Enter: Ten Tales for Tweens: Fantastic Short Stories for Middle Grade Readers


M.J. WareK.J. Ha - 2012
    Wick, D.D. Roy, Jean Cross, Tess Oliver, Laura Keysor, KJ Hannah Greenberg, & Chris Eboch

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever


Barbara Robinson - 2009
    You won't believe the mayhem - and the fun - when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story head on! This delightful comedy is adapted from the best selling book and the only story ever to run twice in McCall's Magazine. "An American classic." -McCall's Magazine "One of the best Christmas stories ever - and certainly one of the funniest." - Seattle Times

Mary Poppins Returns


Kathy McCullough - 2018
    This novelization of the film features eight pages of full-color film stills.

Invisible Lissa


Natalie Honeycutt - 1986
    Lissa didn't have much trouble figuring out who was behind it all - Debra Dobbins. Although Lissa couldn't stand her, she had to admit Debra had the whole class in her power.Things started getting worse when Debra started a cheerleader's squad and Lissa didn't get in. But the last straw was the FUNCHY Club, Debra's exclusive lunch group that Lissa's best friend Katie had the nerve to join. That's when Lissa decided she was tired of being invisible...and that it was time to show Debra that her days of being queen of the fifth grade were definitely numbered.

Buddy Is a Stupid Name for a Girl


Willo Davis Roberts - 2001
    But with her mother dead, her father missing, and her brother on the road searching for him, Buddy has a hard time believing it will ever happen. Instead she's living with relatives she hardly knows who resent her for reasons she can't figure out. They think everything about her is strange, especially her name. Buddy can't give up hope -- that her father is out there, somewhere, and that her brother will find him so they can be a family again. But until then can Buddy find some way to accept her new life? Or will she always feel different?

Saint Ben


John Fischer - 1993
    No one who met Ben was ever quite the same. So how could he cause so much trouble?

Give Peas a Chance


Morris Gleitzman - 2007
    . . and lots more.

Escaping the Holocaust: A True Story


Julian Padowicz - 2013
    They find momentary refuge in the country side. But as a Jewish family, they know they won't be safe for long.In desperation, they decide on a risky escape attempt, hiring a guide to take them secretly over the snow-covered Carpathian Mountains to a neighboring country. But a mother and child have never tried this dangerous route before.You will never forget their true story of courage and heroism.

The Diving Bell


Todd Strasser - 1992
    The divers are essential to the survival of the village as the pearls and shells they gather are used for trading. All is not well, however. When Spanish ships full of gold sink in a storm, the divers are taken to recover the treasure, and Culca uses her nimble wits and unflagging bravery to save her brother's life. Female roles and Spanish Colonial exploration of land and people are the themes of this story. Culca comes through as a strong female voice.

To Be a Dancer


Elizabeth Bernard - 1987
    In the company are Alexandra, the daughter of Russian dancers who have defected; bubbly Kay; deceitful, beautiful Pamela; limber Linda; and Madame Preston. Leah is the most gifted dancer of the group, but she has trouble believing it and almost lets petty jealousies thwart her.

Calling All Witches! The Girls Who Left Their Mark on the Wizarding World (Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts)


Laurie Calkhoven - 2019
    Explore the many ways these women built, enriched, and saved the wizarding world, and get inspired by their stories in this compelling handbook--a must-have for fans!

Stowaway! Adventure at Sea


Tracey West - 2008
    Will they rescue Rockhopper from an iguana tribe or lead the Migrator to get attacked by a monster? The choice is theirs.

Girls, Girls, Girls


Jonah Black - 2001
    Volume I details Jonah's crash-and-burn reentry into the high school society and family he left behind two years before.

Little Big Nate: No Nap!


Lincoln Peirce - 2020
    But once he does drift off to sleep, he's delighted to find his imagination can take him to some fascinating places. The second book in the Little Big Nate series by bestselling author Lincoln Peirce is an interactive joy for young children and their parents.

The Last Flight of Poxl West


Daniel Torday - 2015
    Intensely magnetic, cultured and brilliant, Poxl takes Elijah under his wing, introducing him to opera and art and literature. But when Poxl publishes a memoir of how he was forced to leave his home north of Prague at the start of WWII and then avenged the deaths of his parents by flying RAF bombers over Germany during the war, killing thousands of German citizens, Elijah watches as the carefully constructed world his uncle has created begins to unravel. As Elijah discovers the darker truth of Poxl’s past, he comes to understand that the fearless war hero he always revered is in fact a broken and devastated man who suffered unimaginable losses from which he has never recovered. The Last Flight of Poxl West beautifully weaves together what it means to be a family in the shadow of war— to love, to lose, and to heal.