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Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding with the help of the devoted dog Sounder, and also by learning to read.

Almanzo Wilder has many homey adventures as a young boy growing up on a farm in New York State in the 1860s, and comes to the momentous decision that farming is the life he wants for his future.

A series of crises lead 11-year-old Julia to see her family in a different light and help her reaffirm her ambition to be a writer.

"The lucky penny in Judy Moody's pocket sure does seem to be working. She can't stop winning-at bowling, spelling, the unbeatable Prize Claw, everything! For sure and absolute positive, she'll ride that wave of good fortune all the way to Washington, D.C."--Provided by publisher.

Winnie Perry is certain that she will gain more courage and responsibilities with her tenth birthday and, with her best friend Amanda by her side, Winnie is determined to make the most of her last year of elementary school.

While their mother is out hunting, two fox cubs get excited about their first snowfall and are soon lost, scared, and alone in the cold and dark.

In 1935 on the Florida Key of Matacumbe, thirteen-year-old Jake makes new friends during an idyllic summer, only to have everything change when a hurricane threatens the island.

Portia Avatar, a twelve-year-old California girl with a bohemian mother, a doglike cat, and an inquiring mind, discovers a clue to the whereabouts of her long-lost father, Patch, after an earthquake.

While on a camping trip, Cassie Strange has a hard time convincing her skeptical parents that her sister Amber has been abducted by aliens, one of whom is doing a very good job of impersonating Amber.