diaries

When ten-year-old Ava uses her writing talents to help her older sister overcome her shyness, both girls learn the impact their words and stories can have on the world around them.

Nine-year-old Marcus Atkinson heads off to taekwondo class when his dad decides it is the perfect sport to show off his son's kicking skills.

Marcus's father signs him up for soccer and doen't listen to Marcus when he tries to explain he doesn't want to play.

It was a zoo the day I left. All I remember is pulling out of the driveway. I thought I was going to crumble into a hundred pieces. I looked at Grant. He looked at me. Mom hit reverse. It all seemed so tragic, like I was being shipped off to war. Still and all, it was a really, really dumb idea to come this far for college. See how it all began.

The story of the day-to-day existence of a little fly that wants to be a superhero. And why not? She walks on walls, sees in all directions at once, and can really fly.

After being orphaned during the influenza epidemic of 1918, eleven-year-old Lydia Pierce and her fourteen-year-old brother are taken by their grieving uncle to be raised in the Shaker community at Sabbathday Lake.

Middle-school drama queen Nikki Maxwell worries about asking a boy to her school's "sweetheart dance.".

Douglas Allen Deeds, an orphan from Missouri, recounts his experiences as part of the Donner Party expedition in 1846, in this book based on the actual events.

Explains simple methods that can be used to help people create illustrated pages that can make a journal more meaningful by using visual elements to enhance the written word.

As she faces her senior year in high school, Caitlin O'Connor finds herself torn between two semi-different worlds and tries to find a way to pull them together and discover her true identity.