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Gus goes fishing for the first time and receives expert guidance from his grandfather.

Gus and Grandpa have a loving, warm relationship.

Best friends Nixie and Grace spend every afternoon together ... until Nixie's mom gets a new job and Nixie must attend the after-school program, without Grace. Nixie begrudgingly starts the after-school program, joining the cooking camp. And it turns out that the other children a...

Vera loves all things comic books, so she can't wait for the comics after-school class to start. She starts developing her own comic about Big Spoon and Little Spoon with the encouragement of her friend Nixie and instruction from teachers. As the weeks go by, the after-school te...

While trying to decide on a science fair project, third-grader Wilson struggles with with fractions and, much to his embarrassment, his parents sign him up to work with a math tutor.

"Twelve-year-old Autumn wants more than anything to be a real author, but when she wins a contest by writing something too personal about her brother, she has to decide if her dreams are more important than their relationship"-- Provided by publisher.

Twelve-year-old Sonnet grapples with the loss of her grandfather's apple orchard, disrupted by a housing development, and forms an uneasy relationship with her neighbor Zeke after they discover a family secret that has the potential to disrupt Sonnet's family or bring about heali...

"Cody Harmon loves animals--he even has nine pets--so when the school holds a pet show fundraiser, it should be his time to shine"-- Provided by publisher.

Kelsey is the best reader in her third grade class, and she is determined to lead her class to victory in the all-school reading contest.

Annika hopes to change her best friends' hatred of math by winning a Sudoku contest, but she does not realize how important their lack of mathematical ability is until they make a mistake at the school carnival.

After Gus, who would rather play outside than practice music, does not do too well at his piano recital, his grandfather shows him how music can be fun.

Fourth-grader Mason struggles to enjoy playing basketball after his best friend persuades him to join a team, and learns that the dog-hating lady next door is not so bad after all.

"The third book in the Franklin School Friends series is a fast and funny story about sports, friendship, and sibling rivalries"-- Provided by publisher.

Best friends and sixth-graders Bumble and Lizard go on a quest to save the severely endangered language, Guernésiais, partly to impress Bumble's linguist mother.

Second-grader Gus wants a store-bought Halloween costume to wear to school, but because he knows his parents do not believe in buying costumes, he turns to his grandfather for help.

Mason Dixon is his usual pessimistic self as he starts fourth grade, dreading joining the school choir and unenthused about his sports-obsessed teacher who plans for the students to be "making a full-court press on writing."

Alfredo y su papá deben cruzar la frontera en un viaje difícil de México a los Estados Unidos. ¿Encontrarán el nuevo hogar que están buscando en el otro lado? Basándose en hechos reales, esta historia cobra vida gracias a la ilustradora Mexicana Claudia Navarro, y está rep...

Gus must visit the hospital when his beloved Grandpa has a heart attack.

Seventh-grader Sierra Shepard has always been the perfect student, so when she sees that she has brought her mother's lunch to school, including a paring knife, she immediately turns in the knife at the school office. Much to her surprise, she's given in-school suspension and an ...

Gus doesn't want to give up the training wheels on his bike, even for a new five-speed bicycle, until Grandpa helps him learn how to get along without them.