After the Pearl Harbor attack an eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl and her family are forced to go to an aliens camp in Utah.
Encyclopedia Brown Saves the Day (Encyclopedia Brown, #7)
by Donald J. Sobol
As Idaville’s ten-year-old star detective, Encyclopedia has an uncanny knack for trivia. With his unconventional knowledge, he solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his own detective agency. But his dad also happens to be the chief of the Idaville police department, and every night around the dinner table, Encyclopedia helps him solve some of the most baffling crimes. With ten confounding mysteries in each book, not only does Encyclopedia have a chance to solve them, but readers are...
Welcome Home, Jellybean (The Dragon Books) (Aladdin Books)
by Marlene Fanta Shyer
Neil's life turns upside down when his parents take his retarded sister out of an institution and bring her home to stay.
Even before he knows the truth, Gary is determined to protect Emma, the new girl in school, from Gail and Tanya, gang members who will stop at nothing to learn why Emma always sunglasses.
Dora's World Adventure! (Dora the Explorer 8x8 (Quality), #20)
by Suzanne D. Nimm
Like all her brothers and sisters, Millicent has recieved a special gift from her magical family, but she quickly learns that a gift can also be a burden.
Ruby the Copycat (Scholastic Bookshelf: Being Yourself) (Scholastic Bookshelf)
by Peggy Rathmann
Ruby insists on copying Angela, until her teacher helps her discover her own creative resources.
Sixth-grader Rusty, determined to help an injured dog that is chained outdoors in frigid weather, calls animal control then takes matters into his own hands, aided by his best friend and a ghost collie that leads Rusty to an even deeper secret. Includes instructions for knitting cat blankets.
The Bully of Cinnamon School (Cinnamon School, #1)
by Beverly Rosas
Gilda the Giraffe and Papaya the Panda (Gilda the Giraffe)
by Lucie Papineau
Papaya the panda is allergic to raindrops and when he gets caught in a downpour and begins to shrink, he searches desperately for safety to avoid disappearing altogether.
Summer The Holiday Fairy (Rainbow Magic, #1) (Rainbow Magic Early Reader)
by Daisy Meadows
Get ready for an exciting fairy adventure with the no. 1 bestselling series for girls aged 5 and up. Summer the Holiday Fairy has got her work cut out. Jack Frost has moved to Rainspell Island for the summer and it's a very different place to when Rachel and Kirsty visited in the first series. Now there are no tinkling ice-cream vans or sailing boats. There's not even any sand on the beach! Jack Frost has taken it all to build his giant sandcastle. There are three special shells, that control t...
Best Friends For Ever (Bink and Gollie)
by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee
All righty then! Celebrate the tall and short of a marvellous friendship with a new Bink and Gollie adventure exuding the quirky wit and charm of a multi-award-winning team.Gollie is quite sure she has royal blood in her veins, but can Bink survive her friend's queenly airs - specially if pancakes are not part of the deal? Bink wonders what it would be like to be as tall as her friend, but how far will she stretch her luck to find out? And when Bink and Gollie long to get their picture into a bo...