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Notes from the Midnight Driver

by Sonnenblick, Jordan

After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart abou...

Boris

by Rylant, Cynthia

A series of poems describes a pet cat, Boris, and the companionship between Boris and his owner.

Montmorency on the Rocks

Doctor, Aristocrat, Murderer?

by Updale, Eleanor

In Victorian London, when Montmorency and his alter ego, Scarper, reunite with Dr. Farcett, the two cooperate to capture a bomber and become involved in solvin...

Finding Grace

by Brugman, Alyssa

Undecided about her future after graduating from high school, an Australian girl takes a job caring for a brain-damaged woman. RACHEL HAS JUST graduated from h...

Margaux with an X

by Koertge, Ron

YA. Margauxis the prettiest girl in her school, blazingly intelligent, and witheringly apathetic. Known as a "tough chick" at her Los Angeles high school, she ...

Parasite Pig

by Sleator, William

Sixteen-year-old Barney, infected by an alien parasite, is taken to the planet J'koot, along with his friend Katie, by extraterrestrials intent on playing the ...

Hole in My Life

by Gantos, Jack

The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all...

Stained Glass

by Bedard, Michael

Story is rooted in mysticism but its heartfelt scenes are grounded in reality. Charles is hiding in St. Bartholomew's church instead of going to his piano less...

A Step from Heaven

by Na, An

A young Korean girl and her family find it difficult to learn English and adjust to life in America.