Eric Walters

In this middle-grade novel, eighth-grade student Ali Khan finds that writing poetry—first about his crush, then about what it means to be an immigrant and the anti-Muslim racism around him—helps him discover who he truly is.

Sam Campbell's school team, the Laggan Lairds, always loses. When someone suggests that their name be the Laggan Lard Butts, Sam thinks the team should change its name. The basketball coach agrees, and soon the whole school is involved in an election for a new team name....

Jake has finally got his driver's license, and tonight he has his brother's car as well. He and his friend Mickey take the car out and cruise the strip. When they challenge another driver to a street race, a disastrous chain reaction causes an accident....

DJ is David McLean's eldest grandson, so it stands to reason that he be the one to scatter his beloved grandfather's ashes. At least that's how DJ sees it. He's always been the best at everything, so climbing Kilimanjaro is just another thing he'll accomplish almost effortlessly....

After the orphanage she lives in is destroyed by fire, Betty, an innocent teen, takes a job as a maid in Kingston, Ontario. Welcomed into the household of the wealthy Remingtons, Betty makes friends with the staff at the house and soon discovers that her mother had also been a maid there....

We Bought a Zoo meets Jurassic Park in a gripping story featuring the evergreen appeal of human-animal friendships and set in an elephant sanctuary, about a 13-year-old girl, a cast of elephants, and a surprising new arrival - a woolly mammoth....

Kioko had been watching the matatus come and go for as long as he could remember. But today, for his fifth birthday, he climbs aboard one with his grandfather. As the matatu pulls away from the market, the village dogs chase after them.

Morgan learns to care for a baby beaver that is washed into her backyard by floodwaters.

In this novel for middle graders, thirteen-year-old Quinn and her friends try to adjust to life during the COVID-19 pandemic.