A Newberry Award-winning classic, Marty finds a lost beagle and tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

Evan Treski is good at talking with people, even grownups. His younger sister, Jessie, is math-smart - but not especially good at understanding people. So when their lemonade war begins, there really is no telling who will win - and even more important, if their fight will ever end.

Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island with no memory of where she is from or why she is there, and her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants.

Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father - the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway.

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with 4 small children, must move her family or face almost certain death. But her youngest son is ill and must not be moved. Fortunately, she meets the rats of NIMH, who come up with a solution to her dilemma.

When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay.

Mia’s parents manage a motel that hides immigrants, unbeknownst to the unkind motel owner. An inspiring character, Mia’s efforts to improve her English, become a writer, and do good will resonate with kids.

In a kingdom where your name is your destiny, Rump is the butt of everyone's joke. But when he finds an old spinning wheel, his luck seems to change. Rump discovers he has a gift for spinning straw into gold.

Candice finds the letter that sent her grandmother on a treasure hunt and got her fired. With the help of her new friend, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert., SC.

A young wolf cub, separated from his pack, journeys 1000 miles across the Pacific Northwest, dealing with forest fires, hunters, highways, and hunger before finding a new home. Based on the true story of a wolf called OR-7.

Living with his little brother, Fudge, makes Peter Hatcher feel like a fourth grade nothing. Whether Fudge is throwing a temper tantrum in a shoe store, smearing smashed potatoes on walls, or scribbling all over Peter's homework, he's never far from trouble.

Minli, an adventurous girl from a poor village, buys a magical goldfish, and then joins a dragon who cannot fly on a quest to find the Old Man of the Moon in hopes of bringing life to Fruitless Mountain and freshness to Jade River.

On his 9th birthday, Omri receives a cupboard that magically brings his 3 in. toy Indian Little Bear to life. They bond, embarking on an amazing adventure, until his friend Patrick brings a cowboy to life and the secret is in danger of being revealed.

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog, Winn-Dixie.