What will it take for Phoebe to become a witch?Phoebe has wanted to be a witch since she was four years old, when witches transformed a barren, rundown park in her town into a thriving and beautiful spot with flowerbeds in full bloom and swings for the children. Witches are what keep the world spinning. They are responsible for beauty and magic—and Phoebe wants desperately to join their ranks. But as a clumsy fifth grader, she doubts she ever could.One day, p...

Welcome to Moose StreetLena Rosen is eleven years old, and her life is pretty typical. From babysitting her little sister to spending time with friends to sticking up for the class outcast to sneaking off to buy candy from the corner store, she is just like all of the other kids on her block. Except for one thing—she's Jewish.Lena's family is the only one on all of Moose Street that isn't Catholic or Protestant. "You're the ones who killed Christ," her classm...

Eleven gripping paranormal tales from award-winning author Anne MazerFull of paranormal activity, haunting plot twists, and bone-chilling horror, this spellbinding collection will grip readers until the very last page. In "Glass Heart," a tiny shard of glass flies into a girl's eye, causing her body to grow colder and colder until she is frozen to her very bones. "Secrets" tells the story of a girl who is tormented when other people's secrets wind around her head li...

An ALA Notable Book: A contemporary tale of mythic proportionsOnce upon a time, humans and animals lived together in perfect harmony. Each species was respected for its own particular strength, knowledge, and wisdom.The Oxboy has a human mother and an ox father. But human society has now decided that this is unnatural and degrading. He and other children like him must keep their identities secret. But when the Oxboy is given a certificate covered with names...

Published in 1993, America Street was the very first collection of stories about young people growing up in our diverse society. It has informed and inspired hundreds of thousands of readers. Now this influential and much-loved anthology is expanded and updated for a new generation. Twenty stories, twelve new and eight returning favorites, focus on life issues, from the personal to the political.Authors included are: Duane Big Eagle, Marina Budhos, Norma Elia Cantú, Sandra...

Practical advice for young aspiring writers.In Spilling Ink: A Young Writer's Handbook, you'll learn how to write like the experts—with a little help from the experts.After receiving letters from fans asking for writing advice, accomplished authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter joined together to create this guidebook for young writers. The authors mix inspirational anecdotes with practical guidance on how to find a voice, develop characters and plot...

Prompted by a neverending stream of letters pleading for advice on how to be a better writer, successful children's authors Anne Mazer and Ellen Potter put their heads together to create this useful guide.With dozens of books and decades of experience between them, the authors brought their distinct personal styles to the advice they had to offer. Now they have done the same for this audio version, with each author narrating her own sections. Along the way they call in some friends for som...

Unlock the secret to being a writer! Turn to this practical and enjoyable guide by the bestselling author of A Writer’s Notebook and the ALA Notable Book Fig Pudding.Surprise! There is no secret to being a writer. But there is a process.Good writing isn't forged by magic or hatched out of thin air. Good writing happens when you follow certain steps to take control of your sentences—to make your words do what you want them to do. T...

Live large in this side-splitting follow-up to the bestselling Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life as Rafe heads off to Art School!After sixth grade, the very worst year of his life, Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He's been accepted to art school in the big city and imagines a math-and-history-free fun zone. Wrong! It's more competitive than Rafe ever expected, and to score big in class, he needs to find a way to ...

A special bonus novel told from Jackson's Point-of-View. For the best reading experience, read this book after Demons Forever and before Emerald Darkness!“In order to move toward my future, I knew I would have to face my past. If Harper was to ever really understand me, she would have to also understand my greatest triumphs and my darkest secrets.”Jackson’s past is complicated, but he needs for Harper to understand what he's been through before the war with the remaining pr...

Beware!Dangerous secrets lie between the pages of this book.OK, I warned you. But if you think I'll give anything away, or tell you that this is the sequel to my first literary endeavor, The Name of This Book is Secret, you're wrong.I'm not going to remind you of how we last left our heroes, Cass and Max-Ernest, as they awaited intiation into the mysterious Terces Society, or the ongoing fight against the evil Dr. L and Ms. Mauvais. I certainly won't be tel...