Twelve-year-old Terence faces some tough choices. His best friend, Tom, has gone away to camp, and the summer seems to stretch endlessly in front of him. What should he do? Hang out with a creep like Rico, an overgrown, hormonally challenged kid whose idea of fun is calling the lifeguard Boobacious? Or try to make friends with the old chess player (nicknamed "The Pervert" by Rico) who hangs out in the park? Terence finds that he keeps thinking ...

"A memorable and deeply moving story of a family of New Mexican sheepherders, in which Miguel, neither child nor man, tells of his great longing to accompany men and sheep to summer pasture, and expresses his need to be recognized as a maturing individual".--Booklist. Newbery Medal; ALA Notable Children's Book. ...

During a California holiday, Liz Austen is plunged into the middle of an international plot when a boy named Ramon disappears from his room at the Disneyland Hotel. Has Ramon been taken hostage? Before Liz can answer that question, her own safety is threatened when terrorists strike at the most unlikely possible target: Disneyland itself. ...

A rediscovered classic. In 1888 Frances Hodgson Burnett, author of The Secret Garden, created a moving little story for the Jordan Marsh stores in Boston. This charming book is a little gem about innocence, parental love, and social class.
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For the first 12 years of her life, Esperanza Ortega is pampered by servants and sheltered by her doting parents on their ranch in Aguascalientes, Mexico. But a sudden tragedy shatters that world of wealth and privilege. Homeless and destitute, she and her mother emigrate to California to work in the fields and start a new life. ...

This is the true story of a shaggy little burro that blazed the original trails through the Grand Canyon, long before it became a national park. Black-and-white illustrations. ...

If Arthur and Buster cannot find a way to get Francine and the Brain to stop fighting, their soccer team will never make it to the playoffs. Illustrations. ...

Beloved by generations, this treasured classic of the unlikely yet special friendship between a pig and a spider is available in this lavish collectors' edition. Illustrations. ...

Far away, and on the other side of time, there lived Clever-Lazy, an explorer and inventor of wonderful things. But her greatest invention -- one even she could not imagine -- was yet to come.
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Three young sleuths decide to investigate the disappearance of table scraps and become involved in more adventures. ...