Fourteen-year-old Lizzie knows what she's not. She's not at home in her new house on the other side of town, after an incident with a neighbor forced her family to move. She's not ready to say goodbye to the wild apple tree in her old backyard, or to her older brother, who just left home for his first semester of college. She's definitely not happy to be taking women's self-defense with her sworn-enemy PE teacher. And unlike her best friend--and seemingly...

"Mindy is super excited to visit her grandparents in South Korea, but when the traditional meal she makes with her dad's new girlfriend has a few mishaps, she fears they are cooking up a big disaster." - ABDO

If you ask Delphinia Baker, she'd tell you she has all the family she needs. Sure, her mom passed away when she was young, her dad is often away on deployment, and she's never had anyone she can call her people, but she has always had Gramma--and for Del, that's enough. All this changes, though, when Gramma falls ill and Del is sent to stay with her great-grandmother. Del has never heard of Nana Rose, and she has no interest in staying on an unbearably...

Follows fourteen-year-old Zoe and her recently exonerated father as they build their new relationship and work to open a restaurant together.

A headstrong girl’s quest to steal back her family’s dog goes awry in this humorous and compassionate novel. Lolo is stuck in summer school with a teacher who is out to get her while her family is still reeling from her grandfather’s death. Even his dog is mourning, howling outside all night and every night. Finally, lovable old Hank is sent to a farm across the lake that takes foster dogs. And it’s all Lolo’s fault. Lolo knows she has...

When her little brother faces a lengthy stay in the hospital, Farah is sent to visit her grandmother in Florida. Sitti Fayrouz doesn't speak much English, and she has rules about everything. Even worse, Farah manages to make an enemy out of one of her grandmother's neighbors--before she even arrives in Florida. Will Farah find a way to have fun being the only kid in a retirement community, or will she spend the trip worrying about her brother and...

Sixth-grader Sicily Jordan learns to use her voice and to find joy in who she is--a Black Panamanian fashionista who rocks her braids with pride--while confronting prejudice both in the classroom and at home.

Farah Hajjar is just starting sixth grade at the Magnet Academy when something terrible happens--her house burns down. Even worse, the house fire may be Farah's fault. When her family moves to temporary housing, Farah feels the guilt piling up. Luckily Farah finds comfort in writing, and she channels her energy into starting a creative writing club at her new school. But can Farah convince her new science-focused school to support it?

Urchin Beach isn't the sort of place where bad things happen. The little seaside town is too lucky for that. But then, one day, a thief steals something precious--the town's dragonfly staff, which is the source of all its good fortune and the most important part of the upcoming Dragonfly Day Festival. Amelia MacGuffin is no detective. She's eleven, quiet, and unlike her four younger siblings, she has no special talents. But Amelia loves her town....