Fiction

With sensitivity and striking realism, Gary Soto tells the story of Lincoln Mendoza, a high school basketball player who makes the great leap from the barrio to the suburbs. The transition is a difficult one for Lincoln, whose allegiance to his new team...

Stargirl, a new tenth grader, arrives at school and causes a sensation. She plays the ukulele, wears crazy outfits, and has a pet mouse. She is endlessly kind and seemingly carefree. After social ups and downs, Stargirl finds companionship when Leo...

Caymen Meyers has never trusted rich people, and working in her mother's porcelain doll store has done nothing to change that. One day, Xander Spence walks in. Despite his charm, Caymen knows his interest in her could never last for long. Just when it...

Since it is forbidden to punish the prince, Jemmy, an orphan boy, gets whipped whenever his Highness does something wrong. Over time, Jemmy forms a friendship with the prince and teaches him a valuable lesson in taking responsibility for his own actions.

Bruce Wayne has not always been the intrepid, brave Batman. After a tragic situation in his childhood, he became the salvation for the citizens of Gotham City. Peace does not last forever in the city. A criminal named Joker is willing to destroy it and...

After their father dies, Alex's and Connor's grandmother gives them The Land of Stories, a very special, magical book. It transports them to a land of the same name, where fairy tales are brought to life. The only way to get back home is the wishing...

Jackson and his family have fallen on hard times. They don't have money to pay the rent and food is in short supply. The family might be forced to live in their minivan again. When it looks like things are going to hit rock bottom, Jackson receives an...

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? In this prequel to the Lunar Chronicles, readers will be fascinated to learn about the Queen's darkest secrets.

Ever since he was a child, Jacob formed a strong bond with his grandfather, who told him extraordinary stories about girls who could levitate and invisible boys. Soon after, his beloved grandfather dies, Jacob, now 16, receives a mysterious letter that...

Enter the world of ten-year-old Kenny and his family, the Weird Watsons of Flint, Michigan. When Momma and Dad decide it's time for a visit to Grandma, Dad comes home with the amazing Ultra-Glide, and the Watsons head South to Birmingham, Alabama.....

Bud does not want to return to the orphanage after his disastrous night at the Amos's house; therefore, he decides to go in search of the band leader whom he believes to be the father he has never known. Readers will find this heart-warming Depression...

Basketball has always been an escape for Finley. He lives in a town ruled buy the Irish mob, drugs, violence, and racial tension. He has always dreamed of getting out of this place, but wearing number 21 helps him in the meantime. Super athlete Russ...

Victor and his parents, who are archeologists, travel to Egypt for an excavation of a recently found pyramid. With the help of Yasmine, an Egyptian girl, Victor must make use of his knowledge in mathematics to solve a series of mysteries that are taking...

Alex is abandoned by his parents and he decides to live in the streets of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He experiences the pain of hunger, cold, and rejection, and his only witnesses are some dogs that become his only confidents. Based on a real story, one can...

This moving story about a girl found on a Mediterranean coast, coming from some town in Africa, won a deserved award. It describes the painful situation of immigrants looking for better opportunities in other countries, and the reaction of those who open...

From one of the most talented Latino writers in the United States comes this brilliant collection of stories whose characters all have a passion for life. Soto's portrayals offer strong psychological insight and describe situations that readers can...

Cinder, Thorne, Scarlet, and Wolf are the most wanted fugitives. Together they plan to overthrow Queen Levana and destroy her army. They pin all their hopes on Cress, a young hacker trapped in a satellite. All her life, she has been surrounded by...

Once upon a time, in a magical land, a king and queen had a daughter. Worried about her future, the monarchs decide to find her a husband. They organize a contest for only the bravest of the brave. Whoever obtains the Grand Wizard's scepter will win...

The school in the village of Baeira has so few students, it will have to shut its doors at the end of the year. The four oldest kids are willing to do anything to prevent this from happening. They create an online newspaper called the Valley Voice. ...

Xenia is an excellent student who dreams of going to medical school, but, lately, her grades are slipping. She has fallen in love with a boy she has only chatted with online. Since he refuses to meet her in person, she starts digging around to find out...

As Cinder becomes one of the most sought-after fugitives, halfway around the world, Scarlet is convinced her grandmother has been kidnapped. The police close the case, but she decides to keep searching on her own. Her only help turns out to be from...

Goldie lives in Jewel, a place strictly controlled by the Blessed Guardians. She is not allowed to go outside unchained until Separation Day. When the day gets canceled, she decides to run away. She ends up at the Museum of Dunt, a place with shifting...

Nick and his friends have been slowly recuperating the odd objects that had belonged to the extravagant inventor Nikola Tesla. Nick and Caitlin are the only ones that realize they are all parts of Tesla's Far Range Energy Emitter. What will they do...

Valeria's and Raven's mother abandoned them to their own devices years ago. While Valeria has a small modeling job, Raven searches the city looking for men to seduce for rent money. Valeria thought their lives would always be like this until, one day,...

From the very first day Auggie and Julian met, it was clear they were never going to be friends, with Julian treating Auggie like he had the plague. Over one million people have read Wonder and have fallen in love with Auggie Pullman, an ordinary boy...

In this profound, short chapter book, a boy named Santiago likes to draw in the sand, but he feels sad when his creations are washed away. He decides that when he grows up, he wants to create something lasting. When he comes of age, he leaves in search...

Ida is new to the school, and she does not know anyone. Benni has been a student for a while, but he has never had much luck making friends. They are the perfect candidates to receive the first magical animals: Rabbat the fox and Henrietta the turtle. ...

Twins Lucia and Pablo lead a normal life until their older brother Enrique invites them to spend the weekend at a country house with an interesting past. There they discover they have a unique ability to solve the exciting mystery about treasure hidden...

When Jorge's friend Aleksandra disappears, he decides he will no longer use words that contain the letter A until she is found. He decides to try and figure out why she went missing and it seems like her Russian roots are going to play an important part...

Pilar's magic hammock takes her, Breno, and her cat Samba to the Amazon, where they befriend Bira and Maiara. Together they discover the secrets of the enchanted forest and learn that trees are being wiped out. Pilar records the adventure and diversity...

Cinder is 16 years old and works as a mechanic. Her past is a mystery. You would think her present could not be worse but her stepmother is constantly denigrating her. Everything changes when she meets Prince Kai. She finds herself caught in the...

Evan Treski is a people person. He can talk to anyone, including adults. His sister Jessie is just the opposite. While she is great at math, she knows that dealing with feelings his her worst 'subject.' When they decide to start a lemonade war, there...

Luke and Emaline have been going out since freshmen year of high school in the small beach town of Colby. Emaline is aware of how lucky she is; Luke is a great guy. Two months before the start of college she asks herself if perfect is enough. She soon...

Pilar travels to Greece in search of her grandfather thanks to a magic hammock he left her. There she meets characters from Greek mythology including Zeus, Hera, Hercules, King Midas, Medusa, and Pegasus. She writes all the details of this...

Max, Alison, and their friends solve 10 cases in this graphic mystery, including discovering who stole Ethan's basketball card and who broke into the store at the White Pine camp.

Who is sabotaging the space mission? Who stole Twiggy the lobster? Max Finder and his friends investigate 10 cases in this graphic mystery.

Who laid a trap and made Andrea fall so she could not participate in the race? Who stole Tony's skates? Who is making the geese sick? Max, Alison, and their friend solve these and seven other cases.

It all started when the literature teacher gave the assignment to write a letter to a dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain. After the first letter, she cannot stop. She writes to Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Heath Ledger, and other...

Fourteen-year-old Nick moves with his father and younger brother to broken-down Victorian house they just inherited. When Nick opens the attic door, a toaster hits him in the head. This is just the beginning of a string of strange experiences he has...

Set right before Sanctum, readers meet Cal, a student like most others, but what sets him apart is he has a powerful father who puts a lot of pressure on him. When Cal's nerves get the better of him, he accepts an invitation to meet an elite group of...