The ocean has always flowed through Sophie's life. It promisesjourneys of adventure and discovery and she is drawn to it. Andwhen she gets the chance to cross the Atlantic on board her uncle'sboat, The Wanderer, she can't wait to set sail. But troubled Sophiehas a secret, and deep down she's terrified of where, The Wandererwill take her. For this storm-tossed voyage will also be a journeyinto the mysterious past of her forgotten childhood. And she, andthe rest of the crew aboard, may not survive it.

Reverse spin, triple pump, reverse dribble, stutter step withtwist to the left, stutter into jumper, blind pass. These are me.The moves make the man.The moves make me.Jerome foxworthy -- theJayfox to his friends -- likes to think he can handle anything. Hehandled growing up without a father. He handled being the firstblack kid in school. And he sure can handle a basketball. Then Jerome meets bix Rivers -- mysterious and moody, but a greatathlete. So Jerome decides to teach bix his game. He can tell thatbix has the talent. All he's got to do is learn the rightmoves....

Around 5:00 a.m. on a warm Sunday morning on October 1953, my Aunt Belle left her bed and vanished from the face of the earth. Everyone in Coal Station, Virginia, has a theory about what happened to Belle Prater, but twelve-year-old Gypsy wants the facts, and when her cousin Woodrow, Aunt Belle's son moves next door, she has her chance. Woodrow isn't as forthcoming as Gypsy hopes, yet he becomes more than just a curiosity to her-- during their sixth-grade year she finds that they have enough in common to be best friends. Even so, Gypsy is puzzled by Woodrow's calm acceptance of his mother's disappearance, especially since she herself has never gotten over her father's death. When Woodrow finally reveals that he's been keeping a secret about his mother, Gypsy begins to understand that there are different ways of finding the strength to face the truth, no matter how painful it is. Belle Prater's Boy is a 1996 Boston Globe - Horn Book Awards Honor Book for Fiction and a 1997 Newbery Honor Book

10th Anniversary Edition Louis Sachar received great recognition for his groundbreakingstory of Stanley Yelnats – a boy with a history of bad luck. AsSchool Library Journal predicted in their starred review of thebook when it was first published, “Kids will love Holes.” A decadelater, the book is still quenching young readers’ thirst for agripping story about a far-reaching family curse, friendship,adventure, endurance, and, finally, a generous helping of goodkarma. Celebrate with this special 10th Anniversary Edition, whichincludes portraits of the author as a little brother (by his bigbrother), as a husband (by his wife), and as a father (by hisdaughter), along with photos and Louis Sachar’s 1999 Newberyacceptance speech. Vladimir Radunsky, who created the originaliconoclastic cover illustration, has made new art from the familiarimages. Wrapped in an acetate jacket, this edition is an appealingpackage that will be equally welcome in public, school, or homelibraries. Holes

Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and powerful landowner ruins the marriage plans of her older sister, Shabanu is called upon to sacrifice everything she’s dreamed of. Should she do what is necessary to uphold her family’s honor—or listen to the stirrings of her own heart?

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.

After his motherdivorces his father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect andcapacity for forgiveness help him deal with the instabilities ofhis new world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailableedition of this title.

Even after Davie had had the little black rabbit, Shadrach,for several weeks, it was still almost unbelievable. Every morningwhen Davie woke up it was a miracle all over again -- there in hisgrandfather's barn sat a wriggle black rabbit, and it was his.David had never been happier...until the day Shadrach slippedthrough the stats of his hutch and disappeared.

Mafatu has been afraid of the sea for as long as he canremember. Though his father is the Great Chief of Hikueru - anisland whose seafaring people worship courage - Mafatu feels likean outsider. All his life he has been teased, taunted, and evenblamed for storms on the sea. Then at age fifteen, no longer willing to put up with theridicule and jibes, Mafatu decides to take his fate into his ownhands. With his dog, Uri, as his companion, Mafatu paddles out tosea, ready to face his fears. What he learns on his lonesomeadventure will change him forever and make him a hero in the eyesof his people.

When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in thehills behind his home, it's love at first sight -- and also bigtrouble. It turns out the dog, which Marty names Shiloh, belongs toJudd Travers, who drinks too much and has a gun -- and abuses hisdogs. So when Shiloh runs away from Judd to Marty, Marty just hasto hide him and protect him from Judd. But Marty's secret becomestoo big for him to keep to himself, and it exposes his entirefamily to Judd's anger. How far will Marty have to go to makeShiloh his?

Nhamo's mother is dead, and her father is gone. She is avirtual slave in her small African village. Before her twelfthbirthday, Nhamo learns that she must marry a cruel man with threeother wives--and decides desperately to run away. Alone on theriver, in a stolen boat, she is swept into the uncharted heart of agreat lake. There, she battles drowning, starvation, and wildanimals, and comes to know Africa's mystical, luminous spirits.Nancy Farmer's masterful storytelling makes this a trulyspellbinding novel--and readers will be cheering for Nhamo frombeginning to end. A gripping adventure, equally a survival storyand a spiritual voyage.Nhamo is a stunning creation--while sheserves as a fictional ambassador from a foreign culture, she issupremely human. An unforgettable work. --Publishers Weekly,starred review

For John Borne's family, hunting has nothing to do with sport or manliness. It's a matter of survival. Every fall John and his grandfather go off into the woods to shoot the deer that puts meat on the table over the long Minnesota winter. But this year John's grandfather is dying, and John must hunt alone. John tracks a doe for two days, but as he closes in on his prey, he realizes he cannot shoot her. For John, the hunt is no longer about killing, but about life. 对于John Borne的家人来说，狩猎与运动或男子气概无关。 这是生存问题。 每年秋天，约翰和他的祖父都会去森林里拍摄那只在明尼苏达州长的冬天把肉放在桌子上的鹿。 但今年约翰的祖父正在死去，而约翰必须独自追捕。 约翰追踪母鹿两天，但当他关闭他的猎物时，他意识到他不能射杀她。 对于约翰来说，狩猎不再是关于杀戮，而是关于生命。

Breaking Stalin's Nose is one of Horn Book 's Best Fiction Books of 2011 Sasha Zaichik has known the laws of the Soviet Young Pioneers since the age of six: The Young Pioneer is devoted to Comrade Stalin, the Communist Party, and Communism. A Young Pioneer is a reliable comrade and always acts according to conscience. A Young Pioneer has a right to criticize shortcomings. But now that it is finally time to join the Young Pioneers, the day Sasha has awaited for so long, everything seems to go awry. He breaks a classmate's glasses with a snowball. He accidentally damages a bust of Stalin in the school hallway. And worst of all, his father, the best Communist he knows, was arrested just last night. Eugene Yelchin's moving story of a ten-year-old boy's world shattering is masterful in its simplicity, powerful in its message, and heartbreaking in its plausibility.

When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her olderbrother's best friend--Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changedforever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and thestifling role of "school slut," she longs to escape a life definedby her past. With subtle grace, complicated wisdom and strikingemotion, Story of a Girl reminds us of our human capacityfor resilience, epiphany and redemption.

“Engle writes her new book in clear, short lines of stirringfree verse. Caught by the compelling narrative voices, many readerswill want to find out more.”—Booklist, Starred Review “A powerful narrative in free verse . . . haunting.”—The HornBook “Hauntingly beautiful, revealing pieces of Cuba’s troubled pastthrough the poetry of hidden moments.”—School Library Journal “Young readers will come away inspired by these portraits ofcourageous ordinary people.” —Kirkus Reviews “The poems are short but incredibly evocative.”—Voice of YouthAdvocates

A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairieand spends a summer under the protection of a badger.

作者杰克·加图斯巧妙地将历史、神秘、幽默融合到了这部半自传半小说的《诺维特小镇的尽头》中，在这个小镇里，过去即是现在，现在令人困惑，而未来更是无从追索。 1962年的夏天，12岁的杰克因为偷玩父亲的手枪被关禁闭。为了能出门，杰克答应了帮邻居沃克夫人给小镇的逝者们写讣告。对于沃克夫人和镇民们来说，讣告不仅仅是死亡的记录，还是对逝者为小镇做出贡献的评述与尊重，是对生命的敬畏。在这个过程中，杰克仿佛踏入了一场奇异的历史旅程，旅程中有燃尽的蜡烛，有*埃莉诺·罗斯福，有被扭曲的承诺，有父亲的飞机，有骑三轮车的镇民，有瘟疫，有地狱天使，甚至有谋杀…… 杰克对小镇的过去充满了好奇并慢慢懂得了尊重历史。随着死亡人数的过快增加，杰克更是逐渐揭开了小镇的诅咒之谜…… Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead

出版社: Amulet Books (2014年9月1日) 平装: 248页 读者对象: 8 - 12 岁 语种： 英语 商品尺寸: 15.2 x 1.3 x 22.9 cm

这是是一本关于爱、宽容与坚持的书，读后能给人以力量。 这本五彩斑斓的小书里，有一个感人至深的故事。15岁的女孩麦格为了寻找失踪的科学家爸爸，踏上了一条非同寻常的道路。这是一个关于坚持信念的故事。尽管旅途中布满了艰辛和危险，但三个伙伴从没有动摇过他们要找到并救出爸爸的决心。这也是—个有关爱的故事。爸爸对麦格的亲子之爱，弟弟与麦格的手足之情，加尔文与麦格的朋友之谊……麦格肩负着这些爱，战胜了邪恶，重返家园。