This summer the Penderwick sisters have a wonderful surprise:a holiday on the grounds of a beautiful estate called Arundel. Soonthey are busy discovering the summertime magic of Arundel’ssprawling gardens, treasure-filled attic, tame rabbits, and thecook who makes the best gingerbread in Massachusetts. But the bestdiscovery of all is Jeffrey Tifton, son of Arundel’s owner, whoquickly proves to be the perfect companion for theiradventures. The icy-hearted Mrs. Tifton is not as pleased with thePenderwicks as Jeffrey is, though, and warns the new friends tostay out of trouble. Which, of course, they will—won’t they? Onething’s for sure: it will be a summer the Penderwicks will neverforget. Deliciously nostalgic and quaintly witty, this is a story asbreezy and carefree as a summer day.--- From the Hardcoveredition.
Set in the fourteenth century, the classic story of one boy'spersonal heroism when he loses the use of his legs.
Discover the Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones, from Holly Black, the cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book. A School Library Journal Best Book. A Booklist Editor’s Choice Books for Youth. A Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book. A NYPL “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing.” A People Magazine “Best New Kids Book.” Six starred reviews! Zach, Poppy, and Alice have been friends forever. And for almost as long, they’ve been playing one continuous, ever-changing game of pirates and thieves, mermaids and warriors. Ruling over all is the Great Queen, a bone-china doll cursing those who displease her. But they are in middle school now. Zach’s father pushes him to give up make-believe, and Zach quits the game. Their friendship might be over, until Poppy declares she’s been having dreams about the Queen—and the ghost of a girl who will not rest until the bone-china doll is buried in her empty grave. Zach and Alice and Poppy set off on one last adven
The heartbreaking, bitter view of the Civil War as experiencedby Chris Brabson, whose brother is fighting for the "wrong"side.
It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her small brotherCharles Wallace, and her mother had come down to the kitchen for amidnight snack when they were upset by the arrival of a mostdisturbing stranger. "Wild nights are my glory," the unearthly stranger told them. "Ijust got caught in a downdraft and blown off course. Let me sitdown for a moment, and then I'll be on my way. Speaking of ways, bythe way, there is such a thing as a tesseract." A tesseract (in case the reader doesn't know) is a wrinkle intime. To tell more would rob the reader of the enjoyment of MissL'Engle's unusual book. A Wrinkle in Time, winner of the NewberyMedal in 1963, is the story of the adventures in space and time ofMeg, Charles Wallace, and Calvin O'Keefe (athlete, student, and oneof the most popular boys in high school). They are in search ofMeg's father, a scientist who disappeared while engaged in secretwork for the government on the tesseract problem.
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which isnear impossible when you have a brother with autism and a familythat revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying toteach David the rules from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple"to "keep your pants on in public"---in order to head off David'sembarrassing behaviors. But the summer Catherine meets Jason, a surprising, newsort-of friend, and Kristi, the next-door friend she's alwayswished for, it's her own shocking behavior that turns everythingupside down and forces her to ask: What is normal?
The history of America at sea is presented through the travelsof Seabird, a carved ivory gull.
Jake Semple is a scary kid. Word has it that he burned downhis old school and then was kicked out of every other school in hishome state. Only weeks into September, the middle school inTraybridge, North Carolina, has thrown him out, too. Now there’sonly one place left that will take him—a home school run by themost outrageous, forgetful, chaotic, quarrelsome family you’ll evermeet. Each and every Applewhite is an artist through andthrough—except E.D., the smart, scruffy girl with a deep longingfor order and predictability. E.D. and Jake, so nearly the sameage, are quickly paired in the family’s first experiment in“cooperative education.” The two clash immediately, of course. Theonly thing they have in common is the determination to survive thefamily’s eccentricities. In Stephanie S. Tolan’s hilarious tale, alocal production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC—directed, stagecrafted,choreographed, and costumed by Applewhites—brings the familytogether and shows E.D. and Jake the value of the spec
