juvenile fiction

"Jordan's father was sent to jail for a reason Jordan doesn't know. His mom won't talk about it and spends most of her time crying. Jordan tags school property, refuses to take tests, and picks on kids who look like easy targets. He's sent to detention almost every day, wondering if that's what it feels like to be in jail. But when Jordan discovers the truth about his dad's crime, he has to question the path he's on"--Back cover.

"Christmas is coming. Victor and Isaac want to spend the holidays together. But they're stuck in their new foster homes and their mom is stuck in jail. Victor and Isaac struggle to adjust to the unfamiliar customs of their foster families. They worry that their own traditions will be lost. Does accepting their present lives mean they've rejected their past?"--Back cover.

"Victor and Isaac are nervous. There's a chance that their mother will be released from prison. What does this mean for their family? The brothers and sisters could return to each other, which is all they've wanted. However, the boys aren't certain they can trust their mother to keep their family together for good"--Back cover.

"Twins Madison and Mason Page have everything two kids could ever want, but they don't seem to appreciate any of it. One day, they dive into their luxuruous swimming pool and surface in a ver different place--another town, long since abandoned. Trapped in this new world, they venture forth, finding evidence that the town's former residents must have suffered some sort of horrible fate before disappearing. then it hits them--they've been trasported to the ghost town of Pripyat, which has stood empty since the local power station exploded many yearsr earlier, a nuclear plant known as Chernobly"--Back cover.

"For as long as Buddy can remember, there has been a rumor that the local theme park is haunted. After a fight with his big brother, Buddy convinces his friends to sneak into the park to prove he isn't a scared little kid anymore. But can Buddy and his friends avoid the guards, the cameras, and whatever is haunting the theme park?"--Back cover.

"In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, a cosplaying thief at an anime expo has stolen a valuable print belonging to the celebrity that shy thirteen-year-old Bree Wong has come to meet. She hopes that she'll get a face-to-face with her idol if she can catch the culprit and recover the stolen print"--Provided by publisher.

Angus gets the nerve up to talk with his crush, Ella, but he lies to her about wanting to become a crime-solving mentalist and when her sketchbook goes missing, Angus may regret telling Ella a lie.

"After discovering the body of fourteen-year-old Jawad Ali in Jackson Park, seventeen-year-old journalism student Safiya Mirza begins investigating his murder and ends up confronting white supremacy in her own high school"--OCLC.

Jacob dreams of playing real soccer and scoring goals, but his team only has four players, so when they are challenged by a bullying street team, they have to use teamwork and strategy to win and convince the street players to join their team.