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A moving picture book debut, adapted for audio, about depression, sensory awareness, and the power of listening, from psychologist and author of Teaching Kids to be Kind. Coen is having a sniffling, sighing, sobbing kind of day. His family thinks they know how to cheer him up. His dad wants to...

"This book made me want to step aside, hand over the mic, and listen to Wes. A must-read." --Mariama J. Lockington, author of For Black Girls Like Me Brand-new kicks, ripped denim shorts, Supreme tee-- Wes Henderson has the best style in sixth grade. That--and hanging out with his crew (his best...

Three unlikely friends become partners in heartbreak and hope during a middle school pottery class in this powerful, poignant novel—perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Lynda Mullaly Hunt. At West Beacon Middle School, eighth graders Oscar Villanueva, Riley Baptiste, and Noah Wright become...

From the New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist, a biography in verse and prose of science fiction visionary Octavia Butler. Acclaimed novelist Ibi Zoboi illuminates the young life of the visionary storyteller Octavia E. Butler in poems and prose. Born into the Space...

This brilliant memoir-in-verse tells the moving story of how a nation learned to celebrate a hero. Through years of protests and petition, Kathlyn's story highlights the foot soldiers who fought to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a national holiday. Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me...

Vi piacerebbe frequentare il College di Topford? Colette vi aspetta al banchetto dell'accoglienza, dove non solo è importante la prima impressione, ma anche imparare a combattere i pregiudizi!

A teacher is dead, murdered by two of his students in front of the whole school. Right in front of Jackson Jones. But Mr. Joseph was a good man - people liked him, respected him. How could those boys stab him and jog away like nothing had happened? Unable to process what he has seen, Jackson begins his own investigation: everyone knows who did it, but as Jackson uncovers more about the boys, he becomes convinced that people need to understand why.

After her brother's death from a congenital heart defect, 12-year-old Lucy is not prepared to be the new kid at school - especially in a grade full of survivors of a shooting that happened four years ago. Without the shared past that both unites and divides her classmates, Lucy feels isolated and unable to share her family's own loss, which is profoundly different from the trauma of her peers.

Uxía, Usha para os seus amigos, escribe o relato da súa estancia en Devastana, unha vila do estado de Karnata, na India. A rapaza galega, que acompañaba a súa nai, membro dunha ONG, rememora a vida cotián da súa escola india. Alí amigou con Lakshmi e Deepak, aprendeu canarés, coñeceu novos costumes e lendas, enfrontouse con dificultades imprevistas e, sobre todo, cunha nova visión da vida, ata entón, descoñecida para ela. Usha aprendeu na India que alí o seu nome significa a primeira luz do mencer. Nunca o esquecerá.

Georgie has no idea what to expect when she, Mama, and Peaches are plopped down in the middle of small-town USA - a.k.a. Bogalusa, Louisiana - where Mama grew up and Great Aunt Vie needs constant care. Georgie wants to help out at the once famous family diner that served celebrities like the Jackson 5 and the Supremes, but everyone is too busy to show her the ropes and Mama is treating her like a baby, not letting her leave her sight. 

Das kleine Obst-Gemüsemischling Courgetta Blue lebt mit ihren Eltern, ausgestoßen von allen, an der Grenze zwischen den beiden verfeindeten Städten der Fruchtlinge und der Gemüslinge. Eines Tages schleicht sie sich aus dem Haus, um herauszufinden, wie die Welt da draußen wirklich aussieht. Zu ihrer Überraschung stellt sie fest, dass die Obst- und Gemüseleute gar nicht so unterschiedlich sind, wie behauptet wird.

So ein Umzug ist ganz schön aufregend! Inmitten von Kartons und allerlei Krempel richtet Tine ihr neues Zimmer ein. Ihre Eltern wühlen sich durch die Kisten in den anderen Räumen... Und dann taucht auch noch Teugel auf. Der ist halb Teufel halb Engel. Teugel möchte Schutzengel werden. Leider hat er bereits siebzehn Schutzengelprüfungen vermasselt. Jetzt will er seine letzte Chance nutzen: Er soll Tine 24 Stunden lang beschützen. In dieser Zeit darf dem Mädchen nichts, aber auch gar nichts passieren. Nur dann kann aus ihm ein richtiger Schutzengel werden.

Tracing the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district, this book chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when a White mob attacked the Black community. News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation into the Tulsa Race Massacre occurred for 75 years.

Charlie n'aime pas se bagarrer. Quand les autres l'embêtent, il ne dit mot, au pire, il fait le gros dos. Dans le quartier, les chats disent qu'il n'a pas de griffes... mais s'ils se trompaient ? Un texte tendre, accompagné de musique et d'une chanson adorable, pour parler de non-violence dès le plus jeune âge et réfléchir au harcèlement.

A avogada Rossana Marinetti é unha muller implacable e amargada que denunciou a case todo o mundo. A súa vida cambia o día en que Omar H, un neno refuxiado (parece que sirio) cae da póla da súa nogueira. O neno transforma a súa vida por completo e, para poder quedar con el, di que é unha noz e que, segundo unha antiga lei, todo froito que caia da súa árbore no seu xardín pertencelle. O xuíz e o fiscal, incrédulos, escoitan as testemuñas: o veciño botánico (a quen lle ensina Omar a coidar as plantas), a modista (unha anciá solitaria que bota de menos).

Clem can make anybody, even his grumpy older sisters, smile with his jokes. But when his family receives news that his father has died in the infamous Port Chicago disaster, everything begins to fall apart. Clem's mother is forced to work long, tough hours as a maid for a wealthy White family. Soon Clem can barely recognize his home - and himself. Can he live up to his father's legacy?

In this poignant, perceptive, witty novel, Gary D. Schmidt brings authenticity and emotion to multiple plot strands, weaving in themes of grief, loss, redemption, achievement, and love. Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds.  

Bei Mr. Deere wohnen und für ihn arbeiten - etwas Schlimmeres kann sich Josch gar nicht vorstellen. Denn Mr. Deere ist kein bisschen nett, sondern hart und unfreundlich. Da bleibt Josch nur eins: Er reißt aus dem Waisenhaus aus. Die Geschichte ist so liebevoll und anschaulich erzählt, dass man bis zum Ende mitfiebert.

On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people gathered in Washington, DC, to demand equal rights for all races. It was there that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, and it was this peaceful protest that spurred the momentous civil rights laws of the mid-1960s...

One small act of kindness ripples out to connect four kids in this stirring novel by the author of the beloved The Benefits of Being an Octopus. Libby comes from a long line of bullies. She wants to be different, but sometimes that doesn’t work out. To bolster herself, she makes a card with...