Winner of the 2013 Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestseller, this stirring and unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated novel is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television, his friends Stella and Bob, and painting. But when he meets Ruby, a baby elephant taken from the wild, he is forced to see their home, and his art, through new eyes. In the tradition of timeless stories like Charlotte's Web and Stuart Little, Katherine Applegate blends humor and poignancy to create an unforgettable story of friendship, art, and hope. This paperback edition includes an author's note highlighting th

“Some pig.” These are the words in Charlotte’s web, high in thebarn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig namedWilbur, as well as the feelings of a little girl named Fern...wholoves Wilbur, too. Their love has been shared by millions ofreade

A 2014 Newbery Honor Book A New York Times Bestseller Award-winning， nationally bestselling author Kevin Henkes introduces second-grader Billy Miller in this fast-paced and funny story about friendship， sibling rivalry， and elementary school. The Year of Billy Miller includes black-and-white art by Kevin Henkes and is perfect for fans of the Ramona books; Frindle， by Andrew Clements; and the Clementine series. The New York Times declared： "Henkes's delightful story is restrained and vivid . . . forgoing the overdramatic or zany， it shows the substance， warmth and adaptability of beautifully common family love." When Billy Miller has a mishap at the statue of the Jolly Green Giant at the end of summer vacation， he ends up with a big lump on his head. What a way to start second grade， with a lump on your head! As the year goes by， though， Billy figures out how to navigate elementary school， how to appreciate his little sister， and how to be a more grown up and r

Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister ina small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differentlythan the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively LizzieBright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community foundedby former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Mainecoast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a whale. When thepowerful town elders, including Turner’s father, decide to drivethe people off the island to set up a tourist business, Turnerstands alone against them. He and Lizzie try to save her community,but there’s a terrible price to pay for going against the tide.

Kit Tyler is marked by suspicion and disapproval from themoment she arrives on the unfamiliar shores of colonial Connecticutin 1867. Alone and desperate, she has been forced to leave herbeloved home on the island of Barbados and join a family she hasnever met. Torn between her quest for belonging and her desire tobe true to herself, Kit struggles to survive in a hostile place.Just when it seems she must give up, she finds a kindred spirit.But Kit’s friendship with Hannah Tupper, believed by the coloniststo be a witch, proves more taboo than she could have imagined andultimately forces Kit to choose between her heart and her duty.Elizabeth George Speare’s Newbery Award–winning novel portrays aheroine whom readers will admire for her unwavering sense of truthas well as her infinite capacity to love. In 1687 in Connecticut,Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of heraunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the communityand suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchc

In a compelling story about three sisters who go to Oakland,CA, in 1968, to meet the mother who abandoned them, acclaimedauthor Rita Williams-Garcia writes with insight and humor aboutfamily, politics, and identity. Eleven-year-old Delphine is like amother to her two younger sisters, Vonetta and Fern. When theyarrive on the West Coast, their mother decides that they willattend a summer camp each day run by the Black Panthers, while theywonder what really goes on at home in her kitchen, where she runsher own printing press.