A New York Times Best SellerThis now-classic picture book recounts the true story of a
touching gift bestowed on the United States by a tribe of Maasai Warriors in the wake of the September 11th attacks. “Lovely… beautifully evocative.” ―Nicholas ...
Twelve-year-old Frankie Joe Huckaby can't find anything good to say about Clearview, Illinois, where he
must spend the next ten months living with a father he knows only through birthday cards, a stepmother he didn't know existed, and four half ...
Soon to be a feature film starring Idris Elba“Original in theme and inspirational in tone
and content.” — BooklistFrom a Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor winner comes a street- smart tale about a displaced teen who learns to defend what’s ...
Bestselling author Katherine Applegate presents Home of the Brave, a beautifully wrought middle grade novel
about an immigrant's journey from hardship to hope. Kek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. ...
Laugh with the Moon is on the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List. Thirteen-year-old Clare Silver
is stuck. Stuck in denial about her mother’s recent death. Stuck in the African jungle for sixty-four days without phone reception. Stuck with her father, ...
The childhood of Louis Armstrong was as fascinating as the great musician himself-and this chapter
book biography tells it like never before. Play, Louis, Play! is written from the point of view of Louis' closest companion throughout his youth-his horn! ...
Ming-Li looked up and tried to imagine the sky silent, empty of birds. It was
a terrible thought. Her country's leader had called sparrows the enemy of the farmersthey were eating too much grain, he said. He announced a great ...
Growing up in Honolulu with the Pacific Ocean as his backyard, Duke Kahanamoku learned to
swim and surf at a young age. By his early twenties, Duke's lightning-fast swimming won him a place on the 1912 United States Olympic team ...