When orphaned, eleven-year-old Pollyanna comes to live with austere and wealthy Aunt Polly, her philosophy of gladness brings happiness to her au

In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is as

When their parents begin saying the wrong thing every time six-year-old Sukie and her older brothers misbehave, the children discover that it is

"For Annie's tenth birthday, her papa gives her a pad of paper, some colored pencils, and the Klimas family secret. It's called the nuodeema burn

In a society that allows families to have only two children, third child Matthias joins the Population Police to infiltrate their system.

Seventeen-year-old Dodger is a "tosher," a sewer scavenger living in Victorian London. When he rescues a girl from a beating, his fortunes in lif

Living near the water on Maryland's Eastern Shore, thirteen-year-old Brady and his best friends J.T. and Digger become entangled in a tragedy whi

Leaving behind Crow Cove and Doup, the name he was called there, Alek journeys to his heartbroken older brother's home in the fishing village of

After Cow's bad mood spreads to the whole farm, Dog starts a new chain reaction by showing kindness.

"As his school's centennial is coming up, Big Nate is stuck showing the dorky new kid around"--

Nikolai asks his animal friends to help him answer three important questions: "When is the best time to do things?" "Who is the most important?"

In March of 1887, Rocco, an eleven-year-old from an Italian village, arrives in New York CIty where he is forced to live in squalor and beg for m