El DeafoBy Cece Bell At age four, Cece loses her hearing and must start wearing hearing aids.  The hearing aids help, but Cece must still learn to lip read in order to understand what people are saying.  Much of the time she struggles to make sense of what’s going on.  This makes school and friendships […]

The Miscalculations of Lightning GirlBy Stacy McAnulty Lucy Callahan is a math genius.  After being struck by lightning at age 8, Lucy became a “savant”.  Her math skills are phenomenal!  She is only 12 years old, but already she has finished high school courses and can begin applying for university.  But after doing all her […]

Blood MountainBy James Preller Carter and Grace are on a hike with their dad and their dog, Sitka.  They’ve been on hikes before and are comfortable in the woods.  So comfortable, in fact, that they both race ahead of their father.  Their dad, meanwhile, is getting slower and slower, having trouble making his way up […]

The Night Diary By Veera Hiranandani Its 1947, and twelve-year-old Nisha and her twin brother Amil live in the Mirpur Khas region of India.  Amil is a carefree boy with many friends.  Nisha is a shy, almost mute girl, who has few friends, but she’s an excellent student and cook.  When Nisha begins to keep […]

The Lotterys More or LessBy Emma Donoghue In many ways the Lotterys are the ideal family.  There are two moms, two dads and seven kids.  Some kids were born as Lotterys, some were adopted. The Lottery children are all home-schooled and learn by doing.  The Lotterys are lucky — they won the lottery, and now […]

MegabatBy Anna HumphreyIllustrated by Kass Reich Daniel is feeling sad after moving to a new house in a new town and he misses his friends in Toronto.  When he hears weird noises in his attic bedroom, he is a bit freaked out.  Then he realizes that the noises are coming from a bat – Megabat […]

StargazingBy Jen Wang Christine comes from a strict Chinese-American family.  She plays the violin, goes to church and belongs to a Chinese language study group.  When Moon and her mother move in next door, Christine begins to open up and see the world in new ways.   Moon loves K-pop, dancing and having lots of fun!  […]

New KidBy Jerry Craft Jordan Banks is in grade 7 and has been sent to a new school.  But instead of going to art school, as he’d hoped, he is attending a very prestigious private school called Riverdale Academy Day School.    Jordan’s parents want the best for him, but he doesn’t exactly fit in […]

Fake BloodBy Whitney Gardner As Grade 6 begins, A.J. is feeling a little left behind.  His two best friends, Ivy and Hunter, have had amazing adventures throughout the summer, like bungee jumping and climbing to the top of Mount St. Helens.  A.J.’s summer consisted of reading 10 books and winning some cool shades from the […]

Harold & Hog Pretend for Real!By Dan Santat Harold the elephant and Hog are best friends.  They can’t wait to pretend to be Elephant and Piggie!  But Harold is too carefree to be Gerald, and Hog is to careful to be Piggie.  What will they do?  When they suddenly get the idea to switch roles, […]