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John and Stewart are stuck at home when a massive power outage hits. There dad is out of town on a business trip, but they have plenty of...

Laz Weathers is really good at pitching for his North Central High School baseball team. When his baseball team is shutdown, Mr. Thurman...

In my opinion Fighting Words is one of my favorite books I have ever read. It is about a story of two sisters that have a mom that went...

Efren lives in the U.S close to the border of Mexico. Efren's parents are here illegally from Mexico. When Ama (Efren's mom) gets...

Della and her older sister, Suki,'s mom goes insane and blows up a hotel room so they go to live with Clifton, one of their moms former...

King (Kingston)'s brother dies and because a dragonfly landed on the casket at the funeral, King is convinced that his brother came back...

Oksana and Valentina's fathers both work at the nuclear power station when one of the reactors collapses and sets the building on fire,...

Seventh-grader Rahul Kapoor has a great friendship with Chelsea and an extreme talent for math, but he wants more than anything to be the...

When a giant swastika is painted in their quiet Colorado middle school, there are no immediate suspects. In fact, the administration is...

Her whole life, Ellie has been tormented about her weight. Wearing a whale swimsuit to a party in fifth grade didn't help. Even her own...

When a string of murders hits casinos in Las Vegas, the group of Naturals travel there to help with the case. Cassie is uneasy thinking...

In this sequel to Dear Martin, we follow Quan right after he is arrested for the shooting death of an officer. Through a series of...

When Justyce is sent to spend the night in jail after doing nothing wrong (only because he was a black kid helping a drunk white girl),...

Fifth graders Valentina, a Jew, and Oksana, her bully, are living nearby when the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant happens...

In typical Gratz fashion, he has taken an important topic and made it relatable for kids. It is a difficult book to follow with three...

Sarah is a star basketball player in 7th grade and when puberty hits, her body is doing some growing and new things that make playing...

Seventh grader Efren Nava's world is turned upside down when his undocumented mother is taken by ICE and deported to Mexico. Now Efren...

It's September 11, 2001. Nine-year-old Brandon has gotten into trouble at school and has to go to work with his dad at the Twin Towers...

Laz Weathers is a pitcher with a golden arm. He’s got some hard knocks though, including the fact that his high school won’t have a...

Big time bully falls off his roof and gets a concussion, which makes him have amnesia! He basically gets to restart his life and this...