Gravity becomes a very personal problem for Leda as she stumbles and tumbles through a long day. With a very funny text from award-winner Wendelin Van Draanen and bright, bouncy illustrations from Cornelia Lia, 'Gravity is Bringing Me Down' makes it hilariously clear how this sci...
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On Halloween night, seventh grader Sammy stumbles onto a mystery involving a twenty-year-old family feud and some heirlooms stolen by a man in a skeleton costume.
In alternating chapters, two teenagers describe how their feelings about themselves, each other, and their families have changed over the years.
Streetwise stray dog Mr. Whiskers and sisters Misty and Zelda follow clues through the streets of San Francisco in their search for the siblings' kidnapped father.
"Wendelin shares what she's learned--about writing, life, and what it takes to live the writing life. This book is packed with practical advice on the craft: about how to create characters and plot a story that's exciting to read. But maybe even more helpful is the insight she pr...
A shy boy with a knack for building electronic gadgets, uses them to keep the school bully away from him, and winds up trying to save the local pond from the bully's father, who wants to turn it into a waste disposal dump.
Fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, tired of being called names by the class bully, has a secret identity--Shredderman!
"Fourteen-year-old chess whiz Ruby Vossen plays a deadly game to keep her step family from stealing her wealthy (but dysfunctional) family's fortune"-- Provided by publisher.
Ginny Rose and Peggy were best friends at seven, picking peaches on hot summer days. Peggy's family owned the farm, and Ginny Rose's were pickers, escaping the Oklahoma dust storms. That didn't matter to them then, but now, ten years, hard miles, and a world war later, Ginny Rose...
Thirteen-year-old Sammy's penchant for speaking her mind gets her in trouble when she involves herself in the investigation of a robbery at the "seedy" hotel across the street from the seniors' building where she is living with her grandmother.
Nolan Byrd, alias Shredderman, sets out to help the young star of his favorite television show expose a slanderous reporter.
When her behavior escalates out of control, fourteen-year-old Wren is taken away to a wilderness therapy camp where she is forced to develop new skills, including the courage to ask for help.
Someone is spray-painting graffiti all over Cedar Valley and it is up to fifth-grader Nolan Byrd, also known as Shredderman, to expose the vandal.
When Nolan witnesses a serious crime, he realizes he may not be able to hide behind his Shredderman identity this time.
Twelve-year-old Carolyn, who has always wished she were a boy, begins to see things in a new light when her sister is born.
A Hollywood actress, who had been competing with Sammy's mother for an important role, is murdered, but thirteen-year-old Sammy and her friend Marissa are on the case.
When a school bus accident leaves sixteen-year-old Jessica an amputee, she returns to school with a prosthetic limb and her track team finds a wonderful way to help rekindle her dream of running again.
After running away from her fifth foster home, Holly, a twelve-year-old orphan, travels across the country, keeping a journal of her experiences and struggle to survive.
When cats begin to mysteriously disappear in Santa Martina, thirteen-year-old friends Sammy and Holly start snooping around town to find out what is happening.