Following a map their Nana left behind, cousins Jake and Marisol sneak out to a nearby lighthouse, then slip into another world! But the man who holds the key to their journey home doesn't want to be found.
Juvenile fiction
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Author:Graudin, Ryan, Kaufman, AmieSummary: - Author:Bell, KristenSummary:
Actress, producer, and parent Kristen Bell (The Good Place, Veronica Mars, Frozen) and creative director and parent Benjamin Hart have a new challenge for you and your kids: become a purple person! What is a purple person? Great...
- Author:Gaines, JoannaSummary:
The World Needs Who You Were Made to Be, the second children's audiobook by New York Times bestselling author Joanna Gaines celebrates how creativity and acceptance can come together to make for a bright and beautiful adventure....
- Author:Stevenson, RobinSummary:
Mel is tormented by thoughts that she may be responsible for her best friend's suicide attempt.
- Author:Harrold, A.F.Summary:
An extraordinary story about friendship and betrayal. Of revenge and retribution but also redemption. Perfect for 11+ readers who enjoy Stranger Things. Hex never meant for the girl to follow him and his friend Tommo into the woods. He...
- Author:Patterson, James, Tebbetts, ChristopherSummary:
With his best friend awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's oppressive Code of Conduct. But when Rafe's game starts to catch up with him, he'll have to decide if winning is all that matters, or if he's...
- Author:Gravel, EliseSummary:
Bob’s tricycle is broken and he needs a wrench to fix it. He ventures out to buy one at the Megamart, where slick salesman, Mr. Mart, convinces Bob that it’s not a wrench he needs, but a fridge hat…singing pajamas…a screaming machine!...
- Author:Peterson, Lois, Meissner, AmySummary:
Jack loves and misses his bus-driving grandfather. When Grandpa Nod got sick, Jack's mother said eight-year-old Jack was too young to visit his grandfather in hospital. When Grandpa Nod died, Jack's mother said Jack was too young to go...
- Author:Santini, BertrandSummary:
A very funny and cheerfully subversive chapter book about a monster who eats children-until one day he makes a friend. The Yark loves children...'ith the love of a gourmand! This hairy monster dreams of child buffets-ham of boy,...
- Author:Arnold, MarieSummary:
In this magical middle-grade novel, ten-year-old Gabrielle finds out that America isn't the perfect place she imagined when she moves from Haiti to Brooklyn. With the help of a clever witch, Gabrielle becomes the perfect American...
- Author:Lin, GraceSummary:
Frustrated at her seeming lack of talent for anything, a young Taiwanese American girl sets out to apply the lessons of the Chinese Year of the Dog, those of making best friends and finding oneself, to her own life.
- Author:Cheng, AndreaSummary:
When Anna is gifted a copy of The Secret Garden, it inspires her to follow her dreams-maybe she can plant ivy and purple crocuses and the birds will come. Or maybe what grows from her dream of a garden is even better: friendship. And...
- Author:Rawlings, Marjorie KinnanSummary:
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
- Author:Adeyoha, AngelSummary:
It's Father's Day craft time in Akilah and Kai's class, but they don't have dads! So, they hatch a plan to create a special club. It's for all the kids in their grade who don't have a dad, but want to...
- Author:Rennison, LouiseSummary:
After trying to take Hamburgeragogoland, also known as the United States, by storm when her family vacations in Memphis, Tennessee, a British teen returns home to deal with the attentions of too many boys, weird parents, and mad cats....
- Author:Jones, Carolyn, Spurll, BarbaraSummary:
Harriet has a large collection of stuffed animals. Her favorite is an intrepid bear, Theodora (Teddy, to her friends), who leads the others in a variety of attempts to boss Harriet around and to claim the spot of alpha animal in the...
- Author:Fitch, Sheree, Smith, SydneySummary:
Willa Wellowby’s house has been overrun by monkeys. They’re ballet dancing, playing the bagpipes, listening to the Beatles, and causing mayhem and destruction all over the house and yard. And the more Willa asks them to leave, the more...
- Author:Gall, ChrisSummary:
After moving to Mars with his family, Davey complains of being bored until he begins exploring the planet with his dog Polaris and uncovers a most unusual "treasure."
- Author:Lewis, Amanda WestSummary:
New York City in the 1960s is the humming backdrop for this poignant, gritty story about a girl who sees her parents as flawed human beings for the first time, and finds the courage to make a fresh start. Missy’s mother has gone back to...
- Author:Robinson, TonySummary:
The story of Theseus, saved from death as a baby, narrowly escaping having his legs sliced off by an axe-wielding inn-keeper, he also has time to defeat hoards of pirates and kill the Minotaur!
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