As they work together to learn about the creature that Ben had found and to help others like it to survive, Ben, Kate, and Foster also gain a sense of their own individual abilities.
The story of three boys who aren't easy. Who don't fit in. Who know what they want. When Ray and his friends are permanently excluded from school, their headmaster gives them a final chance. Within weeks they form a rap group and within months they sign a record deal. As competition from a rival group intensifies the gangsta style gets mixed up with real gangster action. An accessible read with a hard-hitting plot which 'leaves the reader no choice but to be drawn in' - particularly reluctant bo...
Vamos a llevarnos bien / We Will Get Along
by Anna Morato Garcia
Una nueva recopilación de cuentos por la autora de De mayor quiero ser... feliz. 3 historias con consejos prácticos para entender y evitar el bullying en las escuelas. El acoso escolar es un problema muy complejo y más frecuente de lo que pensamos. Por este motivo, es importante hablar de este tema con los niños antes de que les afecte, para que si se ven envueltos o presencian una situación de acoso estén mejor preparados. Cada una de estas tres historias se centra en uno de los distint...
True Believer (Make Lemonade Trilogy (PB)) (Make Lemonade Trilogy (Paperback))
by Virginia Euwer Wolff
Returning to the characters and language that attracted widespread critical acclaim in Make Lemonade, Virginia Euwer Wolff again achieves excellence in this gripping second novel about LaVaughn, her family and her community.When LaVaughn was little, the obstacles in her life didn't seem so bad. If she had an argument with Annie or Myrtle, it would never last long. If she fell out with her mother, they would have made it up by bedtime. School was simple. Boys were friends. Everything made sense....
After a year in exile on an Alaskan island as punishment for severely beating a fellow student, Cole Matthews returns to school in Minneapolis having made peace with himself and his victim--but he finds that surviving the violence and hatred of high school is even harder than surviving in the wilderness. After a year in exile on an Alaskan island for beating a student, Cole returns to Minneapolis having made peace with himself and his victim. But he finds that surviving the violence and hatred...
Conditions worsen for the remaining young residents of a small California coastal town isolated by supernatural events when their food supplies dwindle and the Darkness underground awakens.
If you asked anyone in his small Vermont town, they'd tell you the facts: James Liddell, star athlete, decent student, and sort-of boyfriend to cute, peppy Theresa, is a happy, funny, carefree guy. But whenever James sits down at his desk to write, he tells a different story. As he fills his drawers with letters to the people in his world-letters he never intends to send-he spills the truth: he's trying hard, but he just isn't into Theresa. It's his friend, a boy, who lingers in his thoughts....
Bring the thrilling story of one red bird to life. When an innocent bird meets two cruel kids, their world is forever changed. But exactly how that change unfolds is up to you, in the tradition of Kamishibai-Japanese paper theater. The wordless story by master cartoonist James Sturm is like a haiku-the elegant images leave space for children to inhabit this timeless tale-and make it their own, leading them to learn an ultimate lesson they'll never forget. James Sturm is the author of several bo...
Publishers Weekly BEST Books for Summer 2016 "Sea Change is like a dip in cold Canadian waters: just step inside, and soon you're completely swept away, finding yourself overwhelmed and breathless, entranced by this whirlwind of a book. Bravo, Frank Viva. And glub, glub, glub." - Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events "Truly heartbreaking! Viva ingeniously weaves words and pictures to evoke that strange, wonderful moment - when the very worst experience of your life somehow b...
Like all boys, Martin had a peepee, and this peepee didn't cause him any problems. Of course, from time to time, Martin worried a little. He wondered if one day his peepee would look like his dad's peepee. But that's normal, all boys wonder about that. So, everything was going quite well. That is, everything was going well until one day in the locker room the big bully Adrian started making fun of Martin's peepee in front of everybody! Poor Martin. And to make matters worse, Martin and the bull...
This emotionally resonant novel in verse by award-winning author Nikki Grimes celebrates choosing to be true to yourself. Garvey's father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and lonely. When his only friend encourages him to join the school chorus, Garvey's life...
More trouble at school and at home — and the discovery of a missive from her late soldier sister — send Angie and a long-ago friend on an RV road trip across Ohio. Sophomore year has just begun, and Angie is miserable. Her girlfriend, KC, has moved away; her good friend, Jake, is keeping his distance; and the resident bully has ramped up an increasingly vicious and targeted campaign to humiliate her. An over-the-top statue dedication planned for her sister, who died in Iraq, is almost too much...
When a girl and her grandfather put their hearts into sprucing up an old bike by hand, neighborhood kids are less than kind in this tender story about bullying, peer pressure, and feeling the freedom to express yourself. Needing something to fill up her summer days, Joy seeks out her granddad, who also likes to tinker, for something to do. Together they find the perfect project: sprucing up an old bike for Joy. From hardware stores to garage sales, the two find everything they need to transform...
Josh suspects Chatham, a mysterious girl searching for her runaway sister, has something to do with a kidnapping twelve years ago. But will he discover the truth in time? And does he really want to know what the truth is?
Mi amigo extraterrestre es un cuento ilustrado delicioso, tierno y lleno de humor. Una historia sobre la empatía, la capacidad de autocrítica y el inconformismo que quiere contribuir a formar jóvenes lectores reflexivos y con criterio propio. Un niño extraterrestre ha llegado de intercambio al colegio de Tomás. El pobre no entiende muy bien cómo funcionan las cosas en la Tierra y se sorprende constantemente de algunos comportamientos, como aquel día en el recreo en que un niño mayor intimida a...
El sombrero de Bruno. Premio Boolino 2016 / Bruno's Hat. Boolino 2016 Award
by Canizales
style="text-align: center">Ganador del Premio Boolino de álbum ilustrado 2016.Una bonita historia sobre la tolerancia y el respeto, donde los más pequeños aprenderán los valores fundamentales de una buena amistad. Bruno y Pedro son grandes amigos y comparten muchos momentos juntos: van al cine, juegan al fútbol, hacen los deberes...Pero todo cambia cuando Sergio empieza a burlarse de Bruno por su sombrero. Por miedo a no ser aceptado por el grupo, Pedro se aleja de Bruno y dejan de ser amigos....
While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.
Camp Nowhere (Nightmare Room, #9) (Nightmare Room Thrillogy, #9)
by R L Stine
You hold in your hand the key to a shadow world of shivers and screams. Take a step away from the safe, comfortable world you know. Unlock the door to terror. There's always room for one more in... THE NIGHTMARE ROOM! Last summer, the other campers teased Russell - because he was afraid of everything. But this year, Russell is going to prove how brave he is. He's taking his canoe right over Forbidden Falls. Counsellors tell a story about a group of campers who went over the Falls and w...
Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the sacred manuscripts of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali. Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained as a warrior for Allah. Tonight, the Islamist rebels are coming for Timbuktu. They will install a harsh regime of law and tear apart the peaceful world within the mud walls of the city. Television, football, radios, even music, will be banned. Kadija refuses to let go of her former life. And something in her defiance draws Ali to her. Which pat...