MY NAME IS FINN GARRETT AND THIS IS MY STORY. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll tell you what you could probably guess from looking at the cover and flipping through the book. 1. It's about an invisible boy. Obviously. That's me. Actually, I'm not totally invisible. Yet. But I'm getting there. 2. There are a bunch of my drawings. 3. There are some really funny, really happy moments. 4. Just so you know, there are also some sad moments. 5. Everything in here is th...
Young Solomon is devastated when his favorite maple tree falls in a storm but the experience of helping his uncle make a mask teaches him to deal with his grief.
Beverly Hills Book Awards 2014 - Winner * Reader's Favorite Book contest 2014 - Silver Medal * IPPY Book Awards 2014 - Bronze Medal * Purple Dragonfly Book Awards 2014 - Honorable Mention * Indie Excellence Book Awards 2014 - Finalist * London Book Festival 2013 - Honorable Mention * Andy is the nerd everyone makes fun of. He's really skinny, wears glasses and talks to himself, but he falls in love with the prettiest girl in the class. One day Grandpa dies and turns into a ghost. Then, Andy disc...
Danielle Snyder's summer of babysitting turns into one of overwhelming guilt and sadness when Humphrey, her five-year-old charge is killed suddenly. Danielle gets caught up in the machinery of tragedy: police investigations, neighborhood squabbling, and, when the driver of the car that struck Humphrey turns out to be an undocumented alien, a politically charged immigration debate. Wanting only to mourn the sweet little boy she grew to love, Danielle tries to avoid the world around her, until a n...
Fifteen-year-old Phillip feels isolated and confused as he tries to cope with his father's teminal illness and his family's recent move from their farm to a home in the suburbs.
When her dog Lulu dies, a girl grieves but then continues with her life.
An insightful and thought-provoking look at assisted suicide from the perspective of a 15-year-old boy.
An utterly charming, “gorgeous” (Booklist) Southern-voiced middle grade novel about a young girl and the adventure she embarks upon to prove her Gran’s stories were true. Perfect for fans of The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair and Three Times Lucky. Trixy needs a story, fast, or she’s going to fail the fourth grade—that’s a fact. But every time she sits down to write, her mind is a blank. The only stories she can think of are Gran’s, the ones no one else ever believed but Trixy gulped down li...
When Amanda's grandmother dies and the extended family tries to recreate her famous Thanksgiving meal, friends and neighbors pitch in to help carry on Bubbe's traditions.
Meet Sam. He hasn't got forever, but he's going to make every minute count... Winner of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2008 "A hugely impressive achievement ... elegant, intelligent, moving." - Guardian "... Wonderful. Moving and funny and, yes, sad" - Eva Ibbotson My name is Sam. I am eleven years old. I collect stories and fantastic facts. By the time you read this, I will probably be dead. Sam loves facts....
After spending six hundred years on Earth, Seraphina Ames' eternal life provides her with the world's riches, but at a very high price. Centuries ago her boyfriend, Cyrus, discovered a method of alchemy that allows them to take the bodies of other humans by jumping from one vessel to the next, ending the human's life in the process. No longer able to bear the guilt of what she's done, Sera escapes from Cyrus and vows to never kill again. But then sixteen-year old Kailey Morgan gets inbto a horri...
On My Honor (G. K. Hall for Young Readers (Large Print)) (A Dell Yearling book)
by Marion Dane Bauer
When his best friend drowns while they are both swimming in a treacherous river that they had promised never to go near, Joel is devastated and terrified at having to tell both sets of parents the terrible consequences of their disobedience.
While adjusting to new friends and new activities at summer camp, eleven-year-old Mary remembers her infant sister Felicity, who died suddenly in her sleep several months earlier.