"A boy is sent to camp to become a man--but ends up on a fantastical journey that will change his life forever"--Provided by publisher.

Sebastian Prendergast lives in a geodesic dome with his eccentric grandmother, who homeschools him in the teachings of futurist philosopher R. Buckminster Fuller. But when his grandmother has a stroke, Sebastian is forced to leave the dome and make his own way in town.

Twelve-year-old Neva and her older brother Clayton have been left with their grandparents for the summer, and she is having a difficult time dealing with change: the changes to her body, changes with her relationships with her brother who is becoming involved with social activism and their multicultural community (and with Michelle, the sexy girl across the street), and with her best friend, Jamila, whose father is from Ghana--Neva is growing up and...

In the fourth middle-grade novel about the irrepressible Sophie Hartley, Sophie, 10, doesn't want to turn into a moody teenager like her older brother and sister, and she certainly doesn't want to see The Movie (about gross adolescent body changes) at school. On the other hand, she doesn't want to be considered immature by her classmates. A lively, funny story with a great title, touching on a perennially fascinating subject.

A celebration of all the things that hope can mean and how to reach for your dreams, whether they are as big as the night sky or as small as a bowl of ice cream.

People ages 5 to 95 share what they've learned about life, love, and other good stuff

A young bear rejoices in the beauty of his woodland home, but when he wakes up from his winter sleep he has become a boy in a wilderness of tall buildings, in a world run by clocks, where he must learn to fit in, and embark on the adventure of growing up.

"From the author of the "lyrical and compelling" (USA Today) novel A Good American comes a powerful story of two friends and the unintended consequences of friendship, loss, and hope. For Robert Carter, life in his coastal Maine hometown is comfortably predictable. But in 1976, on his first day of eighth grade, he meets Nathan Tilly, who changes everything. Nathan is confident, fearless, impetuous--and fascinated by kites and flying. Robert and Nathan's...