Rae Richen’s newest novel, Scapegoat: The Price of Freedom is set in 1953, The McCarthy era. Scapegoat explores what happens to teenager, Gib Evans, when the powerful people around him sell fear, encouraging citizens to turn on each other. Gib and friends work to stop the disaster that is set in motion, but they discover that turning off, or even deflecting mass hysteria is nearly impossible, and very dangerous.Editorial Reviews:"By shining a light on how we gave in to our ...

This book-collection file includes: Five Little Peppers and How They Grew, Five Little Peppers Midway, Five Little Peppers Grown Up, Five Little Peppers: The Adventures of Joel Pepper, Five Little Peppers Abroad, Five Little Peppers at School, and Five Little Peppers and Their Friends. According to Wikipedia: "The Five Little Peppers book series was created by Margaret Sidney from 1881 to 1916. It covered the lives of five children with the surname Pepper. The series began with the Peppers...

Kevin doesn't mean to make trouble when he lies. He's just really good at it, and it makes life so much easier. But as his lies pile up, he finds himself in big—and funny—trouble with his friends, family, and teachers. He's got to find a way to end his lying streak—forever.

Four extraordinary stories from Guardian award-winning author, Jenny Valentine.“Valentine writes so beautifully and so convincingly that you're instantly swept into the mystery of people's lives." Amanda Craig, The TimesFinding Violet Park:When sixteen-year-old Lucas Swain rescues Violet Park’s ashes from a mini-cab office, he sets out to discover who she was, and finally faces up to the question of his missing father…Broken Soup:When a stranger gives ...

They're back! Rediscover the zaniest and most lovable characters you've ever met in the Mr. Men and Little Miss series—the best-selling, timeless, and universal books, which have sold millions of copies worldwide.Digitally available for the first time, these bright, charming books, with their easily recognizable characters, are easy enough for young readers and witty enough for adults.This fantastic read-to-me edition is read by Audie and Grammy award-winn...

Introducing Squish—a hilarious, action packed graphic novel series from the award-winning creators of Babymouse! Filled with superheroes, comics within comics, and gross-out science, Squish is perfect for fans of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants, Dan Gutman's Weird School, and Jarrett Krosoczka's Lunch Lady.Beep! Beep! Squish can't get enough of his awesome new video game Mitosis! (Mitosis is what happens when cells divide. Who says video games can't be educational?) In fact, he may...

Sam is concerned about keeping things orderly and "cool" at school. She thinks people need to have a tough skin in order to fit in and withstand others’ meanness and lack of cooperation. Sam teases her free-spirited classmate Luisa and enlists a friend, Jayla, to help. But when Sam is confronted by a concerned teacher about her bullying, and Jayla turns on Sam and befriends Luisa, Sam begins to show some heart and rethink her treatment of others.The Weird! SeriesThese three books tell the ...

Are you having hard times at school? Are your friends not cutting you any slack at all? Then come and join Ethan and his goofy friend Billy on an adventure into the wilderness of school - more dangerous than a venture into a live volcano! In order to survive you must adapt or otherwise...KABOOM!Age group 7-12

Two-time Newbery medalist Lois Lowry has crafted a beautiful picture book about the power of longing and the importance of reconnection between a girl and her father in post-WWII America.This is the story of young Liz, her father, and their strained relationship. Dad has been away at WWII for longer than she can remember, and they begin their journey of reconnection through a hunting shirt, cherry pie, tender conversation, and the crow call. This allegorical story shows how, like the birds...

'Hi, my name's Quiet Boy. I'm not going to tell you my name because it would be giving up my secret identity, so for now you can call me Quiet Boy, or QB for short. I don't have any special powers, or an exciting superhero story. But I wanted to write this all down. And that's what I'm going to do. So here it goes...'QB is a young boy crippled with social anxiety. He finds talking to people incredibly difficult, and his parents are desperate to help him. In an attempt to make him b...

Summer Rose Watson is a fifteen-year-old army brat whose father is on his third deployment to Afghanistan. Once a straight-A student and youth leader in her church, Summer Roses grades begin to slip as she sinks into a depression. She stops attending church and is even caught sneaking out of the house. The only thing that keeps Summer Roses rebellion in check is her flying lessons. But even that is taken away when her plane crashes.In desperation, her mother sends Summer Rose to Pa...