children's stories

Third grader Mar?a Isabel, born in Puerto Rico and now living in the U.S., wants badly to fit in at school.

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee's life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

Joseph Friedman has attention deficit disorder and spends most of his time avoiding the school bully and hiding in the Resource Room. On the first day of seventh grade, however, everything changes: his Resource Room teacher forces him to join the school track team and he meets Heather, a runner who doesn't let herself be pushed around.

Twelve-year-old Mal? is the new kid at school and nothing goes right for her. But when she meets a group of other misfits and starts a punk band, she finds a way to express herself even in the face of the anti-punk administration.

After Claudia is asked to be a junior bridesmaid for her cousin Laura, she goes online to find information about weddings. But when she arrives at Laura's house everything goes wrong, and Claudia wonders if she is going to bring bad luck to the wedding.

When Claudia is teamed up with Jenny, the school bully, for a science project, she is afraid to disagree with Jenny's bad ideas. Claudia wants an "A" on her project so she decides to figure out why Jenny is so mean so they can get to work on a great project. Includes discussion questions and writing prompts.

Whenever Nima meets someone on her long walk to the market village in Nepal, she brings her hands together with her fingers almost touching her chin, bows her head slightly, and says "Namaste," which means "the light in me meets the light in you." Includes information on the geography, culture, and people of Nepal.

Giraffe becomes bored and decides to write a letter and send it as far as possible. The letter eventually ends up with Penguin and the two become pen pals.

Cody learns how to handle himself with the bullies at school when an uncle he never knew he had comes to stay at his house.

Journey Song learns that two pandas are being held in a warehouse in her poverty-stricken neighborhood of the Eastside, and decides to make it her mission to save the two animals.