In 1957, ten-year-old Regina Petit’s Umpqua tribe is legally terminated and forced to leave Oregon, but in Los Angeles her family faces prejudice and she struggles to understand her identity as an Indian far from tribal lands. Includes historical photographs and notes.

As World War II comes to a close, the United States and the Soviet Union emerge as the two greatest world powers on extreme opposites of the political spectrum. After the United States showed its hand with the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the Soviets refuse to be left behind. With communism sweeping the globe, the two nations begin a neck-and-neck competition to build even more destructive bombs and conquer the Space Race.

Four New York City siblings decide to pool their resources so that each can do a special thing on the Saturday that is his turn to receive the combined allowance.

On May 31 and June 1, 1921, an armed mob looted homes and businesses as Black families fled. The police did nothing to protect Greenwood, and as many as three hundred African Americans were killed, most buried in unmarked graves. Thousands were left homeless. No official investigation occurred until seventy-five years later.

Orla O’Reilly, the youngest in a long line of hedge witches, is compelled to return home after the death of her grandmother, Mamo. In the wake of her Mamo’s passing, seas are impossible to fish, crops have soured, even Jo Manalo’s attic is taken over by a poltergeist!

Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds, but when she falls under suspicion for helping a criminal escape prison she must, with the help of her new friends and her own growing powers, find a way to clear her family’s name.

A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.

Eleven-year-old homeschooled Katie experiences the ups and downs of growing up and 6th grade–from bad haircuts and friendship breakups to new experiences, new friends, and a new understanding of her OCD.

Humorous episodes from the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside School, which was accidentally built sideways with one classroom on each story.

Joe receives a magic book for his birthday present from his uncle. Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to a time when evil knights, fire-breathing dragons, and vile-smelling giants roamed the land.

Jake and Lily are twins and have always felt the same–like two halves of one person–but the year they turn eleven and Jake begins hanging out with Bump Stubbins, everything changes.

Fourth grader Peter has many problems, but by far his biggest problem is his little brother. Nicknamed ‘Fudge’ he’s a three year old living nightmare. Sometimes it’s little things, like refusing to eat until Peter stands on his head, or throwing tantrums in shoe stores. Other times it’s bigger than that. Whatever it is, Fudge gets all the attention and Peter is left to feel like a ‘fourth grade nothing’. Just what will Peter do about his annoying little brother?

After moving from her home in Haiti to her uncle’s home in Brooklyn, ten-year-old Gabrielle, feeling bullied and out of place, makes a misguided deal with a witch.

Ida May is about to enter fourth grade without her best friend who’s moved away. Ida is determined that she won’t make any new friends, ever again, but then a new girl, Stacey, comes to school. Ida can’t help but be curious about Stacey and so she sends her a secret note. When Stacey replies a new friendship is born, a secret one, where Ida refuses to tell Stacey who she is. Ida May thinks perhaps having another friend won’t be so bad, but then the school bully Jenna gets in the way.

When Marty finds a beagle pup hiding in some bushes on his way home from school he manages to convince the scared little dog to follow him. Naming the beagle Shiloh Marty soon realizes that the dog has been treated badly. Shiloh and Marty get along great though, and soon are best of friends. Marty realizes that Shiloh really belongs to Judd Travers, a nasty man who’s known to treat his animals badly. Marty’s stunned when his parents tell him to return Shiloh to his owner, how can he send his beloved pet back to a man that won’t care for him?

Greg’s life is pretty normal. His older brother is a jerk, his younger brother is annoying and his parents are just painful. Greg’s just a 6th grade weakling trying to make his mark in middle school. Greg’s diary chronicles his journey as he tries to become popular and successful at middle school. Filled with illustrations this book is part comic, part book and fully loaded with laughter.

Bradley is a liar, friendless, and the oldest boy in fifth grade. Nobody at school or at home seems to understand him, until a new counselor starts at school. Carla, the counselor really seems to understand Bradley and she shows him that he can change, even if no one else thinks he can. When Jeff Fishkin starts at school he becomes Bradley’s friend, things are starting to look up for Bradley, he’s just got to find a way to keep them that way.

Through a series of poems, a young girl chronicles the life-changing year of 1975, when she, her mother, and her brothers leave Vietnam and resettle in Alabama.

When she discovers that her small Scottish town used to burn witches simply because they were different, a neurodivergent girl who sees and hears things others cannot refuses to let them be forgotten.

It has been a year since newly orphaned Peter and his pet fox Pax, now a protective father, have seen each other, but their paths cross again when Pax’s kit falls desperately ill forcing him to turn to the one human he knows he can trust.

Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since they were little. But one day, Adrienne starts hanging out with Jen, the most popular girl in class and the leader of a circle of friends called The Group. Everyone in The Group wants to be Jen’s #1, and some girls would do anything to stay on top… even if it means bullying others. Now every day is like a roller coaster for Shannon. Will she and Adrienne stay friends? Can she stand up for herself? And is she in The Group — or out?

The story of “shy young Peter Mark Roget, [for whom] books were the best companions–and it wasn’t long before Peter began writing his own book. But he didn’t write stories; he wrote lists. Peter took his love for words and turned it to organizing ideas and finding exactly the right word to express just what he thought. His lists grew and grew, eventually turning into one of the most important reference books of all time.