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Twin sisters team up—despite drastically different personalities—to save their family from a bitter witch’s curse in this rich and atmospheric middle grade novel. Twelve-year-old Lana isn’t looking for trouble when she ventures into the swampy marsh behind her family’s home in Galveston Bay. She’s just sweaty and bored and lonely, sick of sitting around doing nothing. Her family never goes anywhere. Her mom and her sisters want nothing to do with her, and none of them will talk about their dead dad.

In this authentic and heartfelt middle-grade novel, Maple uses her artwork to help sort through sibling relationships, school drama, and her parents’ increasingly fraught marriage. Ten-year-old Maple can’t wait for summer: No more math! Adventures with her friends! Best of all, she and Dad are finally going to build a real treehouse. Or are they? Lately Dad has been quick to storm off when he argues with Mom, which happens more and more. Maple seeks refuge in her sketchbook, filling it with comics and other drawings and posing the questions she can’t bring herself to ask anywhere else.

Get ready for a super sparkly adventure all the way to Taiwan with Elwis and Chen! This year, they're celebrating the vibrant and noisy Chinese New Year with Chen’s wonderful family. The air is filled with bright decorations, delicious smells of traditional food, and the warmth of Chen’s dad giving Elwis the biggest, warmest welcome hug. Together, they’ll share special New Year dishes, laugh with Chen's brothers, sisters, uncles, aunties, and cousins, and enjoy the joy of lucky red envelopes filled with surprises!

Penelope has been all over the globe, from the tippity top to the bottomitty bottom, traveling alongside her godmother, the super celebrity Queenie Bee. And she’s done things most kids never dream of, like feeding giraffes, exploring real glaciers, and hopping from one five-star hotel to the next. But there’s one thing she has never done, and she desperately wants to give it a try: go to school!

Sofi está en un dilema: su abuela la invita a hacer juntas las galletitas de Navidad. Lo cual es muy importante porque nunca la había invitado antes. Pero ese mismo día su tía le propone ir al campo. Y eso también es importante, porque a ella le encanta el campo y hace poco nació un potrillo.

Ever since getting a little stepbrother named Harlan, Denver hasn’t felt like he fits into his own family. Lots of people find Harlan charming, but not Denver. His pesky stepbrother tags along everywhere Denver goes, breaking things and wanting Denver’s attention every. single. second. After an especially disastrous morning, Denver escapes to the forest, experiencing a whiff of ancient magic when he meets an old and dignified but lonely tree named Spiro.

Billie's party is going to be the best ever. She has lots of fun games planned! But what if Billie's friends don't like her party? Or worse … what if they don't come?

In The Soccer Star, Billie wants to play soccer, but the boys at school won’t let her. How can Billie prove that girls can play soccer, too?

In The Hat Parade, Billie really wants to win the school hat parade. She has made lots of amazing hats! But when Billie gets stuck in bed with a horrible cold, will her hat parade plans be ruined?

In The Pocket Money Blues, Billie is saving up for a special toy, and Jack is helping her do jobs. But what will happen when Jack wants to spend the money on something else?

In The Honey Bees, Billie has a super-dooper new idea, to build a beehive! But why is Jack so upset about her plan?

In The Night Fright, Billie loves hanging out with Rebecca's older sisters. They make her feel so grown-up! But is Billie grown-up enough to handle the scary movies they like?

The Aldens spend the summer on their own private island. There they meet a new friend with an amazing secret!

Competitive eating vies with family expectations in a funny, heartfelt novel for middle-grade audiences by National Book Award winner Pete Hautman.

Benno und Susi sind ein Geschwisterpaar, bei denen es zwischendurch viele Geburtstagswünsche, Streit oder auch mal falsche Beschuldigungen gibt. Ihr Opa Pepe erinnert sich in solchen Momenten an seine eigene Kindheit zurück und erzählt Benno und Susi davon: Vom Drachenschiff, dem unerwarteten Geburtstagsgeschenk und von einer falschen Anklage während einer Mathearbeit. Hört euch an, was Susi und Benno von Pepe und seinen Freunden lernen können.

In The Extra-special Helper, Billie's class is off to the zoo! She has to stop everyone from being naughty. If only they'd listen to her!

Ten-year-old Angus is unique. He quotes Shakespeare and wants to stage a Werewolf Hamlet play for his fifth grade legacy project. Angus's seventeen-year-old brother, Liam, is like a werewolf now—Angus never knows if he'll be nice or mean or when he'll sneak out to get drunk or worse. Meanwhile, tension continues to build for Liam's family in Los Angeles. Mom and Dad are going to default on the mortgage. Older sister Hannah is fed up and ready to move herself to Maine, and little sister Sidney doesn't really get what's happening. Then Liam goes missing, and Angus decides he has to find him.

ഒരച്ഛന്റെ കുട്ടിക്കാലത്തെ രസകരമായ അനുഭവങ്ങൾ അറിയാൻ നിങ്ങൾക്കും താൽപ്പര്യമില്ലേ? അതിനുവേണ്ടിയാണ് ഈ പുസ്തകം. എന്റെ മകൾ എപ്പോഴും പറയും "അച്ഛാ; അച്ഛന്റെ കുട്ടിക്കാലത്തെ കഥകൾ പറഞ്ഞുതാ..." തന്റെ അച്ഛൻ ഒരിക്കൽ ഒരു കൊച്ചുകുട്ടിയായിരുന്നെന്നും അപ്പോൾ കുസൃതിത്തരങ്ങൾ കാണിക്കുകയും അടിയും ശകാരവും വാങ്ങുകയും ചെയ്തിട്ടുണ്ടെന്നും അവൾ മനസ്സിലാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്...

Mirabelle is desperate for a brand-new pair of magical roller skates, but Mum and Dad say she’s got to earn the money to pay for them herself. Earning money sounds tricky-how’s she going to do it? Of course! She’ll set up a business. But a business doing what ...? She has a go at dog-walking, but things get a little bit out of hand. And when ‘things getting out of hand’ include the dogs’ leads, that’s not good for business. Maybe something that keeps still would be easier. Something like making and selling enchanted charm bracelets!

Mirabelle's mum is a witch, her dad is a fairy, and she is a bit of both! Mirabelle doesn't mean to cause trouble, it just seems to follow her round. But when she and her brother go to stay at their fairy grandparents, she is determined that nothing will go wrong, and she is going to be on her very best, most fairy-like, behaviour.