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Maybe you won't rock a cradle, Muriel. Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat. Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her family's closest friends, the Normans, live on the other. For as long as Muriel can remember, the families' lives have been intertwined, connected by the crossing stones that span the water. But, now that Frank Norman, who Muriel is just beginning to think might be more than a friend-has...

A dirty, skinny dog shows up in Sam and Katie's neighborhood. They start to follow it, and they don't like what they see: the Wilson sisters yell at the dog because it is digging in their garden and the Tracy twins chase it on their bikes and throw things at it. Sam and Katie want the dog to know they'll be its friends. They think it should have a name. Most of all, they want it to like them. But they make a big mistake, and after that, it's hard...

Publisher Marketing: Anikwa and James, twelve years old in 1812, spend their days fishing, trapping, and exploring together in the forests of the Indiana Territory. To Anikwa and his family, members of the Miami tribe, this land has been home for centuries. As traders, James's family has ties to the Miami community as well as to the American soldiers in the fort. Now tensions are rising—the British and American armies prepare to meet at Fort Wayne...

"Capybara will do anything for his friends. But it's exhausting--and when Capybara meets a potential new friend who doesn't seem to be responding to his advances, Capybara learns a valuable lesson. His friends like him just for who he is"--

Lily Lotus Dillweed and the town of Frogville have been under a curse for as long as they can remember. Every boy, on their thirteenth birthday, turns into a frog. The only way to be free from the curse is to kiss a person of royal blood. The tradition is as unchanging as the town, until the day of Lily and her twin brother Crucus' thirteenth birthday. At the stroke of midnight, Lily turns into a frog instead of her brother, and is forced to...

Making Things Move: Force and Motion is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy. RI.2.2 and Literacy. L.2.5b. Readers are introduced to simple physics lessons in an accessible way, featuring real-world examples, in this book, which includes full-page color photographs paired with narrative nonfiction text that explain relevant concepts. This book should be paired with "Push and Pull: Understanding...

A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of 2017 A 2017 BCCB Blue Ribbon Book A 2017 New York Public Library Best Book for Kids A 2017 VOYA Top Shelf Fiction Pick for Middle School Readers A 2018 NCTE Notable Verse Novel A 2018 CCBC Choices Book Claire and Abi have always loved their summers at the lake house, but this year, everything's different. Dad and Pam, their stepmom, are expecting a new baby, and they've cleared out all of Mom's belongings...

Join Nutmeg, the North Pole elf, and her friends in performing kind acts for the Holidays with this new version of the classic Christmas song. Each of the 12 days mentions an easy and inexpensive or free act of kindness.

This is a story meant for children ages 0 - 8 years about the animals at the CAPE Animal Sanctuary located in Grass Valley, California. When Arnie the rooster comes down with a cold, his animal friends react to his sickness with concern. Without Arnie to welcome the day, what should they do? Call 911? Give him a pill? When gentle hands take Arnie away, the animals wonder if he will ever come back. Arnie's story is one of friendship, love, and the...

Adapted from Henry James' classic novel, The Turn of the Screw, a young woman is hired to take care of two children, Miles and Flora, as their governess. When the governess starts seeing ghosts, she's led on a path that allows her to uncover the home's dark past involving the children's previous governess.