Noni Is Nervous
Written by Heather Hartt-Sussman
Illustrated by Genevieve Cote
Format: Hardcover, 24 pages
On Sale: July 9, 2013
Price: $17.95
A unique hardcover picture book for two to five year olds, this is the story of a lovely little girl who is nervous about many things. Noni finds a way to control her nerves and work through her anxiety, making life much more bearable for everyone!
Noni is nervous about playdates...
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Paperboy
Written by Vince Vawter
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $16.99
For fans of To Kill a Mockingbird, The King's Speech, and The Help. A boy who stutters comes-of-age in the segregated South, during the summer that changes his life.
An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a whole different ball game. He...
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Paperboy
Written by Vince Vawter
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $10.99
An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering, not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend's paper route for the month of July, he...
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Paperboy
Written by Vince Vawter
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 240 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $19.99
An 11-year-old boy living in Memphis in 1959 throws the meanest fastball in town, but talking is a whole different ball game. He can barely say a word without stuttering, not even his own name. So when he takes over his best friend's paper route for the month of July, he...
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Disappearing Desmond
Written by Anna Alter
Format: eBook, 36 pages
On Sale: April 24, 2013
Price: $10.99
Desmond likes to disappear, blend into the background, and hide in the cleverest of places. But when a new student named Gloria arrives at his school, Desmond finds himself noticed for the first time. Can Gloria help Desmond get used to the life in the spotlight?
Anna Alter’s charming story is an...
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I'm the Best
Written by Lucy Cousins
Illustrated by Lucy Cousins
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $6.99
A boastful dog gets a taste of his own medicine in a tale about friendship that features the bold, exuberant art of Lucy Cousins at its best."I win! I’m the best!" Dog boasts. He can run faster than Mole, dig better than Goose, swim faster than Donkey, and he’s much bigger...
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Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Written by Meg Medina
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.99
In Meg Medina’s compelling new novel, a Latina teen is targeted by a bully at her new school — and must discover resources she never knew she had.One morning before school, some girl tells Piddy Sanchez that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn’t even know...
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Shadow Girl
Written by Patricia Morrison
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $10.95
This novel for ages nine and up is the story of a resilient young girl who struggles as the daughter of an alcoholic father and an absentee mother. Left alone to fend for herself for days at a time, she is observed by a kind and compassionate saleswoman at the mall...
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Shadow Girl
Written by Patricia Morrison
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $9.99
This novel for ages nine and up is the story of a resilient young girl who struggles as the daughter of an alcoholic father and an absentee mother. Left alone to fend for herself for days at a time, she is observed by a kind and compassionate saleswoman at the mall...
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There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Written by Louis Sachar
Read by Lionel Wilson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: November 27, 2012
Price: $15.00
Bradley Chalkers IS the oldest kid in the fifth grade. He tells enormous lies. He picks fights with girls. No one likes him—except Carla, the new school counselor. She thinks Bradley is sensitive and generous, and knows that Bradley could change, if only he weren’t afraid to try. But when you...
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Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind
Written by Gary Ross
Illustrated by Matthew Myers
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $17.99
A soaring bedsheet carries a young boy on three incredible adventures in this compelling debut by acclaimed film director Gary Ross.Bartholomew Biddle’s life has always been pretty ordinary, but when a huge wind blows past his window one night, he feels the call of adventure — and he can’t resist the...
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Fitz
Written by Mick Cochrane
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $16.99
Sometimes Fitz would look at himself in the mirror, an expression of pathetic eagerness on his face. He was a dog in the pound, wanting to be adopted. He'd smile. What father wouldn't want this boy?Fifteen-year-old Fitzgerald—Fitz, to his friends—has just learned that his father, whom he's never met, who supports...
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Fitz
Written by Mick Cochrane
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $10.99
Sometimes Fitz would look at himself in the mirror, an expression of pathetic eagerness on his face. He was a dog in the pound, wanting to be adopted. He'd smile. What father wouldn't want this boy?Fifteen-year-old Fitzgerald—Fitz, to his friends—has just learned that his father, whom he's never met, who supports...
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Fitz
Written by Mick Cochrane
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 192 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $19.99
Sometimes Fitz would look at himself in the mirror, an expression of pathetic eagerness on his face. He was a dog in the pound, wanting to be adopted. He'd smile. What father wouldn't want this boy?Fifteen-year-old Fitzgerald—Fitz, to his friends—has just learned that his father, whom he's never met, who supports...
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All You Never Wanted
Written by Adele Griffin
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $16.99
With my eyes closed and Alex's core friends all around me, it was like I'd become my big sister, or something just as good. And so who cared if they were calling it Alex's party? One thing I knew: it would be remembered as mine.Alex has it all—brains, beauty, popularity, and...
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All You Never Wanted
Written by Adele Griffin
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $10.99
With my eyes closed and Alex's core friends all around me, it was like I'd become my big sister, or something just as good. And so who cared if they were calling it Alex's party? One thing I knew: it would be remembered as mine.Alex has it all—brains, beauty, popularity, and...
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All You Never Wanted
Written by Adele Griffin
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 240 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $19.99
With my eyes closed and Alex's core friends all around me, it was like I'd become my big sister, or something just as good. And so who cared if they were calling it Alex's party? One thing I knew: it would be remembered as mine.Alex has it all—brains, beauty, popularity, and...
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A Thunderous Whisper
Written by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $16.99
Ani believes she is just an insignificant whisper of a 12-year-old girl in a loud world. This is what her mother tells her anyway. Her father made her feel important, but he's been off fighting in Spain's Civil War, and his voice in her head is fading. Then she meets Mathias...
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A Thunderous Whisper
Written by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $10.99
Ani believes she is just an insignificant whisper of a 12-year-old girl in a loud world. This is what her mother tells her anyway. Her father made her feel important, but he's been off fighting in Spain's Civil War, and his voice in her head is fading. Then she meets Mathias...
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A Thunderous Whisper
Written by Christina Diaz Gonzalez
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 320 pages
On Sale: October 9, 2012
Price: $19.99
Ani believes she is just an insignificant whisper of a 12-year-old girl in a loud world. This is what her mother tells her anyway. Her father made her feel important, but he's been off fighting in Spain's Civil War, and his voice in her head is fading. Then she meets Mathias...
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Everybody Sees the Ants
Written by A.S. King
Read by Kirby Heyborne
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $18.00
Lucky Linderman doesn’t want to wake up. . . . Lucky Linderman has been the target of Nader McMillan’s relentless bullying for as long as he can remember. But he has a secret—one that helps him wade through the mundane torture of his life. In his dreams, Lucky escapes to the...
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You Against Me
Written by Jenny Downham
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: September 11, 2012
Price: $9.99
If someone hurts your sister and you're any kind of man, you seek revenge.
If your brother's accused of a crime but says he didn't do it, you defend him.
When Mikey's sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie's brother is charged with the offense, her...
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Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly
Written by Alan Madison
Illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Format: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $7.99
It's hard to be Velma, the littlest Gratch, entering the first grade. That's because everyone has marvelous memories of her two older sisters, who were practically perfect first graders. Poor Velma—people can barely remember her name. But all that changes on a class trip to the magnificent Butterfly Conservatory—a place neither...
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Portrait of a Marshal
An Unhidden Story
Written by Lissa Price
Format: eBook, 30 pages
On Sale: July 10, 2012
Price: $1.99
Are all Enders evil? Not quite. Go inside the mind of a Marshal in Portrait of a Marshal, an exclusive ebook original short story by Lissa Price. The ebook is a perfect entryway into the world of STARTERS, and a must-read for fans who've already read the novel and the first ebook...
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Wanda's Freckles
Written by Barbara Azore
Illustrated by Georgia Graham
Format: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
On Sale: May 8, 2012
Price: $7.95
Wanda has freckles. Lots and lots of freckles. They make her feel special, until the day in the park when a group of boys point, laugh, and tease her for having spots. All of a sudden, the freckles she’d liked become a problem. What can she do? Wanda decides that there’s...
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