Struggling with her father's disappearance and her diabetes diagnosis, DeeDee meets River, her new neighbor with cochlear implants who embraces life and teaches DeeDee to love both the differences of others and her own.

Six people from different corners of the world celebrate the history, culture, and beauty behind their names.

Publisher Annotation: In this breezy novel from the author of Somebody That I Used to Know, one Iowa farm girl-a dead ringer for a global pop star-gets an unlikely shot at stardom. Will she choose fame... or the family farm?

Estos albumes ilustrados, enfocados en temas especificos y desarrollados por expertos en las areas de primera infancia y activismo contra la injusticia, ofrecen un leguaje claro y concreto, e imagenes atractivas que los ninos entenderan y los adultos podran aprovechar para ampliar la conversacion. Los ninos observan y cuestionan con avidez lo que sucede a su alrededor. Los adultos, en contraste, suelen acallar o posponer las conversaciones sobre temas...

"Kip is a quiet kid in a loud city. She's easy to miss and that's the way she likes it. Then, one day, Kip's quiet life is suddenly interrupted. Ten of her favorite characters have stepped out of their worlds and into hers. But what happens when a dragon-hunting rabbit leaves his comic strip? When an old man leaves his picture book? When a ninja leaves her TV show, a race-car driver leaves their video game, and a dinosaur turns up from Kip's nightmares?"--...

On a family visit to her grandparents in Israel, tomboy Dabi finds a kindred spirit in her aunt, who takes her on a new adventure where Dabi makes more than one important discovery. Includes author's note.

Jack, who is half-vampire and half-lumberjack, struggles to choose between a vampire academy and a lumberjack school when all he really wants is to dance.

Friends navigate interpersonal relationships and cross the country in search of an ideal connection.

The Keeper of Stories meets The Lost Apothecary in this evocative and charming novel full of mystery and secrets. "The thing about books,' she said 'is that they help you to imagine a life bigger and better than you could ever dream of." On a quiet street in Dublin, a lost bookshop is waiting to be found... For too long, Opaline, Martha and Henry have been the side characters in their own lives. But when a vanishing bookshop casts its spell, these...

Praised for acting like a big girl when she is small, as a young girl grows, "big" becomes a word of criticism, until the girl realizes that she is fine just the way she is.