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  • Bud, Not Buddy

    (Newbery Medal Winner)

    Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him:He ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Bronze Bow

    A Newbery Award Winner

    He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)The Bronze Bow, written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of The Witch of Blackbird Pond) won the Newbery Medal in 1962. This gripping, action-packed novel tells the story of eighteen-year-old Daniel bar Jamin—a fierce, hotheaded young man bent on revenging his father’s death by forcing ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • William—In Trouble

    Richmal Crompton was a British author who gained fame for her immensely popular series of books featuring the mischievous schoolboy, William Brown. Born in Bury, Lancashire, in 1890, Crompton studied Classics at university before becoming a schoolteacher. However, her true passion lay in writing, and she began her career by contributing short stories to magazines. It was the publication of her ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • William Again

    The third collection of "Just William" stories presents more adventures of the young scamp. ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • By the Shores of Silver Lake

    Illustrated by Garth Williams ...
    Series Book 5 - Little House
    The fifth book in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s treasured Little House series, and the recipient of a Newbery Honor—now available as an ebook! This digital version features Garth Williams’s classic illustrations, which appear in vibrant full color on a full-color device and in rich black-and-white on all other devices.Laura Ingalls and her family move from the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Bletchley Riddle

    A stunning collaboration between award-winning and bestselling authors Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin, this middle grade historical adventure follows two siblings at Bletchley Park, the home of WWII codebreakers, as they try to unravel a mystery surrounding their mother’s disappearance.Remember, you are bound by the Official Secrets Act…Summer, 1940. Nineteen-year-old Jakob Novis and his quirky ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Ghost Boys

    A heartbreaking and powerful story about a black boy killed by a police officer, drawing connections through history, from award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes.Only the living can make the world better. Live and make it better.Twelve-year-old Jerome is shot by a police officer who mistakes his toy gun for a real threat. As a ghost, he observes the devastation that's been unleashed on his ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • My Brother Sam Is Dead

    Winner of the Newbery Honor, My Brother Sam is Dead brings the Revolutionary War to life in this contemporary classic for young adults.The classic story of one family torn apart by the Revolutionary WarAll his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother. Sam is smart and brave, and is now a part of the American Revolution. Not everyone in town wants to be a part of the rebellion. Most are ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Devil's Arithmetic

    by Jane Yolen ...
    Series series Puffin Modern Classics
    "A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewHannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Brotherhood

    by Anne Westrick ...
    The year is 1867, the South has been defeated, and the American Civil War is over. But the conflict goes on. Yankees now patrol the streets of Richmond, Virginia, and its citizens, both black and white, are struggling to redefine their roles and relationships. By day, fourteen-year-old Shadrach apprentices with a tailor and sneaks off for reading lessons with Rachel, a freed slave, at her school ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Two Roads

    **A boy discovers his Native American heritage in this Depression-era tale of identity and friendship by the author of Code Talker."Cal's cleareyed first-person narration drives the novel. Meticulously honest, generous, autonomous and true, he sees things for what they are rather than what he'd like them to be. The result is one of Bruchac's best books."—New York Times Book Review**It's 1932, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • A Single Shard

    A Newbery Award Winner

    The Newbery Medal-winning tale of an orphan boy whose dream of becoming a master potter leads to unforeseen adventure in ancient Korea.Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean village renowned for its ceramics. When he accidentally breaks a delicate piece of pottery, he volunteers to work to pay for the damage. Putting aside his own dreams, Tree-ear resolves to serve the master potter by ... Read more

    $10.49 USD

  • White Bird: A Novel

    Based on the Graphic Novel

    by R. J. Palacio ...
    Series series Wonder
    **Now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Gillian Anderson!Read the novelized version of the celebrated New York Times bestselling story of kindness and unrelenting courage in a time of war--inspired by the blockbuster phenomenon Wonder.**Sara Blum lives an idyllic life with her adoring parents in Vichy France. But her world comes crashing down when the Nazi occupation separates the ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I

    The Mysterious Howling

    by Maryrose Wood ...
    Illustrated by Jon Klassen ...
    Series Book 1 - Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place
    Found running wild in the forest of Ashton Place, the Incorrigibles are no ordinary children: Alexander, age ten or thereabouts, keeps his siblings in line with gentle nips; Cassiopeia, perhaps four or five, has a bark that is (usually) worse than her bite; and Beowulf, age somewhere-in-the-middle, is alarmingly adept at chasing squirrels.Luckily, Miss Penelope Lumley is no ordinary governess. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Night Diary

    A 2019 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK"A gripping, nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and adults."-Kirkus, starred reviewIn the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India's partition, and of one girl's journey to find a new home in a divided countryIt's 1947, and India, newly independent of ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • We Dream of Space

    A Newbery Honor Award Winner

    A Newbery Honor Book • BookPage Best Books • Chicago Public Library Best Fiction • Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee • Horn Book Fanfare • New York Times Notable Children’s Book • School Library Journal Best Book • Today Show Pick • An ALA Notable Book“A 10 out of 10 . . . Anyone interested in science, sibling relationships, and friendships will enjoy reading We Dream of Space.”—Time for KidsNewbery ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Newbery Honor Book)

    by Grace Lin ...
    A Newbery Honor Book!A New York Times bestseller!An Al Roker's TODAY Show Book Club Pick!A Time Magazine 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time selection!A Reader’s Digest Best Children’s Book of All Time!This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Johnny Tremain

    A Newbery Award Winner

    Johnny Tremain, winner of the 1944 Newbery Medal, is one of the finest historical novels ever written for children. As compelling today as it was fifty years ago, to read this riveting novel is to live through the defining events leading up to the American Revolutionary War. Fourteen-year old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Sign of the Beaver

    A Newbery Honor Award Winner

    A 1984 Newbery Honor BookAlthough he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself. When Matt meets Attean, a boy in the Beaver clan, he begins to better understand their ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin Modern Classics)

    by Eleanor Coerr ...
    Illustrated by Ronald Himler ...
    Series series Puffin Modern Classics
    “An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable.” —Booklist, starred reviewThe star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life—the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Sarah, Plain and Tall

    A Newbery Award Winner

    Series Book 1 - Sarah, Plain and Tall
    This beloved Newbery Medal–winning book is the first of five books in Patricia MacLachlan's chapter book series about the Witting family.Set in the late nineteenth century and told from young Anna's point of view, Sarah, Plain and Tall tells the story of how Sarah Elisabeth Wheaton comes from Maine to the prairie to answer Papa's advertisement for a wife and mother. Before Sarah arrives, Anna and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Wolf Hollow

    by Lauren Wolk ...
    A Newbery Honor BookNew York Times Bestseller**“Wolf Hollow has stayed with me long after I closed the book. It has the feel of an instant classic." —Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author of A Long Walk to Water“This book matters.” —Sara Pennypacker, New York Times bestselling author of Pax**Despite growing up in the shadows cast by two world wars, Annabelle has ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Great Gilly Hopkins

    The timeless Newbery Honor Book from bestselling author Katherine Paterson about a wisecracking, ornery, completely unforgettable young heroine.Eleven-year-old Gilly has been stuck in more foster families than she can remember, and she's hated them all. She has a reputation for being brash, brilliant, and completely unmanageable, and that's the way she likes it. So when she's sent to live with the ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Will's Race for Home

    **A New York Times bestseller!★ "Rhodes deftly captures a unique aspect of this historical event, with a perspective that is often under-represented in historical fiction. A poignant and honest look at the trials of racism that defined the historic land rush; a must-buy." -School Library Journal, starred reviewBestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes goes West in this thrilling ... Read more

    $9.99 USD