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In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Max hops on a freight train to seek out the dad who abandoned him when he was a baby. This edition combines both written and spoken words.

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Hailey and her best friend compete for a part in an opera.

In this novel for teens, Dee and her younger brother, Eddie, make a run for the Canadian border when their father disappears and social workers start snooping around their Arizona home.

In this work of crime fiction, Keno, a bill collector, is unwittingly drawn into a murder investigation when he witnesses a serial killer fleeing the scene of a crime.

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Ethan's new friend Gabe is being harassed for being different than all the other girls.

In this high-interest novel for teen readers, Megan learns that her father is a convicted terrorist and that her mother has been living under an assumed name for fifteen years.

In this rhyming picture book, a young girl describes the magical encounters with wildlife that she and her grandfather witness while out in the red canoe.

In this next installment of the high-interest Retribution series, Raven goes undercover to find the link between a pharmaceutical company and a wave of teen suicides.

A lyrical celebration of island life. This edition combines both written and spoken words.

In this work of contemporary fiction, Rasheed tries to escape his rough neighborhood with actions both small and heroic.

In this high-interest novel for middle readers, Ethan, aka The Potato, goes on a school trip to the Amazon, where he must confront his worst fears.

In this middle-grade novel, DJ travels with his grandfather to Central America and ends up hunted by armed gunmen.

In this early chapter book, the seventh installment in the Justine McKeen series, Justine sets out to ban bottled water from her school.

In this early chapter book, the eighth installment in the Justine McKeen series, Justine works with Principal Proctor to reduce the school's energy use and save trees in the rainforest.

In this humorous novel for middle-grade readers, basketball-crazy Sameer tries to help the school team overcome its aversion to a very dramatic new coach.