fiction

Chronicles the frienship of Pink, a fifteen-year-old African-American Union soldier, and Say, his poor white comrade, as one nurses the other back to health from a battle wound and the two of them are imprisoned at Andersonville. Based on a true story.

Grandma tells the story about her first trip alone into town during the days when segregation still existed in Mississippi.

Two girls set out bravely in search of a lion, going through long grass, a swamp, and a cave before they find what they're looking for.

When Anka, Tooey's new sled dog, goes missing, what can Molly and Tooey do to make sure the lost dog finds her way home?.

Nadia and Nadir can't wait to visit their family in Pakistan. After very long plane ride, Nadia and Nadir have all sorts of fun, new experiences with their family including a visit the bazaar and the home of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, as well as a camel ride on the beach. Includes a glossary.

Eddie and MJ are suddenly transported to India where they must use their word knowledge to solve a mystery and help their new friend Dev save his school.

"When Maisie, Owen, and Claire track Blue to Yosemite, they find her tracker in the park, but the dinosaur is nowhere to be found. Owen and Claire decide they should stay until they locate Blue, and that means Maisie has to go on her most exciting adventure yet--school! She's nervous, but quickly makes new friends, but also discovers there are six dinosaurs that need their protection. Unfortunately, there's also a predator hunting in the area. Is it Blue, or is there a more dangerous carnivore on the loose? Maisie will need all of her skills and bravery to save her new friends and the Yosemite Six"--Provided by publisher.

While using a public library computer to find help for her mother who is addicted to pain medicine, twelve-year-old Jolene witnesses a friend's livestreamed crash-landing in the Arizona desert and embarks on a journey to rescue her.

"Tells the story of Julian's grandma's childhood as she, a Jewish girl, was hidden by a family in a Nazi-occupied French village during World War II and how the boy she once shunned became her savior and best friend"--OCLC.

It is 1943, and thirteen-year-old Michael O'Shaunessey, son of the Irish ambassador to Nazi Germany in Berlin, is also a spy for the British Secret Service, so he has joined the Hitler Youth, and pretending that he agrees with their violence and book-burning is hard enough--but when he is asked to find out more about "Projekt 1065" both his and his parents' lives get a lot more dangerous.