Priya and Jay share stories every night using tin cans and string hung between their windows. Priya is devastated by the news that Jay and his family are moving far away.Using her resourcefulness, some unraveled sweaters and a few thousand knots, Priya learns that a little distance can't keep close friends apart.

★**“Funny and very readable. Young readers who are drawn to silly, scary stories are going to love this sequel. A recommended purchase for young readers.” — School Library Journal (SLJ), starred review**Once Lou found out he was a werewolf, he thought things would get easier…But his parents decided his older brothers should be the ones to train him, and of course they're up to their usual pranks. When his parents announce they're going away unexpectedly and that th...

Make a splash alongside Asha and Baz as they become ocean researchers!Asha and Baz are learning about the ocean in school, and though Baz seems mysteriously more confident than usual, the pair know that a trip back in time is sure to help them solve the Great Ocean Zone Challenge.Together, they journey to 1970, where oceanographer Sylvia Earle is working in the US Virgin Islands.Sylvia is set to lead an all-women team on a mission to study the ocean...

Lou Chandra-Pine is tired of being teased by his older brothers and getting lectured for what his parents call "bad choices."When his birthday comes and all he gets is a dusty old book and a card with his name spelled wrong, Lou makes a secret wish as he blows out his birthday candles: to be a huge beast. That way, his family would treat him with more respect.Soon afterwards, though, his body starts doing weird things—like growing hair on his feet, sproutin...

Asha and Baz travel in time to unearth fossils!When their teacher assigns The Great Fossil Challenge, best friends Asha and Baz wonder how they’ll convincingly re-create a prehistoric fossil. Luckily time is on their side!Together, they magically travel to 1823 to meet legendary fossil hunter Mary Anning, who shows them the marine fossil beds along the cliffs of the English Channel.Ammonites, evidence of marine reptiles, and more wait just beneath t...

There are lots of rules we all need to follow, from the dress code at school, respecting someone’s privacy, to turning your light off at bedtime. In six entertaining stories, Mayor Moe and City Council grapple with the task of making rules to keep their city safe, prosperous and fair. Not an easy job, since citizens come in all shapes, sizes and colors, and have different thoughts and beliefs.Readers will find out about the rights and freedoms enjoyed by every citizen in a democrac...

In the third book in the Asha and Baz series, readers learn about secret codes and how to break them from World War II codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman! A secret code and a mysterious prize up for grabs at school prompts Asha and Baz to once more use their magic stick to travel to the past. This time they land in 1942, where they meet Elizebeth Friedman, a codebreaker working with the US Navy. She’s the perfect person to help the kids with their codebreaking challenge, but she’s hard at work...

"A funny, heartwrenching, and soulful" debut novel about family, friends, and first love from the acclaimed author of Mayhem and But Then I Came Back (Bustle).Lucille Bennett is pushed into adulthood after her mom decides to take a break from parenting, from responsibility, from Lucille and her little sister, Wren. Left to cover for her absentee parents, Lucille thinks, "Wren and Lucille. Lucille and Wren. I will do whatever I have to. No one will ...

It's hard to pretend that everything is normal when your whole life has been turned upside down …'She's gone!'The letter said she needed time to be herself again. But what does that mean?Greg and Lucy, at fourteen and twelve, act cool and responsible when their mother leaves. Six-year-old Grace is just bewildered. Conor, a troubled ten-year-old, takes drastic action to show how he feels.And behind it all there is hope, and the beginnings of a plan to bring t...

There was a folded bit of A4 paper wedged into the locker. It said MICHAEL THOMPSON*. Michael slid it out, and flipped it open. It said* I KNOW WHERE ARCASTER IS.That was when the bottom dropped out of everything.Michael and Francis are best friends at school, drawn together by their common secret - a complete obsession with creating, crafting, adding to and poring over their joint fantasy world, Evgard. Their friendship is put to the severest test when Mi...

Eric and Chris are avid geocachers who stumble into a very strange search for a series of geocaches. At first they are merely curious, but as the stakes rise and the challenges become more trying, the boys get truly hooked. Convinced they are indeed on the trail of treasure, they become consumed with the search, and though their quest tests their strength, intelligence, courage and even their friendship, they don't give up.

A thrilling spy mission, a moving Holocaust story, and a first-class work of narrative nonfiction. In 1945, at the end of World War II, Adolf Eichmann, the head of operations for the Nazis' Final Solution, walked into the mountains of Germany and vanished from view. Sixteen years later, an elite team of spies captured him at a bus stop in Argentina and smuggled him to Israel, resulting in one of the century's most important trials -- one that cemented the Holocaust in the public imaginatio...