Brianna Justice is the president of her Detroit middle school's sixth grade, but she is finding the position a real headache--beside the normal troubles of being in a new school, and the sudden coldness of her old friends, there is a class trip to Washington, D.C. coming up and she needs to figure out how to raise the rest of the money so that the class can go.

Kacey is starting a new life in Broken Falls with her father, stepmother, a stepbrother and-- strangest of all-- an adoring younger half sister. She's even welcomed into a tight new circle of friends: Bailey and Jade invite her to do everything with them. Then they start acting distant, and don't invite her to the biggest party of the year. Bailey never makes it home from that party-- and everyone starts looking to the new girl for answers. Sometimes...

In Japan, teenaged Abe Sora, who is afflicted with "Lou Gehrig's Disease," finds friends online and elicits their help to end his suffering.

Immersing himself in his love for opera in order to cope with a difficult life, shy and bullied Bart embraces an optimistic outlook and bonds with an outgoing girl who encourages him to perform in a school talent show.

"When scientist-in-the-making Madeline Little starts sixth grade, she soon learns that middle school is nothing like a perfect lab experiment--and that she now has to find the cure for her newly messed-up life"--

The alphabet book: "This easy-to-read introduction to the alphabet encourages beginning readers to pair words that start with the same letter, from 'an elephant on eggs' to 'a zebra with a zither.' A handy alphabet running down the side of each page helps kids keep track of where they are!" -- Publisher's website. Big dog...little dog: a bedtime story: "Meet best friends Fred (Big Dog) and Ted (Little Dog). Though one is big and one is little, and...

Splat the Cat sings flat: Splat the cat is very nervous when his class prepares to sing on Parents' Night. Splat the Cat good night, sleep tight: Splat is excited about camping out until his mother surprises him with the news that Spike and Plank will be there, too. Splat the Cat and the duck with no quack: Splat the cat's bicycle bumps and jumps over the bumpy track on his way to school. Splat takes a tumble off of his bike and finds himself nose...

Marin hasn't spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks. Not even her best friend, Mabel. But even thousands of miles away from the California coast, at college in New York, Marin still feels the pull of the life and tragedy she's tried to outrun. Now, months later, alone in an emptied dorm for winter break, Marin waits. Mabel is coming to visit, and Marin will be forced...

The kindness and determination of the Little Blue Engine have inspired millions of children around the world since the story was first published in 1930. Cherished by readers for ninety years, The Little Engine That Could is a classic tale of a little engine that, despite her size, triumphantly pulls a train full of wonderful things to the children waiting on the other side of a mountain. This anniversary edition features the original text, all-new...

When eighth-grader Cameron Boxer creates the Positive Action Group at school he intends it as a diversion to fool his parents, teachers, and sister into letting him continue to concentrate on his video-gaming--but before he knows it other kids are taking it seriously, and soon he finds himself president of the P.A.G., and involved in community service, so the boy who never cared about anything is now the center of everything, whether he likes it or...