Primero tratan de amenazarme. Después tratan de sobornarme. Y ahora hacen las dos cosas a la vez: tratan de sobornarme y me amenazan si no acepto el soborno. Luego de ver un documental sobre los problemas de salud que provoca la comida...
Juvenile fiction
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Author:Walters, EricSummary: - Author:Mullin, Caryl CudeSummary:
Meryl's mother was a great bard—a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meet Meryl, already an orphan, who wants to follow in her mother's footsteps. Highly spirited and curious, she has broken a sacred...
- Author:Martin, MarcSummary:
There's a river outside my window. Where will it take me' So begins the imaginary journey of a child inspired by the view outside her bedroom window: a vast river winding through a towering city. A small boat with a single...
- Author:Warga, JasmineSummary:
#1 New York Times bestseller * Best Book of the Year from The Washington Post, Publishers Weekly, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library. The One and Only Ivan meets The Wild Robot in this unique and deeply moving middle grade...
- Author:Waterton, Betty, Blades, Ann, Greene, GrahamSummary:
This enhanced e-book, in celebration of Groundwood's 35th anniversary, includes a read-aloud feature of the story narrated by Graham Greene.Simon has always longed to catch a salmon. But when his luck suddenly changes and an eagle...
- Author:Winkler, HenrySummary:
Hi there, I'm Hank. Here's what you need to know about me: I don't try to make the kids in my class laugh, but somehow I do. Spelling is my worst subject. (Come to think of it, so are math and reading!) I try hard-I...
- Author:Adderson, CarolineSummary:
Nicola’s adorable little dog, June Bug, keeps getting into trouble. She steals the neighbor’s turkey, yanks down the Christmas tree and destroys Mum’s almost-finished giant crossword. Everyone is mad, and it looks as though June Bug’s...
- Author:Jackson, Linda WilliamsSummary:
After the murder of Emmett Till, thirteen-year-old Rose is struggling with her decision to stay in Mississippi. Torn between the opinions of Shorty, a boy who wants to meet violence with violence, and Hallelujah, her best friend who...
- Author:Rahman, BahramSummary:
Young Aria returns to school after recovering from an accident and being fitted with a prosthetic leg, but the school has no furniture and sitting on the floor is too painful. She finds a way to build her own bench, surprising and...
- Author:Kujawa, Hana, Kujawa, MandiSummary:
Marcus, a young boy who feels second best at school, suffers a serious brain injury as a side effect of a virus. In hospital, and with fellow patient Emily's help, Marcus learns to embrace who he really is as he finds ways to cope with...
- Author:Nuzum, K. A.Summary:
Fifteen-year-old Will Bennon leaves his family and begins life as a cowboy, but his mentally retarded twin brother follows him and joins the journey.
- Author:Marks, JanaeSummary:
Joy Taylor loses her home, her friends, and her dreams of becoming a film score composer after her dad loses his job. However, Joy's friendly new neighbor, Nora, lets Joy in on the complex's best-kept secret: the Hideout, a...
- Author:Bullard, LisaSummary:
David visit his friend Zach's synagogue to celebrate his bar mitzvah. He keeps learning about his friends' religions and how to be respectful of them. Regardless of what you celebrate, we can celebrate one another.
- Author:Uhlberg, MyronSummary:
When flood waters submerge their New Orleans neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a young cornet player and his parents evacuate their home and struggle to survive and stay together.
- Author:Lowry, LoisSummary:
Thirteen-year-old Meg envies her older sister Molly's beauty and popularity. Things get even more complicated the day Molly is rushed to the hospital. That's the day Meg's life changes forever.
- Author:Best, LauraSummary:
Witches are hated in Württemberg, Germany, in the eighteenth century. It’s not so long since they were burned, and any woman who knows too much, who’s too clever or quick or skilled at healing, is suspect. Young Lilli knows this, and...
- Author:Draper, PennySummary:
One cold day in 1929, a tsunami strikes the Burin Peninsula in Newfoundland and suddenly twelve-year-old Murphy is doing a man's work, saving lives and caring for the people he loves.
Murphy wants to grow up fast and be a...
- Author:Ireland, JustinaSummary:
Long before the Clone Wars, the Empire, or the First Order, the Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in a golden age known as the High Republic! Vernestra Rwoh is a new Jedi Knight at age sixteen, but her first real assignment feels an...
- Author:Faruqi, SaadiaSummary:
Set against the backdrop of Karachi, Pakistan, Saadia Faruqi's tender and honest middle grade novel tells the story of two girls navigating a summer of change and family upheaval with kind hearts, big dreams, and all the right...
- Author:Díaz, NataliaSummary:
An introduction to the world's diversity follows the journeys of a young boy who visits friends in thirteen different countries and explores their respective cultures, languages, foods, geography, wildlife, and landmarks.
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