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When eighth grader Abby Lovitt looks out at those pure-gold rolling hills, she knows there's no place she'd rather be than her family's ranch--even with all the hard work of tending to nine horses.

Abby Lovitt has been riding horses for as long as she can remember, but Daddy hasn't let her name a single one.

David Ezra Stein is an accomplished author of children's books and has been honored with the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award.

When you're a pinball, life is a risky game, especially for three adolescent children placed in a foster home.

Nicknamed the "trouble twins," 13- year-old brother and sister Dallas and Florida have long since given up hope of ever finding a family.

The Barkers are going to adopt a child, and twins Morgie and Moffie couldn't be more excited.

Life is hard for 12-year-old Lucas. First Uncle Asa dies of consumption, then Lizy and Pa. Now Mama is sick. And Lucas is the only one left to take care of her and their Connecticut farm.

Dave's carefree life of pranks and stickball in his Lower East Side New York neighborhood ends the day his papa dies.

Darek and his family and friends are returning from their dragonquest with something different: Zantor, a live baby dragon.

When the village Elder tries to buy Darek's blue dragon for his daughter, Darek refuses to sell.

Darek is envious when his older brother, Clep, returns from a quest wearing dragon claws for a necklace. His brother has killed a Great Blue, the largest and most feared of all dragons.

Eleven-year-old Nhamo is running for her life.

Baby Ruva lives with her giraffe family in a beautiful jungle. One sad day she is kidnapped and taken across the ocean to a horrible zoo.

In Audrey Shafer's compelling debut novel, Gabe Pace remains trapped in Virginia's foster care system until a social worker finds his Uncle Vernon.

Crash Coogan is a big jock. As long as he can remember, he has crashed through life, running over anyone or anything that stands in his way.