realistic fiction

When she is not picked to go on a trip to Washington, D.C., because only calm, neutral students are being sent, Emma tries to prove that she can be unemotional and offer no opinions for forty-eight hours.

When a boy and his granddad take care of a little bird, the boy wants to keep it - but Granddad knows it must return to its natural habitat in the wild, where it can spread its wings and be free. And so begins an exhilarating journey into the mountains to return the bird to where it belongs.

Thirteen-year-old Emma loves giving advice to others at Austen Middle School, but when Jackson Knight turns icy just before the Sadie Hawkins dance, she needs some advice of her own.

Elizabeth and Jessica are starting middle school together, but the twin sisters soon realize they have different interests and it is good to become their own person.

Llama Llama is preparing to go on his first vacation and plane ride with Mama Llama and Gram to Sandy Island! Your little llamas will love relating to their favorite picture book character as he faces new and challenging situations.

A caterpillar introduces the concept that each ending is the beginning of something else, as when the end of a day marks the beginning of night.

Amira is excited because tomorrow is Eid with special clothes, treats, gifts, and a morning party at her mosque; but then she realizes that she is going to miss class picture day at school, something she was also looking forward to--so Amira has to figure out a way to be in two places at once.

High school junior D.J. staggers under the weight of caring for her badly injured brother, her responsibilities on the dairy farm, a changing relationship with her friend Brian, and her own athletic aspirations.

"Ten-year-old Della can rely on her older sister, Suki, for anything, but when Suki attempts suicide, Della must seek help and speak out about the sexual abuse they've both suffered at the hands of their mother's boyfriend"--.

When fourteen-year-old Lindsay meets Talon, who lives in the secret Downsider community that evolved in the subterranean passages of the subway built in New York in 1867, she and her new friend try to bridge the differences between their two cultures.