National Network for Equitable Library Service

While banished to a dusty study one day "to think things over", a boy pulls a book off a shelf and with great reluctance begins to read.

Among these nine stories: A teenage boy breaks out of the strict confines of his family, his bid for independence leads him in over his head.

"Audrey is a cow with poetry in her blood, who yearns for the greener pastures beyond Bittersweet Farms.

From the 1860s to the 1880s, the outlaws known as the Winter Family roam the harsh frontier, both serving and battling the fierce advance of civilization.

This story begins in the late 1890's and documents the life of an ambitious young man who grew up eagerly looking forward to a comfortable and sheltered life in an isolated community in Russia near

Stones from the River is a daring, dramatic and complex novel of life in Germany. It is set in Burgdorf, a small fictional German town, between 1915 and 1951.

Susan Hostetler leaves her Amish life behind and starts a new life among the English, but when a pregnant woman asks Susan to help her find an Amish family to adopt her baby, she finds herself draw

Middle-schooler Nate Wright vies against his rival, the "perfect" Artur, to win the grand prize of a customized skateboard in their scout troop contest.

Supremely confident middle school student Nate Wright manages make getting detention from every one of his teachers in the same day seem like an achievement.

Stuck in a rut of bad luck, Nate Wright gets a boost from Chad's lucky foot and suddenly, good luck is everywhere he turns.

"In this latest misadventure, Nate, the all-time record-holder for detentions, gets to see how the other half lives as he follows his best friend Francis's example and becomes a total nea

Big Nate Wright is president of P.S. 38, the after school cartooning club.

Sixth-grader and self-proclaimed genius Nate Wright faces his all-time enemy, Gina, when they are paired to work on a research paper together and she also gets a position on his intramural team.