Synopsis: In luminous paintings and arresting poems, two of children’s literature’s top African-American scholars track Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.Where is our historian to give us our side? Arturo asked. Amid the scholars, poets, authors, and artists of the Harlem Renaissance stood an Afro–Puerto Rican named Arturo Schomburg. This law clerk’s life’s passion was to collect books, letters, music, and art from Africa and the African…

Synopsis: When a dam fails and rushing waters sweep away their adult supervisors, five middle schoolers on a white-water rafting adventure are left alone with few supplies and the opportunity to forge powerful bonds as well as develop dangerous disagreements.

Synopsis: Hope Roberts is a confident eleven-year-old girl who plans to be an astrophysicist, and who loves swimming, Galaxy Girl comic books, her best friend Sam, and her two rescue dogs (not necessarily in that order); but then she starts middle school, and suddenly she cannot seem to do anything right--even science club is a problem because she and another girl, Camilla, get stuck with the boring part of the science project that they suggested, but…

Synopsis: Shooting hoops or mastering base 10 numeration? Hmm, for 10 year old Doogie, his heart is firmly planted on the basketball court. Even in class, he is daydreaming about his career in the NBA. Unfortunately, he has a rude awakening when he attempts to purchase a leather basketball and finds his understanding of place value is woefully lacking. Fortunately for Doogie, he is in for a mind bending intervention from an intergalactic super hero,…

Synopsis: Twelve-year-old Lily mourns her brother and has not spoken since the accident she feels she could have prevented, but the summer troubled Tinny comes to town she is the only one who realizes Lily's secret.

Synopsis: Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.

Synopsis: When Robin Hood and Marian are thrown together on a quest that requires bravery, quick-witted escapes, and the ability to get along, they discover there is no limit to what they can do together.

Synopsis: "Strike – you’re out!" "He’s safe!" "Homerun!" Every October, millions of baseball fans around the country anxiously wait to see which team wins baseball's biggest championship.  But the original games of the 1900s hardly look like they do today. Take a look back over one hundred years and discover the history of baseball's greatest series. With triumphs, heartbreak, and superstitious curses, this action-packed book brings America’s Pastime to…

Synopsis: Key Features Description The horrible Herdmans from The Best Christmas Pageant Ever are modern-day outlaws and the most famous kids at Woodrow Wilson School. Their wild behavior and outrageous lies always lead to disaster, but somehow all of them continually escape blame. Are they really horrible, or could there be some good in them? Find out the real truth about this crazy clan. "The many readers who have laughed out loud at Robinson's…

Synopsis: "Julia Marks has always been small. So when her mother makes her try out fot the local theater production of the Wizard of Oz, it's no surprise that she is cast as a munchkin. Julia is hesitant at first, but she quickly gets caught up in the director's unwavering enthusiasm. Then she makes two unlikely new friends: Olive, one of the adults with dwarfism in the play, and Mrs. Chang, a neighbor with some surprising hidden talents. And before long…

Synopsis: Not all of the wizards who were freed from Maldred's time-trap were good wizards; one of them, Astrid, is planning on working a spell that will bring to life the bones that lie scattered in the Fortress of the Stone Dragon, bones that belonged to creatures much bigger than dragons--and when his friends are turned to stone it is up to Drake to find a way to save them, including his own dragon, Worm.

Synopsis: Discover the causes--and consequences--of earthquakes with this introduction to natural disasters for young readers!Is it true that millions of earthquakes happen every year on Earth? Yes! Most earthquakes are just too small for us to feel. But some of them cause a violent shaking of the earth. They can be powerful and destructive.Inside you'll find: - How earthquakes happen, where they strike most often, and how they are measured- A hands-on…

Synopsis: From the author of the acclaimed GLORY BE, comes a novel that celebrates baseball, fast piano, and small-town living in the wake of the Vietnam War.When Theo gets off a bus in Destiny, Florida, he's left behind the only life he's ever known. Now he's got to live with Uncle Raymond, a Vietnam War vet and a loner who wants nothing to do with this long-lost nephew. Thank goodness for Miss Sister Grandersole's Boarding House and Dance School. The…

Synopsis: An uplifting young reader debut about perseverance against all odds, Marie Miranda Cruz's debut Everlasting Nora follows the story of a young girl living in the real-life shantytown inside the Philippines’ Manila North Cemetery.After a family tragedy results in the loss of both father and home, 12-year-old Nora lives with her mother in Manila’s North Cemetery, which is the largest shantytown of its kind in the Philippines today.When her mother…