Almost twelve years old, Cassie is good at finding her neighbors' pet peacocks but not so good at figuring out the changes in her parents, her older sister, and her best friend Jonas.

"Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches. And twelve-year-old Seven Salazar can't wait to be placed in the most powerful coven with her best friend! But on the night of the ceremony, in front of the entire town, Seven isn't placed in one of the five covens. She's a Spare! Spare covens have fewer witches, are less powerful,...

Sophie Dailey is NOT looking forward to starting middle school. For one thing, she doesn't look like the other kids. Instead of trendy tank tops, she wears high-tech shirts that block UV rays. (Sun protection is serious business!) And she definitely doesn't sound like the other kids either. (She can't say "sweet" or "stan" without making a weird face.) Needless to say, this is probably why her best friend, Ella, ditched her for Queen Bee Morgan....

"A friendless girl who has developed a knack for keeping her head down at school resists a red-headed newcomer who wants to make friends, before the two are paired for a class assignment that she hopes will secure her position on the debate team."--NoveList.

"Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table. Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades partner. And Shirley,...

Turning 12 1/2 shouldn't be the most exciting birthday in the world. It's a half birthday after all. But Harper is thrilled because she is getting the biggest gift of all: her parent's approval to finally get social media accounts. Except when she goes to post her first photo, there is a filter she has never heard of before. One that shows you what you will look like when you are older. Curious, Harper clicks on it...but ends up flash forwarding in...

"Author Shannon Hale narrates as a full cast enacts the drama of her sixth-grade year in this adaptation of the middle volume of her graphic memoir trilogy. Portraying young Shannon, Mia Jenness evokes excitement, uncertainty, and hurt—painfully and exquisitely—as she picks her way through a friendship minefield."- AudioFile (Earphones Award Winner)
"...a stellar full cast presents a wonderfully immersive production,

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After her beloved grandmother, Nana, dies, non-religious twelve-year-old Caroline becomes curious about her mother's Jewish ancestry.

"Olivia está emocionada con empezar el nuevo curso: nuevos profesores, nuevas experiencias y una excursión a la gran ciudad con sus mejores amigos. Pero cuando se entera de que algunos niños no pueden permitírselo, decide actuar. Está dispuesta a hacer lo que sea necesario para que la escuchen, aunque eso signifique enfrentarse a dos de sus mejores amigos, ¿podrá Olivia cambiar las cosas y al mismo tiempo conservar su amistad?"--

Tony Stark,T'Challa, Amadeus Cho..the greatest minds in the Marvel Universe all have one thing in common: they're not smarter than a 4th grader! Now it's time to put Lunella's unrivaled intellect to the test against some of Marvel's finest-- with Devil Dinosaur adding the brawn to her brains. The Thing stops in to defend his missing best pal Reed Richards' pole position!