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Twelve-year-old Meg is pulled into a mysterious treasure hunt at her new boarding school and must learn to work with her new classmates, who all have secrets of their own.

Two 10-year-olds must decide whether they should join forces to create an unbeatable duo that is sure to win their school's annual creative storytelling contest.

When Hamra steals a magical fruit from a tiger hoping to cure her grandmother, she must repay her debt to the tiger by going on an extraordinary journey with him to make him human again.

This collection includes 13 scary stories with shocking twists on everyday reality, from an innocent set of dark, dusty basement stairs to a piano recital that requires unusual sacrifices.

Desperate to return home while staying with her aunt, Laura finds a puppy and decides that if she can train it to become a therapy dog, she might be allowed to visit her parents-- and then maybe things will go back to the way they should be.

Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a 12-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse.

Henry, a first grader on the autism spectrum, attempts to navigate friendships and sudden changes in classroom routines-- like a parade on Friday instead of share time.

Told from two viewpoints, sixth-graders Karina and Chris use social media to stand up to racism in Houston, Texas, after an attack puts Karina's Indian American grandfather in the hospital.

Two years after surviving a school shooting, 12-year-old Simon moves to the only place in America where the internet is banned, finally getting a chance to spin his own story with the help of a new friend.

A 12-year-old Japanese American baseball superfan forced to spend his summer in Oregon with his grandfather instead of playing elite ball.

Danilo's baseball talent lands him the opportunity to train in the States and find his absentee father, who may be the key to saving the family he abandoned as they deal with the devastating effects of the U.S. military invasion of Panamá.

To go on an art club field trip, Miguel decides to ditch his responsibilities at his family’s bodega and hide the truth from his parents. When things come crashing down, he finds a friend in his newly adopted cat, Lolo.

When her village is attacked by warriors, capturing everyone she's ever loved, Abeni escapes in the clutches of an old witch who spirits her away to begin her unwanted magical apprenticeship-- and her impossible mission to bring her people home.

Pineda, a Cuban American boy, must join forces with his friends to help reunite an alien girl with her parents while their Texas town is swarming with military officers.

After attempting to prove the existence of a famous ghost for their school newspaper, Josie, Jackson and Alison begin to receive sinister memes on their phones and must uncover the truth behind the terrifying messages before time runs out.

Miriam, a young Orthodox Jew, uses her detective skills to investigate and debunk the Tooth Fairy's existence, but her investigation takes an unexpected turn that leads her to question whether the Tooth Fairy might be real after all.

Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong, until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow.

Discover how Mount Tambora's catastrophic eruption plunged the world into darkness, altering the global climate and inspiring the likes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, in a nonfiction story of disaster and survival.

Travel back to turn-of the century Paris and witness the theft of the Mona Lisa, making it the most famous artwork in the world.

Orris the rat lives alone in an old barn surrounded by his treasures, until the day his solitude is disrupted by a small owl that has gotten caught in a trap in the barn. Can Orris make the good and noble choice and rescue the owl, despite the fact that owls and rats are natural enemies?

Set against the backdrop of the Great Migration, a Southern girl attends an elite girls boarding school in the North and must find the courage to be herself and to dream of a brighter future.

Each tale pulls readers into a dark world of contemporary stories based on myths and legends from around the world. Haunted battlefields? Talking heads? Ghosts? Nefarious creatures in the night? Read all about scary field trips, ghostly omens, cautionary tales and more.

When lonely Ravani Foster discovers his new friend Virginia and her six mysterious runaway companions are in danger, he must fight to keep them safe, or lose the only person who has ever understood him.

Going undercover at Petey Thunkle's world-famous summer training program for STEM prodigies, twins Wiki and Leen Ellison must discover who is tampering with the company's upcoming big-deal rocket launch before it’s too late.

Twelve-year-old B, a young nonbinary person who wants to be a dog trainer someday, convinces their new foster parents to adopt a stray dog named Gooseberry, but training the dog ends up being much harder than they expected until they learn to trust each other.

This true story of America's first female astronauts shows how they fought to enter STEM fields, endured claustrophobic and sexist media attention, underwent rigorous survival training and prepared for years.

An undead fox serving as the Usher of Souls has his life upended when a mysterious badger soul appears.

This wide-ranging STEM book, filled with simple activities and experiments, celebrates the discoveries and technological inventions of Indigenous North Americans, showing readers how to embrace the mindset of reciprocity, environmental responsibility and the interconnectedness of life.

In 1939 North Carolina, an all-Black baseball team "trespasses" on the whites-only baseball field, and the resulting racial outrage can only be resolved on the mound.

When 13-year-old Leandro takes the fall for his sister and is exiled into an ancient drone, he embarks on a perilous journey beyond the city's walls where he encounters mutant monsters, wasteland pirates and fellow outcasts as he tries to save his sister and fellow Cascabeles from the oppressive reg

With the help of Captain Flinders, Penny the ship's dog and Will the ship's artist, tiny kitten Trim learns basic skills and tests his limits and abilities on his way to becoming the ship's cat.

Moving to the Shady Pines trailer park, Tasha hears rumors of a terrifying creature sucking the life from its victims after an elderly neighbor dies suddenly, and as more people become unwell, Tasha fears the stories are true-- and that danger is much closer than she thinks.

Aspiring journalist Nadia travels to visit her family in Bangladesh to celebrate Ramadan, where her journalism skills are put to the test as she learns about the country's climate crisis-- and the true meaning of her favorite holiday.

When anxious 12-year-old chess prodigy Milo Bloom meets the half-sister he never knew he had and they get to know each other, he learns a new game-- the only thing that makes sense when everything else is falling apart.

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking.

Birdie has big plans for eighth grade, including getting a boyfriend, but after her best friend Deve fights against it, the trickster West African god Anansi appears and grants Birdie's wish, which she soon regrets and tries to undo.

As 12-year-old Brooklyn goes head-to-head against her rival to win her school's cookie-selling competition, her friends help her cope with her mother's death and try to clinch the Cookie Queen title.

When aspiring artist Deena's anxiety reaches a breaking point, both she and her mother learn the importance of asking for help, and that, with the right support, she can create something truly beautiful.

Amina, a Pakistani-American Muslim girl, struggles to stay true to her family's culture while dealing with the vandalism of the local Islamic Center and mosque and her best friend Soojin's new friendship with their former nemesis.

Sent to spend the summer with Grandma Jojo, neurodivergent and artistic V discovers a ghostly girl in the walls and must uncover the ghost's desires and her grandmother's secrets before their relationship is irreparably damaged.

When Hannah and her friends play a Ouija-style game in their school attic, they unleash an evil spirit that curses Hannah and communicates with her through her diary.

Little Blue, a witch-in-training, delivers baked goods all over their town, and helps their neighbors with a touch of magic.

Mallory Marsh's true feelings come out in her sci-fi web comic, but when it goes viral, classmates recognize the unflattering characters, leading Mallory to reckon with her lies.

Mindy is so excited to go back to Korea-- not only are she, Dad and Julie going to the popular tourist spot, Jeju Island, it's baby Charlie's first big international trip!

This adaptation of the The Making of Asian America shines a light on the generations of Asian Americans who have transformed the U.S., and who continue to do so today, telling a powerful story of race, racism, bravery and hope.

Ajay Anthonipillai wins a million-dollar prize in a candy bar he stole trying to impress a popular kid, pushing Ajay to navigate his identity and morality in deciding whether to claim something that could change his family's life forever.

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, 13-year-old Matthew discovers a shocking secret about his great-grandmother's past as he learns about her life during the Holodomor famine in Soviet Ukraine.

Eighth-grader Ingrid is an introverted gamer who secretly runs a famous blog and has an online persona more popular than she is in real life. After falling out with school friends, a wrong-number text message offers her the chance to make a new connection.

A self-proclaimed sock detective inside her parents' New York City laundromat, 10-year-old Magnolia Wu and Iris, a new friend from California, set off across the city to solve the mystery of each missing sock, meeting people and uncovering the unimaginable along the way.