In a small California town in 1951, twelve-year-old Paolo and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in a search for money missing from the church collection, leading them to complicated discoveries about themselves, other family members, and townspeople they thought they knew.

"Newt Gomez has a thing with bears. Last year he survived a bear attack. And this year, he finds an unusual bear statue that just might grant wishes. Newt's best friend, Ethan, notices a wishbone on the statue and decides to make a wish. When it comes true, Newt thinks it's a coincidence. Even as more people wish on the bear and their wishes come true, Newt is not convinced. But Newt has a wish too: while he loves his home on eccentric Murphy Island,...

Mary Bowser and the Civil War Spy Ring introduces an exciting interactive series for middle grade readers--Spy on History, where the reader gets to experience history in a whole new way. Meet Mary Bowser, an African American spy who was able to infiltrate the Confederate leadership at the highest level.

Third-grader Shai is already busy with her mother away and the Student Orchestra's benefit concert coming up, but when she spots a stray in her backyard, she recruits Emmie to help her catch it in order to find it a home. However, the rescue project doesn't go as planned.

When Evan and Cleo sneak into the enchanted library at night they find that Locke has already forced his way into a book, and when they follow they find themselves in a plane that promptly crashes into the Amazon rainforest--and with the help of a boy named Gabriel, (and a friendly sloth) they have to survive the jungle and find the golden statue that is the next treasure in their quest before Locke gets his hands on it.

A fictionalized account of the childhood of Sally Lincoln that recounts the adventures she had with her brother Abe and reveals how she helped shaped the future president.

In El Paso, Texas, in 1915, fourteen-year-old Rose Solomon seeks her missing brother's return and inadvertently ends up running with Pancho Villa and his revolutionary army.