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When Lila, a worrier, moves to a new town, the what ifs only grow, and she feels alone and invisible until her teacher finds a creative and kind way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will stay with her long after second grade.

The acclaimed author of Flipped delivers a powerful and healing story that’s perfect for anyone who’s ever thought that something was impossible. Readers will revel in the story of a girl who puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before—after she’s told she’ll never run again.

Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She's...

"Rosie Vo is at odds with her dad. He pushes his racquetball hobby on to her to the point that she dreads ever spending time with him. Thankfully, new kid Blair moves to town and becomes fast friends with Rosie. She's cool, a great listener, and even better, the best distraction from the tension Rosie feels at home. Rosie's convinced Blair is the answer to all her dad-problems. If only Blair could be the racquetball genius Rosie's dad has always wanted!...

"Le vida de Mickey Bolitar no puede empeorar. Tras ser testigo de la muerte de su padre y tener que ingresar a su madre en un centro de desintoxicación, se ve forzado a vivar con su tío lejano Myron y a cambiar de instituto. Por suerte, allí conoce a la genial Ashley y parece que las cosas van a mejorar. Pero es entonces cuando ella desaparece. En su búsqueda, Mickey descubre todo un mundo oscuro repleto de misteriosy conspiraciones que cambiarán...

After twelve-year-old Lebanese-American Shad Hadid discovershe is an Alchemist, he receives an invitation to the Alexandria Academy where he discovers not everything is as it seems and shadowy figures are lurking around every corner.

Rafe Khatchadorian is horrified that because of a missed science assignment he has to go to summer school; but instead of three weeks in a school room he finds himself a volunteer at Bushytail animal refuge, which is really hard, smelly work--and somehow he needs to use the experience (and the help of a girl he meets there) to produce a first class science report.

When ten-year-old Lina Gao leaves China to live with her parents and sister, after five years apart, she must reckon with her hurt, anger, and curiosity and find a way to get her bearings in this new country--and the almost-new family that comes along with it.

Piper sees Clover off to Wishworld where she begins a mission for Star Academy to help a girl who is an only child whose parents completely baby her.

Eleven-year-old Elara from the planet "Nowhere" begins school at the Academy of Terraforming Arts, where she befriends Clare, a mute intergalactic sponge, and learns how to farm in space without blowing up planets.

Sisters Faizah and Asiyah learn how to spread kindness on school picture day.