"With a new sibling (her fourth) on the way and a big piano recital on the horizon, Dominican-American Ana María Reyes tries to win a scholarship

Dana is Abby and Zander's daughter, but growing up in New York City in the late nineteen fifties is not always easy, especially when you would li

Told that they will have to move out of their Harlem brownstone just after Christmas, the five Vanderbeeker children, ages four to twelve, decide

Dana is Abby and Zander's daughter, but growing up in New York City in the late nineteen fifties is not always easy, especially when you would li

Rather than leisure and wealth, Joseph's parents' invention of the stuffed Teddy Bear has brought them an enormous workload and very little time

When his family moves to Marysville, New York, Doug couldn't be less impressed. The library is the only place to go in town, and it's only open o

"It's been almost a year since Rain's brother Guthrie died, and her parents still don't know it was all Rain's fault. In fact, no one does--Rain

Georges has a lot going on. Dad was laid off so Mom has started working extra shifts at the hospital, and they had to sell their house and move i

Diagnosed with a neurological disorder that causes uncontrollable tics, such as coughing and head jerking, sixth-grader Carrie must cope with the

In 1961, shy and overprotected eleven-year-old Shirley Alice Burns must begin speaking up if she is to do what she wants, including talking about

After meeting at their private school in New York, fifteen-year-old Jeremiah, who is black and whose parents are separated, and Ellie, who is whi

Pearl writes an essay about her complicated summer during which her father lost his job, her sister was her junior camp counselor, and she had an