Childrens Chapter

World War II is raging in Europe, but back home in Sweet Creek, Pennsylvania, Bud Shoemaker, a Quaker and a pacifist, has taken a one-man stand against the fight by declaring himself a conscientious objector. Fourteen-year-old Jubal sees his brother's choice as noble and brave, although most of the town (including Jubal's dream girl, Daria) sees Bud as a coward - or worse. The line between right and wrong has become alarmingly blurred, and it won't be long before Jubal's family begins to buckle as it struggles to cope with the consequences of Bud's decision.

Principal Klutz has invited a special guest to Ella Mentry School. Her name is Miss Aker, and she’s going to show A.J. and his friends how to create cool things out of materials like balloons, straws, and even Popsicle sticks! But what happens when they make a robot so smart, it plans to rule the world? Can anyone stop it?!

Honest, silly, and laugh-out-loud funny...the first book in Liz Pichon's hugely popular, award-winning Tom Gates series. Tom Gates is the master of excuses for late homework: dog attacks, spilt water, lightning... Tom's exercise book is full of his doodles, cartoons and thoughts as well as comments from his long-suffering teacher, Mr Fullerton.

Lampie is expected to keep the lighthouse her father tends supplied with matches. But one careless mistake on the night of a massive storm leads to disaster for a ship . . . and also for Lampie.

Jack and Annie are off on another mythical mission at the request of Merlin the magician. Luckily they have a young sorcerer, Teddy, to help them. From underwater caves to a Spider Queen, from mystical "selkies" to a magical sword, this is a Magic Tree House adventure kids won't want to miss!

Meg and her sister Sue are ready for a few good scares when they go to the Halloween party at their new school on Long Island. But when they take shelter from Meg's arch-enemy, Kenny Stover, in a ruined cottage on Horse Hollow Road, they discover they have been scared right out of this world!

This heartwarming story will be especially meaningful to any child dealing with issues of cross-cultural adoption or physical disabilities. Fourteen-year-old Helen Ogden tells the story of the miraculous friendship that grows between her blind dog, Tuck, and her adopted brother, Chok Do, a deaf Korean orphan.

“You never can do anything except on weekends,” Simone complained. “How can people be friends only on weekends?” Stiffening, Franny said, “If you don’t want to be friends, Simone, then all right.” Threatened, as she so often was, with tears, Franny, as she usually did, fought them back. “See if I care,” she said airily. Franny does care - a lot. But what can she do? Her mother works long hours at the laundromat, and her father can’t seem to hold down a regular job. And who is going to clean the house and look after 4-year-old Marshall? It all falls on Franny’s shoulders.

While young adults listen to this thrilling historical adventure, they’ll also gain fascinating insights into the historical and political complications of Prohibition. Set in the 1930s, it is the story of an Irish-American boy who concocts a dangerous plan to bust the liquor smugglers who are terrorizing his island home.

Un mois s'est écoulé depuis la rentrée scolaire, et Billie peut maintenant rejoindre sa classe Multisports artistiques. Elle a tellement hâte! Cette fois, c'est sur la glace que les entraînements auront lieu puisqu'elle apprendra le patin. Enfin...c'est ce qui était prévu, jusqu'à ce qu'un événement vienne tout gâcher. Qui a bien pu vandaliser l'aréna? Et dans quel but? Sans patinoire pour s'entraîner, Billie et ses amis pourront-ils quand même participer au spectacle d'Halloween?

Ruth and her beloved brother, Philip, find solace in the expanse of Tanglewoods. There, they escape into bird watching, climbing, and general misadventures with their friend Terry. But life with their aunt is harsh, and Ruth suffers from an incorrigible temper. Just when she thinks she can't take it anymore, she learns a very special secret about a very special shepherd. When a dreadful accident hurts someone they love, Ruth and Philip learn that the Tanglewoods' secret isn't meant to be kept a secret.

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words blacked out, he thinks it must be a mistake. But then when he and his friends discover what the missing words are, he's outraged. Someone in his school is trying to prevent kids from reading the full story. But who? Even though his unreliable dad tells him to not get so emotional about a book (or anything else), Mac has been raised by his mom and grandad to call out things that are wrong.

When Tom's big brother decides to become an Evil Scientist, his first experiment involves dunking Frankie the goldfish into toxic green gunk. Tom knows that there is only one thing to do: Zap the fish with a battery and bring him back to life! But there's something weird about the new Frankie. He's now a Big Fat Zombie Goldfish with hypnotic powers... and he's out for revenge!

Elise carries a notebook full of tallies. Each page marks a day spent at her new public school. Each stroke of her pencil marks a word spoken - a word that can't be taken back. Five tally marks isn't so bad. Two is pretty good. But zero? Zero is perfect. Zero means no wrong answers called out in class, no secrets accidentally spilled, and no conversations to agonize over at night when sleep is far away. But now months have passed, and Elise isn't sure she could speak even if she wanted to

From New York Times best-selling author Max Lucado, this 365-day devotional will help kids understand and live out God’s grace as they form a habit of daily Bible reading.

The School of Secrets series of chapter books continues the story of Mal and her friends, plus new Villain kids and Auradon kids introduced in the popular Wicked World short-form videos. Enjoy these all-new tales of mystery, magic, and adventure from the world of the hit movie Descendants!

Feng-Li can't wait to discover America with her family! But after an action-packed vacation, her parents deliver shocking news: They are returning to Taiwan and leaving Feng-Li and her older siblings in California on their own. Suddenly, the three kids must fend for themselves in a strange new world--and get along. Starting a new school, learning a new language, and trying to make new friends while managing a household is hard enough, but Bro and Sis's constant bickering makes everything worse.

Papelucho es un niño como todos los niños del mundo: inquieto, inteligente, rápido y que siempre está inventando algo para no aburrirse. Situaciones como preparar un sándwich para un ratón, adiestrar moscas mensajeras, organizar un criadero de jaibas o crear una revista de chistes, son algunos de los hechos sobre los que este ingenioso niño nos escribe en su diario de vida.

När Sam Witwicky gör sig redo för att börja på college hittar han en kolbit som sitter fast i en trasig t-shirt. Så fort han rör vid den börjar mystiska bilder av utomjordiska tecken spelas upp i hans hjärna. Kommer de från Allspark? Snart visar det sig att kolbiten lämnat spår i Sam som inte kommer försvinna i första taget. Spår som kan försätta honom i absolut livsfara. Om det var någon som trodde att kampen mellan de utomjordiska robotarna var över så hade de verkligen fel.

In Night of the Ninjas, Jack and Annie meet a real live ninja when the Magic Tree House whisks them back to ancient Japan in search of enchantress Morgan le Fay, who holds the answer to the origins of the Tree House. When they arrive, they find themselves in the cave of a ninja master. Will they learn the secrets of the ninja? Or will the evil samurai warriors get them first?