self-reliance

This lovely book about being small and still finding a fire inside is sure to appeal to small children. And its message of friendship will resonate for anyone feeling different and alone.

Leaving her best friend and the familiarity of Seattle for the paper mill town of "Stinkville," South Carolina, twelve-year-old Alice, who lives with albinism and blindness, takes on the additional challenge of entering the Stinkville Success Stories essay contest.

On her tenth birthday, super-smart Maisie wakes to a shifted reality and must work within the laws of the universe and trust the love of her family to set the world right. Alternate chapters present divergent timelines.

"Isabella Clemente is a champion all-around gymnast. After a summer at gymnastics camp, she is looking forward to winning a national championship. But then the current national champion transfers to Peabody! Isabella sees Morgan as a rival"--Back cover.

"Artie Lieberman tries out for Peadbody's lacrosse team. He is excited to make the team! But when he is bullied by a group of biggers boys, he's not sure he wants to keep playing. Can he stand up to the bullies? Is it even worth it?"--Back cover.

"When Kitty can't find her teacher she begins to worry about who will help her during the day, but soon discovers that help is around every corner"--OCLC.

After Ava, one of the few teenage girls on a male-dominated spaceship, is faced with banishment and death as a result of her attempt to pursue a romance, she flees to a floating island of scrap and garbage in the Pacific Ocean of a post-apocalyptic Earth to survive.

Sixteen-year-old April, a high school junior, and her friend Vi, a senior, get a crash course in reality as the list of things they should not do becomes a list of things they did while living parent-free in Westport, Connecticut, for the semester.

A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains, including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.