juvenile fiction

Having moved temporarily from Michigan to live with her grandmother in Mexico, thirteen-year-old Hayley tries to sort out her feelings about her parents' separation while also helping some townsmen who have run into trouble while working in the United States.

After moving from California to Montana with his mother, thirteen-year-old Guy becomes the target of the school bully, Brad Mullen, but with the help of one of his classmates, Luke Grant, Guy devises a plan to train Streak, Guy's dog, to beat Brad's dog in the town's Frisbee-catching competition.

Kyle fakes a catch that leads his baseball team to a league championship, but he does not feel good about winning by cheating and must make a difficult decision to tell the truth. Includes an account of the sportsmanship of Christy Mathewson, a pitcher who played professional baseball in the early 1900s.

With help from a new student and inspiration from an old magazine article, the players on Michael's seventh-grade basketball team hope to overcome their shortness and win their game against the eighth graders.

After tryouts for the school basketball team, eighth graders Zeke, Eli, Ryan, and Miles find their friendship tested when two of them make the team and two of them do not. Includes facts about Michael Jordan and Bill Russell.

In a series of letters, Grandfather reveals his adventures with his remarkable little dog Roo and the captain of the Unsinkable, as they go in search of the Door to the Sea, the Forgotten Sea, and the Great Cod Bank.

Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.

Friends Johnny and Stu, members of the Howling Timberwolves hockey team, come up with a friendly way to teach snotty new kid Tom Morgan the importance of being a team player.

Han Li, an arrogant painter and poet, faces a tough decision when his master becomes ill and cannot finish a painting for the emperor.

Samantha does not know what to do when her new friend Nicholas, a boy traveling cross-country on a Gypsy Vanner mare while learning about his gypsy ancestry, is suspected of being involved in the theft of a mustang.