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Nightmare Academy

by Lorey, Dean & Dorman, Brandon

Rescued from a very sheltered life, thirteen-year-old Charlie learns that the monsters of his nightmares are real when he becomes a student at Nightmare Academ...

Adam Canfield, Watch Your Back!

by Winerip, Michael

A much-welcomed snow day turns into an embarrassing nightmare for middle-grader Adam Canfield when, after being mugged by high school bullies for his snow-shov...

Hiroshima Dreams

by Easton, Kelly

Lin O'Neil, a talented but shy girl growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, develops a close relationship with her Japanese grandmother, who shares Lin's gift ...

Last dance at the Frosty Queen

by Uhlig, Richard Allen

In the spring of 1988, as his high school graduation approaches, Artie Flood worries that he will never be able to escape his tiny Kansas town.

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Frank Lloyd Wright, a twentieth-century life

by Adkins, Jan

The story of the man who changed architecture from "dark, Victorian clutter" to space open to air and movement.

Little Eagle

by Hong, Chen Jiang

Little Eagle tells the story of a young boy who is orphaned and taken in by a kind old man. The story centers on the boy's discovery of his guardian's gift as ...

Tomie dePaola's Front Porch Tales & North Country Whoppers

by DePaola, Tomie

These laugh-out-loud stories from New Hampshire and Vermont are set during the four seasons of the year. The storyteller in his appealing dialect tells little-...

My Swordhand Is Singing

by Sedgwick, Marcus

WHEN TOMAS AND HIS SON, Peter, settle in Chust as woodcutters, Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut, so they have their own little isla...

Knuffle Bunny Too

A Case of Mistaken Identity

by Willems, Mo

Her daddy in tow, Trixie hurries to school to show off her one-of-a-kind Knuffle Bunny. But an awful surprise awaits her: someone else has the exact same bunny!

The True Meaning of Smekday

by Rex, Adam

When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion), 11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to fi...