. In fac...

“Vivid and moving. I loved it.” —Rebecca Stead, Newbery-winning author of When You Reach MeJulia and Eliza are best friends, so when Julia’s mom is sent to serve in Iraq, it makes perfect sense for her to spend the summer with Eliza and her parents. Any other time, Julia would be thrilled to be there. But on top of worrying about her mom, Julia develops her first real crush. The gap between Julia and Eliza keeps widening—until Eliza does something drastic ...

4 rings, 1 promise: Best Friends ForeverGrowing up is never easy. But when things get tough, you can always count on your best friends. CJ, Olivia, Morgan and Zoe know one thing’s for sure: they’ll always have each other!Zoe isn’t like her three best friends. She enjoys playing sports outside, doesn’t really care about clothes, and is a little self conscious of her body. So when her best friend Tommy admits he likes her, Zoe is caught off guard and tells him to ask CJ out i...

**Set within the enchanting backdrop of Disney World, this heartwarming young adult romance will make you believe in the magic of love.“Readers will enjoy this book for . . . the fun depiction of life within the magic kingdom.”—VOYA“The authors realistically portray all of the anticipation and thrill of a romance.”—School Library Journal**When the Disney World character actors go on strike, the teens hired as replacements learn that this fairy-tale...

Ultracompetitive Brynn from The Summer of Firsts and Lasts craves swimming victory—and gets in over her head—in this irresistible novel from Terra Elan McVoy.Swim.Push.Breathe.Swim.Nothing else matters to Brynn as she trains her body and mind to win. Not her mediocre grades and lack of real friends at school. Not the gnawing grief over her fallen hero father. Not the strained relationship wit...