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When grade-eight science-project time rolls around, J.J. Murphy skips the beakers and the papiermâché and dives into research about jerks. And idiots. But mostly jerks.

Readers of Hoop Crazy will remember Ned as the bug-loving beanpole who lives in an isolated national park out West, three hours from the nearest basketball court.

Kate has decided on a pirate theme for her party. She thinks that seven is going to be the best age to be. Her friend Jake is going to teach her to ride a two-wheeler.

Lizzie Lane a l'habitude de vivre au sommet de la chaîne alimentaire. Sa vie presque parfaite bascule lorsque Rachel, une victime sociale de Lizzie, réussit à lui attirer des ennuis à l'école.

Maya sneaks out in her kayak every day to check on a family of sea otters living in nearby Riley Bay.

Googol and Googolplex are back from space, ready to continue their scavenger hunt. Pippa and Troy are eager to help, but runaway bulls and disappearing rainbows make their task difficult.

Life is hard for ten-year-old Safiyah in the Kibera slum outside Nairobi.

Addison's mother wants to sell their comfortable old house and move into a townhouse in a new development across town - a shoe box near a shoe factory, Addison calls it.

Harriet has a large collection of stuffed animals.

Cheetah is the small spotted frog Amelia brings home in a macaroni container.

Mary Shelley's shocking, tragic, and some say autobiographical tale of incestuous love. Confined to her deathbed, Mathilda narrates the story of her life.

"The great hurricane that devastated Galveston in 1900 is the centerpiece of [this] tightly knit novel. The writing is powerful.

Winner of the Washington Irving Children's Choice Award A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Selection of the Junior Library Guild Star light, star bright...'lvira wishes for

From one of the world's best-loved children's authors: The timeless story of a mischievous bunny and a very angry gardener.

A classic children's tale of loyalty, perseverance, and the bond of friendship between a boy and his dog.