The school year begins with Bill and his friends in pursuit of romance, chess, and recreational fire—a plan that has always worked before—but high school is safe compared to the high-stakes Internet conspiracy that grows ever larger, threatening the stability of their world and a best friend’s life. When the protection racket hits high school, no one is safe. Add to that the complications of family relationships where disloyalty destroys, but where an over-arching compulsion for loyalty al...

When Brenna Walker suffers a devastating emancipation her senior year of high school, she sets off on an undercover search for her missing relatives. Over a series of visits with her mother Brenna asks the name of her birth father and why her uncle raised her. Meanwhile, hoping her mother will help her, Brenna continues the hunt for family members, arranging to meet them incognito so as to ascertain why her uncle didn’t want her to know them, or if he didn’t want them to know her. When the...

Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan's Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That's when things start to get crazy.At his new school, Craig realizes that he isn't brilliant compared to the other kids; he's just average...

With more than 30 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading!It’s Career Day at Ella Mentry School in this third book in the My Weirder School series! And Mrs. Lilly, a reporter for the local paper, decides to stop by. She’s going to help the kids make their own school newspaper. But what happens when A.J. and the gang become investigative reporters? Will someone going to get fired? Or will someone end up going to jail?Perfect for reluctant read...

A significant book about one girl's struggle with suicide, from National Book Award finalist Julie Anne Peters.Daelyn is fifteen years old, and in her mind she is a failure. She tried slitting her wrists, and she was rescued. She tried swallowing chemicals, and after burning through her esophagus enough to lose the ability to speak, she was rescued. But this time will be different.As readers see Daelyn's touching friendship with a quirky seventeen-year-old ...

A riveting debut that combines the relentless immediacy of Thirteen Reasons Why with the can't-look-away drama of TV shows like Biggest Loser.A lonely obese boy everyone calls "Butter" is about to make history. He is going to eat himself to death-live on the Internet-and everyone is invited to watch. When he first makes the announcement online to his classmates, Butter expects pity, insults, and possibly sheer indifference. What he gets are morbid...

Judson Moon returns as the President of the United States in this hilarious sequel to THE KID WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT -- updated just in time for the 2012 election! My fellow Americans, When I was running for President, I said you should vote for me because I didn't know anything about politics . . . or how to raise taxes . . . or how to ruin the economy. I didn't know how to get us into a war. I said you should vote for me because I didn't know anything. Well, that was two months ago, and I...

A moving story of one child's life in a conflict zone: Shahana, a young girl living in war-torn Kashmir.*'Open your eyes. We will not hurt you.'The boy quietens; his eyes open.'Where are you from?'The boy stares at them both; then says, 'Who will you tell?'*Shahana lives alone with her young brother in the shadow of the Line of Control, the border patrolled by Pakistani and Indian soldiers that divides Kashmir in two. Life is hard, b...

Mr. Impossible can jump over a house and solve the world's toughest math problem. Is there anything he can't do?

In this 112-page illustrated chapter book, the Bear Family is looking forward to a fun-filled vacation at the lighthouse on Rocky Point Island. But shortly after arriving, events of a strange and spooky nature begin to unfold! Could there be ghosts lurking about the island? Brother and Sister Bear must find out who is behind all the pranks before their vacation comes to a close!The Berenstain Bears Chapter Books are the perfect next step for increasingly independent young readers.

Many people fondly remember this book. Nancy loves to play Nurse, but her older brothers are always too busy with their big boy games to play with her. One day, when brother Billy falls and hurts himself, Nurse Nancy is at the ready! This lively, charming book from the 1950s is still fresh today.

Steve and Carl are ducks. Steve likes cans. Carl likes socks. But Steve and Carl don't like being called dumb by seagulls. Steve and Carl don't get mad. Steve and Carl don't get angry. Steve and Carl get even, though not in the way they originally intended.Maxwell Eaton, creator of the Max and Pinky books, introduces us to two lovable and quirky ducks who kids are sure to cheer for in this clever anti-bullying book.