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By Kwame Alexander. 2014
Twin fourteen-year-old basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court, as their father…
ignores his declining health. Told in hip-hop style verse. For senior high and older readers. 2014By Jacqueline Davies. 2013
As Valentine's Day approaches and a crush on a classmate develops, Evan develops a secret fondness for writing poetry. But…
his sister Jessie plans on exposing all in her newspaper. Sequel to The Bell Bandit (DB 74601). For grades 3-6. 2013By Matthew Cordell, Julie Sternberg. 2014
When Eleanor's best friend Pearl is assigned to be the new student's buddy, Eleanor fears she can't compete. But a…
new set of problems arises when Eleanor's chosen for the lead in the springtime musical. For grades 2-4. 2014By Erin Jade Lange. 2013
Dane, a bully, gets caught fighting at school again and is assigned to work with Billy D., who has Down…
syndrome. A friendship forms, and Billy D. enlists Dane's help to find Billy's missing father. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2013By Jeff Langcaon. 2007
During career month at school, a young girl's grandfather volunteers to show the class around the USS Missouri and explain…
how he was stationed on the ship that played a big part in history. For grades K-3By Lisa Wheeler, Sophie Blackall. 2011
By David Roberts, Andrea Beaty. 2007
Ever since he was a baby, Iggy Peck has built towers, bridges, and buildings, which comes in handy when his…
grade class is stranded on an island during a picnic. For preschool-grade 2By Nikki Grimes. 2013
When Gabby's parents separate, her tendency to daydream becomes essential to coping with life's difficulties, which only increase when she…
moves with her mother to a new home and a new school. For grades 3-6By Ellen Hopkins. 2014
Matthew Turner doesn't have faith in anything. Not in family, which is falling apart after his younger brother's suicide. Not…
in friends who turn their backs. Not in a creator who lets bad things happen. No matter what his girlfriend Hayden says about faith and forgiveness, there's no way he will forgive those he blames. He's decided to "live large and go out with a huge bang". But when a horrific event plunges Matt into a dark place, he hears a rumble that wakes him up. For junior and senior high readers. UnratedBy Anna Dewdney. 2013
By Wes Hargis, Al Yankovic. 2013
By Anna Dewdney. 2009
By Rebecca Caudill, Evaline Ness. 1964
Six-year old Jay goes for a walk through the countryside and collects treasures that he finds along the way, including…
a live cricket. Jay takes the cricket home, and then to school, where its chirping disturbs the class. Illustrated by Evaline Ness. For grades K-3. Caldecott Medal. 1964By Stasia Ward Kehoe. 2014
At seventeen, Daisy feels imprisoned by her brother Steven's autism and its effects and her only escape is through her…
trumpet into the world of jazz, but when her parents decide to send Steven to an institution she is not ready to let him go. For junior and senior highBy Virginia Euwer Wolff. 2009
Seventeen-year-old LaVaughn advances her plans for college by accepting admission into a women-in-medical-science program and befriending her mentor, Dr. Moore.…
Although LaVaughn helps her friend Jolly solve Jolly's mysterious past, LaVaughn's academic future becomes uncertain. Sequel to True Believer (DB 52298). For senior high and older readers. 2009By Anna Dewdney. 2022
A Netflix Original series With over 30 million copies in print, Anna Dewdney's New York Times bestselling Llama Llama books…
have provided hours of comfort and fun-to-read-aloud rhyme. Summer days are getting shorter and it's almost time for the first day of school for Llama! But Llama Llama isn&’t ready for summertime to end. It's been full of backyard camping, family picnics, and ice cream with friends. All he wants is for summer to go on forever! He&’s anxious about his first day back at school but maybe, with some help from his friends and Mama Llama, going back to school will be fun after all!  By Nikki Grimes, Christopher Myers. 2002
Tough students at a Bronx high school reveal their innermost thoughts, dreams, and fears during the monthly English class's Open-Mike…
Fridays. Through their expressions of rap, free verse, and rhymes, the students learn they are more alike than they are different. For junior and senior high readers. Coretta Scott King Award. 2002By Thea Stilton. 2014
The Thea Sisters are thrilled about the new performing arts program being offered at Mouseford Academy. That is, until they…
meet the head of the department--the demanding and strict Professor Ratyshnikov. The mouselets will have to audition just to get into her class! For grades 2-4By Chris Van Dusen. 2019
Imaginative Jack describes the kind of school he would build--one full of animals, with tubes to transport students directly to…
their classrooms, and library books that come alive. For grades K-3. 2019By R. J. Palacio. 2014
Auggie's teacher Mr. Browne provides a book filled with principles to live by for each day of the year. Companion…
to Wonder (DB 74228). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2014