Every Day After
Written by Laura Golden
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $15.99
Jennifer Holm's fans will root for Lizzie Hawkins. RUTA SEPETYS,
New York Times bestselling author of BETWEEN SHADES OF GREY, says: "A beautiful story of acceptance and determination. Lizzie Hawkins reminds us that in the mids of losing something precious we may find something equally important: ourselves."
It's been two months since...
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Every Day After
Written by Laura Golden
Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $10.99
It's been two months since Lizzie's daddy disappeared due to the awful Depression. Lizzie's praying he'll return to Bittersweet, Alabama, for her birthday. It won't feel special without him, what with Lizzie's Mama being so sad she won't even talk and the bank nipping at their heels for a mortgage payment.
Daddy...
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Every Day After
Written by Laura Golden
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 224 pages
On Sale: June 11, 2013
Price: $18.99
It's been two months since Lizzie's daddy disappeared due to the awful Depression. Lizzie's praying he'll return to Bittersweet, Alabama, for her birthday. It won't feel special without him, what with Lizzie's Mama being so sad she won't even talk and the bank nipping at their heels for a mortgage payment.
Daddy...
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The Aviary
Written by Kathleen O'Dell
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $6.99
Twelve-year-old Clara Dooley has spent her whole life in the crumbling Glendoveer mansion, home to a magician's widow, a cage full of exotic birds, and a decades-old mystery. Clara loves old Mrs. Glendoveer, but the birds in the aviary frighten her—they always seem to screech and squall whenever she's near. And...
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The Iron Dragon Never Sleeps
Written by Stephen Krensky
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2012
Price: $4.99
In 1867, while staying with her father in a small California mining town, ten-year-old Winnie meets a Chinese boy close to her age and discovers the role of his people in completing the transcontinental railroad.
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No Star Nights
Written by Anna Smucker
Illustrated by Steve Johnson
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: April 25, 2012
Price: $7.99
Illus. in full color by Steve Johnson. "The story of a young girl growing up within the shadows of a great steel mill is eloquently depicted in this insightful, autobiographical picture book. Studded with vibrant imagery, the story subtly emphasizes the loving, caring, respectful relationships within a steelworker's family. Cleanly executed...
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Night Running
Written by Elisa Carbone and Earl B. Lewis
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $7.99
It's 1838, and James has made a secret plan to escape Master Graham's farm—and slavery. James kneels down to tell his dog Zeus he has to stay behind, because Zeus is simply too noisy to bring along on a dangerous nighttime journey.
But when two white men capture James soon after...
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Night Running
Written by Elisa Carbone and Earl B. Lewis
Format: eBook, 40 pages
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $7.99
It's 1838, and James has made a secret plan to escape Master Graham’s farm–and slavery. James tells his dog Zeus he has to stay behind: he’s simply too noisy to bring along on a dangerous nighttime journey. But when two white men capture James soon after he runs, he’s grateful his...
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The Trouble with May Amelia
Written by Jennifer L. Holm
Read by Maria Dalbotten
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $28.00
May Amelia Jackson lives in Washington State in 1900, but she just can’t act the part of a proper young lady. Working a muddy farm on the rainy Nasel River isn’t easy—
especially when you have seven brothers and a pappa who proclaims that Girls Are Useless. May Amelia jumps at the...
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The Trouble with May Amelia
Written by Jennifer L. Holm
Read by Maria Dalbotten
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: January 10, 2012
Price: $14.00
May Amelia Jackson lives in Washington State in 1900, but she just can’t act the part of a proper young lady. Working a muddy farm on the rainy Nasel River isn’t easy—
especially when you have seven brothers and a pappa who proclaims that Girls Are Useless. May Amelia jumps at the...
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The Aviary
Written by Kathleen O'Dell
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $15.99
Twelve-year-old Clara Dooley has spent her whole life in the Glendoveer mansion, where her mother is a servant to the kind and elderly matron of the house. Clara has never known another home. In fact, she's confined to the grand estate due to a mysterious heart condition. But it's a comfortable...
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The Aviary
Written by Kathleen O'Dell
Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $6.99
Twelve-year-old Clara Dooley has spent her whole life in the Glendoveer mansion, where her mother is a servant to the kind and elderly matron of the house. Clara has never known another home. In fact, she's confined to the grand estate due to a mysterious heart condition. But it's a comfortable...
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The Aviary
Written by Kathleen O'Dell
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 352 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $18.99
Twelve-year-old Clara Dooley has spent her whole life in the Glendoveer mansion, where her mother is a servant to the kind and elderly matron of the house. Clara has never known another home. In fact, she's confined to the grand estate due to a mysterious heart condition. But it's a comfortable...
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Jefferson's Sons
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Read by Adenrele Ojo
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $40.00
What does it mean when the man who wrote
the Declaration of Independence is your father
and also your slave master?
Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson’s children, but their mother is a slave, so they must keep their father’s identity secret. They get special treatment—better work, better shoes, even...
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Jefferson's Sons
Written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Read by Adenrele Ojo
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Price: $22.00
What does it mean when the man who wrote
the Declaration of Independence is your father
and also your slave master?
Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thomas Jefferson’s children, but their mother is a slave, so they must keep their father’s identity secret. They get special treatment—better work, better shoes, even...
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The Last of the Mohicans
Written by James Fenimore Cooper
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $3.99
The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made
The Last of the Mohicans the most popular of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales. Deep in the forests of upper New York State, the brave woodsman Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo) and his loyal Mohican friends Chingachgook and Uncas become...
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Night of the Full Moon
Written by Gloria Whelan
Illustrated by Leslie Bowman
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: August 31, 2011
Price: $3.99
Based on true accounts of the Potawatomi Indians' forced migration from Michigan territory in 1840, this sequel to
Next Spring an Oriole portrays the friendship between two families--one white, one Native American. "An exciting adventure sure to provoke strong feelings, this is for new or reluctant readers, and would make a...
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Next Spring an Oriole
Written by Gloria Whelan
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: November 24, 2010
Price: $3.99
"Historical fiction at an easy level is hard to find, and this pioneer story, narrated by 10-year-old Libby Mitchell on her journey from Virginia to Michigan in 1837, is smoothly written and appealing. The wagon trail is not easy, and Whelan is careful to include a taste of the hardships. She's...
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Magic Tree House #10: Ghost Town at Sundown
Written by Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 15, 2010
Price: $4.99
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!
Is this town HAUNTED?
Jack and Annie wonder when the Magic Tree House whisks them to the Wild West. But before they can say "Boo!" they rush headlong into an adventure filled with horse...
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Magic Tree House #22: Revolutionary War on Wednesday
Written by Mary Pope Osborne
Illustrated by Sal Murdocca
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: June 15, 2010
Price: $4.99
Jack and Annie are ready for their next fantasy adventure in the bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House!
It is a dark and snowy night
when the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to colonial times. General George Washington is about to lead his army in a sneak attack...
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The Statue of Liberty
Written by Lucille Rech Penner
Format: eBook, 32 pages
On Sale: May 26, 2010
Price: $3.99
Celebrate the 125th birthday of our beloved Statue of Liberty with the story of how she came to stand in New York Harbor. Filled with illustrations and all-new photographs, this Step 2 reader tells of how the American icon was sculpted, transported from France, and unveiled 125 years ago.
From the Trade...
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The Firehouse Light
Written by Janet Nolan
Illustrated by Marie Lafrance
Format: Hardcover, 32 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $15.99
Day after day, year after year,
the lightbulb did not burn out. Here is the true story of a little lightbulb, located in a firehouse, that has stayed lit for more than one hundred years. As horse-drawn carriages make room for automobiles, dirt roads give way to paved streets, and new buildings...
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A Thousand Never Evers
Written by Shana Burg
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 22, 2009
Price: $7.99
IN KUCKACHOO, MISSISSIPPI, 1963, Addie Ann Pickett worships her brother Elias and follows in his footsteps by attending the black junior high school. But when her careless act leads to her brother’s disappearance and possible murder, Addie Ann, Mama, and Uncle Bump struggle with not knowing if he’s dead or alive...
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Sorceress
Written by Celia Rees
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: May 12, 2009
Price: $8.99
The spellbinding sequel to Witch Child! "Startlingly convincing. . . . Once Agnes’s quest begins, readers will be hooked." — BooklistIt came to Agnes unbidden: a vision of Mary Newbury, a young woman driven from her Puritan settlement, accused of being a witch. It is an image of a life about...
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Last Dance on Holladay Street
Written by Elisa Carbone
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: May 6, 2009
Price: $5.99
The year is 1878, and 13-year-old Eva has lost all the family she’s ever known. Eva feels like an orphan—but she’s not. Sadie Lewis, the woman who gave her up at birth, is alive and well in Denver. And Eva sets out to find her, carrying only an address on a...
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