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Paperback. Condición: New. Larson, Hope Ilustrador. Madeleine L'Engle's novel A Wrinkle in Time is one of the most beloved children's books of our time, and is the first book in her famed Time Quintet. But there's still more to the Murry family story! Intergalactic P.S. 3, originally published as a short story in 1970, is the story of Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace on Charles Wallace's first day of school - in another galaxy.Written with L'Engle's signature elegance, and with illustrations from renowned graphic novelist Hope Larson (A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel), Intergalactic P.S. 3 is perfect for any fan of A Wrinkle in Time.

Paperback. Condición: New. Bruel, Nick Ilustrador. Kitty's life is really hard. Like really, REALLY hard. All she asks for is twenty-two hours a day to sleep and food to be delivered morning and night. But does she get it? No. And when Puppy and Baby get a little rambunctious during her naptime, Kitty gets bonked on the head and starts to believe she's . . . a dog.This new dynamic freaks out Puppy, so he's sent away to Uncle Murray's Camp for Stressed-Out Dogs to relax with other canine campers.But guess who sneaks along?Still believing she's a dog, Kitty fits right in. That is until she and Uncle Murray encounter a bear, and then the feline claws come out.Perfect for any kid with or without camping experience.

Paperback. Condición: New. Eight-year-old Japanese-American Jasmine Toguchi and her family travel to the small island village of Kabo, where her grandmother once lived. There she meets her great aunt, and stays in her family home near a quiet beach, surrounded by an orange grove.Although Jasmine is homesick for friends back home and mad at Sophie for being "no fun," she soon grows to love Kabo after catching bugs with her dad, cooking with her mom, picnicking at the beach, and attending the Obon Festival in her vibrant yukata (summer kimono). In typical Jasmine fashion, she only gets into a little trouble along the way.With her trademark humour, Japanese-American author Debbi Michiko Florence weaves together social-emotional learning topics with exciting new places, family adventure, and cultural appreciation.

Paperback. Condición: New. Vukovic, Elizabet Ilustrador. In the sixth book in the series, eight-year-old Jasmine and her family travel to Hiroshima to visit her grandma and cousin Akari. After finally building a good relationship with her older sister, Sophie, Jasmine couldn't be more excited to spend more time together in Tokyo - and make a new friend in Akari. But Akari seems to only want to play with Sophie, and Jasmine's jealousy threatens to upend their visit. After a family trip to Peace Memorial Park, Jasmine realises it's up to her to make peace.

Paperback. Condición: New. Kang, A. N. Ilustrador. When she first sees the scrawny bird wandering around, she just knows they're destined for each other. Her dad says, 'If you can catch it, you can keep it,' and Starla Jean is not one to back down from a challenge.

Paperback. Condición: New. Dominguez, Angela Ilustrador. Stella is getting ready for her next big step.This year, it means she is one of the big kids in her primary school but she'll also have to start thinking about secondary school. GULP!Luckily, Stella can count on having her best friends Jenny and Stanley at her side. But when she has a chance to apply for an art program at a magnet school, Stella realises that her future might hold a lot of big changes.Thinking about going to a different school than her closest friends, seeing her big brother Nick receiving mail from colleges far away, and then being forced to work on a project with her former bully-suddenly, growing up isn't quite as fun as Stella first thought.Is Stella ready for what's next?

Paperback. Condición: New. Family has always been important to twelve-year-old Maggie: a trap shooter, she is coached by her dad and cheered on by her mum. But her grandmother's recent death leaves a giant hole in Maggie's life, one she begins to fill with an assortment of things: candy wrappers, pieces of tassel from Nana's favourite scarf, milk cartons, sticks . . . all stuffed in cardboard boxes under her bed. Then her parents decide to take in a foster infant. But anxiety over the new baby's departure only worsens Maggie's hoarding, and soon she finds herself taking and taking until she spirals out of control. Ultimately, with some help from family, friends, and experts, Maggie learns that sometimes love means letting go.

Paperback. Condición: New. It's been almost a year since Coyote and her dad left the road behind and settled down in a small Oregon town . . . time spent grieving the loss of her mum and sisters and trying to fit in at school. But just as life is becoming a new version of normal, Coyote discovers a box containing her mum's ashes. And she thinks she might finally be ready to say goodbye.So Coyote and her dad gear up for an epic cross-country road trip to scatter the ashes at her mum's chosen resting place. The only problem? Coyote has no idea where that resting place is - and the secret's hidden in a book that Coyote mistakenly sold last year somewhere in the country. Now, it's up to Coyote to track down the treasured book . . . without her dad ever finding out that it's lost. It's time to fire up their trusty bus, Yager, pick up some old friends, discover some new ones, and hit the road on another unforgettable adventure.

Paperback. Condición: New. Moving to a new town is never easy, but it's even harder when you're dealing with a stepdad who just left and a mom who can't get out of bed long enough to find a new job. But Mo doesn't have time to dwell on these things.Because it's her job to keep her family together. To keep them safe.So when an elephant starts to haunt her dreams - and a mysterious spirit attacks her home - Mo knows it's up to her to intervene before things get too dangerous.With her new friend, Nathaniel, she embarks on an investigation, searching for the truth about the town, its people, and their history. But things are much more complicated and tangled than she thought.To find out what's really going on, Mo might have to live a little dangerously after all.

Paperback. Condición: New. JB Barnes is looking forward to spending the summer hanging out on the beach. But his mother, a scientist, asks him to join her aboard a research ship where he'll spend his summer seasick and bored, staring out at the endless plastic, microbeads, and other floating debris that make up the Great Pacific Garbage Pile. Miles away, twelve-year-old Sidney is trying to come up with an activity worthy of convincing her overprotective parents that she can skip camp. When Jeremy is asked to find the contact info for a list of important scientists and invite them to attend a last-minute Emergency Global Summit, he's excited to have a chance to do something. But how could he know that the Sidney Miller he emailed was not the famous marine biologist, but a girl posting blogs from her bedroom-let alone that she would come aboard the ship?This is a comedy of errors, mistaken identity, and synchronicity. Above all, it is a heartfelt story about friendship and the power of kids to step up and save our oceans and our Earth, perfect for fans of Lynne Kelly's Song for a Whale.

Paperback. Condición: New. Low, William Ilustrador. Chinatown. City within a city. Home to street cobblers and herbalists, tai chi masters and kung fu students, outdoor fish markets and lots and lots of restaurants. And best of all, when the Chinese New Year begins there's a New Year's Day parade, complete with a lion dance.Young readers will be equally fascinated by the tour of this colourful neighbourhood and by their tour guide and his grandma who live there.

Paperback. Condición: New. Mallett, Keith Ilustrador. In this unusual, inventive, and perfectly pitched picture book that riffs on the language and rhythms of old New Orleans, noted picture-book biographer Jonah Winter (Dizzy, Frida, You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?) turns his focus to Jelly Roll Morton, one of America's early jazz heroes.Gorgeously illustrated by fine artist Keith Mallett, a newcomer to picture books, this biography will transport readers young and old to the musical, magical streets of New Orleans at the turn of the twentieth century.A Neal Porter Book.

Paperback. Condición: New. Kendell, Cam Ilustrador. After their latest quest, Fart, Pan, Moxie, and TickTock return to the Great and Powerful Kevin to claim their reward - a chance for Pan to see her mother, who died many years ago. But bringing back Pan's mom seems impossible. Is Kevin full of hot air?When our heroes sniff out the truth behind his secret plans, a terrifying danger is unleashed, sending the friends on a nail-biting journey. Will their nose for trouble take them down for good? Or will they finally prove that they deserve the sweet smell of success?In this epic conclusion to the first four books in the Fart Quest series, Fart and friends discover that a true hero is not measured in the sum of their mistakes. But in the difference they make in spite of them.

Paperback. Condición: New. Kirmse, Marguerite Ilustrador.

Paperback. Condición: New. When Theresa Brown wins the Charleston County School Science Fair, she receives the opportunity of a lifetime - an invitation to work with the celebrated scientist Dr. Flax and spend the summer building the invention of her dreams. Along with the second- and third-place finishers of the science fair, Theresa is whisked off to a world of robots, excitement, and danger. Dr. Flax claims his inventions are going to help stop climate change and make the world a better, safer place, but is that true? And can Theresa and her friends get to the bottom of the mysteries of his laboratory?

Paperback. Condición: New. Evans, Shane W. Ilustrador. The boy is teased for looking different than the other kids. His skin is darker, his hair curlier. He tells his mother he wishes he could be more like everyone else. And she helps him to see how beautiful he really, truly is. For years before they both achieved acclaim in their respective professions, good friends Taye Diggs and Shane W. Evans wanted to collaborate on Chocolate Me!, a book based on experiences of feeling different and trying to fit in as kids. Now, both men are fathers and see more than ever the need for a picture book that encourages all people, especially kids, to love themselves.

Paperback. Condición: New. Trust takes courage.Laika is a 'Cold Dog'-a stray pawing the streets of Moscow until Soviet researchers take her to live at the top-secret facility. Nervous and alone, she learns she will be trained to become a 'starflyer,' an animal launched into outer space in the Soviets' race against American innovation.Twelve-year-old Nina is also a 'Cold Girl,' heartbroken after her best friend defects to America. When Nina and Laika meet in Nina's father's lab, their growing bond slowly warms the cold that has settled in each of their hearts. Together, they uncover a system of secrets, and must decide if they too will separate from the pack, or rocket to the stars.Inspired by the true story of Laika, Dog Star is a novel about friendship, personal agency, and the real meaning of love and loyalty.

Paperback. Condición: New. Stella has a feeling that her life in Tacoma is about to turn around - just like her Panda Express fortune cookie promised. She'll finally make friends, and maybe have a little less generalised anxiety about big things, like her absent mum, and small things, like food touching other food on her plate.Her hopes for a friend-filled, anxiety-free future are quickly overshadowed when her Dad offers up an odd souvenir from his Vegas business trip: his new fiancée, Whitney. A few short weeks later, Stella and her brother find themselves staying in Whitney's Las Vegas house. But Stella isn't ready to accept her new life in the desert just yet. It's going to take some help from the stars - and her soon-to-be stepsister - to get this wedding called off once and for all.

Paperback. Condición: New. Katz, Karen Ilustrador. Look! There is the new moon in the sky. It's time for Ramadan to begin. Follow along with one young boy as he abserves the Muslim holy month with his family. This year, the narrator is finally old enough to fast, and even the youngest readers will be interested as he shares his experiences of this special holiday.

Paperback. Condición: New. Eren Evers is about to turn thirteen, which means something to everyone but her. Recently, all her friends want to talk about are their crushes, and her mum keeps asking about the upcoming school dance.But Eren couldn't care less about liking boys or girls, and isn't even sure how a crush should feel. Instead, she goes on long bike rides in the woods, wishing she and her friends could just play in the forest like they used to. Then Eren's bike rides take a turn for the extraordinary when a bird speaks to her, seeking her help.Eren is chosen to defend the bird kingdom from the dangerous Frostfangs, a challenge she embraces and one that will require all of her strength, as well as the support of an unlikely friend. Now she must juggle the trials of the forest and of her social scene, discovering what it truly means to be herself in a world eager to define her path.

Paperback. Condición: New. Marius Grey hunts monsters. He's not supposed to. He's only twelve and his job as a cemetery boy is to look after the ghosts in his family's graveyard. He should be tending these ghosts and - of course - going to school to learn how to live between worlds without getting into trouble.But, Marius has an expensive goal. He wants to bring his mother back from the dead, and that takes a LOT of mystic coins, which means a LOT of monster hunting, and time is running out.If he wants her back, Marius is going to have to go after bigger and meaner monsters, decide if a certain flesh-eating mermaid is a friend or foe, and avoid meddling demons and teachers along the way. Can Marius navigate New Orleans's gritty monster bounty-hunting market, or will he have to say goodbye to his mother forever?

Paperback. Condición: New. When Silas Walker does a school presentation on former Major League Baseball player Glenn Burke, it's more than a report on the inventor of the high five. Burke was a black gay baseball player in the '70s - and for Silas, the presentation is his own first baby step toward coming out as gay. Soon he tells his best friend Zoey, but the longer he keeps his secret from his baseball teammates, the more he suspects that they know something's up. Kids get pulled from the team, fingers point at Silas, and he stages one big cover-up with terrible consequences. Was it a mistake to share his truth? This is Phil Bildner's most personal novel yet, and weaves the real history of Glenn Burke into a heartfelt and relatable story of a kid learning just to be himself.

Paperback. Condición: New. Johnson, Kelly Ilustrador. Hair comes in all colors, textures, and styles. Whether it is worn long or short, in braids or cornrows, or left natural in an afro, hair plays a big part in who we are and how we feel about ourselves.In this inspiring book, Kelly Johnson's stunning photographs of girls wearing a range of hair-styles, together with the lyrical words of Dinah Johnson's poem celebrates African-American hair in all its radiant variety.

Paperback. Condición: New. Choi, Yangsook Ilustrador. "What is the best thing about where you live? Tell us something unusual about it."I smiled as I wrote, "Peaches."The white peaches grown in Bucheon are the best in all of South Korea, and a rare treat for a young Yangsook. She dreams of a peach orchard where she can play and eat as much of the delicious fruit as she wishes. Then one day, after hours of sudden heavy downpours, the sky begins to rain peaches. Yangsook finds herself in peach heaven - until she remembers the farmers who have lost their harvest, and decides she must help them.

Paperback. Condición: New. Wini's family of enchanters runs a bakery, but with the prices of magical ingredients skyrocketing, they're going under. Desperate to save their business, Wini takes a risk by casting a (sort of illegal) spell. But the spell backfires. Badly. Now the whole town is in danger.It's just been Kal and her dad for as long as she can remember. But just as they're about to move to a new town for a fresh start, Kal's grandfather has reentered their lives. He joins them in opening their bookstore, but Kal can't help but wonder if he has anything to do with the whispers around her new home about wicked magic.When Wini and Kal cross paths, the girls bond over being fellow outcasts. Together they search for the solution to fixing the magic gone awry in their beloved town - and just maybe get their dads to go out on a date.Includes five recipes!

Paperback. Condición: New. Rodríguez, Geraldine Ilustrador. Mihi and her friends Savannah and Reese have been back from the Rainbow Realm for a few months, and none of them can get it out of their minds. When Mihi's former best friend Genevieve goes through the fridge and into the fairy world herself, Mihi and her friends know that they're the only ones who can save her. But when the girls arrive in the fairy-tale realm, they discover a giant and an enormous beanstalk have wrought a new kind of havoc in the fairy world, and Genevieve isn't the only one who needs saving.

Paperback. Condición: New. A heartwarming debut from author Caroline Huntoon about a young figure skater discovering who they are on and off the ice. Life isn't easy on twelve-year-old Mars. As if seventh grade isn't hard enough, Mars is also grappling with the recent death of their father and a realization they never got to share with him: they're nonbinary. But with their skates laced up and the ice under their feet, all of those struggles melt away. When Mars' triple toe loop draws the attention of a high school hot shot, he dares them to skate as a boy so the two can compete head-to-head. Unable to back down from a challenge, Mars accepts. But as competition draws near, the struggles of life off the rink start to complicate their performance in the rink, and Mars begins to second guess if there's a place for them on the ice at all.Skating on Mars is a tender examination of grief and a hopeful middle grade tale of self-discovery."This timely, triumphant novel about figure skating, identity, loss, and love will move and entertain readers-and it might just inspire them to find their own ways to change the world. " -Laurie Morrison, author of Up for Air and Coming Up Short.

Paperback. Condición: New. In order to survive on her own, twelve-year-old Rooney de Barra collects precious moonlight, which she draws from the evening sky with her (very rare and most magical) lunar mirror. All the while she tries to avoid the rival roughhouse boys, and yet another, more terrifying danger: the dreaded thing that's been disappearing children in the night.When Trick Aidan, the worst of the roughhouse boys, steals her lunar mirror, Rooney will do whatever it takes to get it back. Even if it means leaping into a pool of darkness after it swallows Trick and her mirror. Or braving the Plentiful Darkness, a bewitching world devoid of sky and stars. Or begrudgingly teaming up with Trick to confront the magician and unravel the magic that has trapped Warybone's children.

Paperback. Condición: New. Mihi Whan Park loves fairy tales. She wants to be a princess more than anything, but everyone tells her she's not the princess type. But when she and her new friends, Savannah and Reese, discover a portal to a fairy tale realm inside the fridge in their school library, Mihi finally gets her shot: She and her friends can learn to be princesses! They just have to make it through a very rigorous training program first . . .But princess training turns out to be more than Mihi bargained for, and the fairy tale world is not the wonderful place she imagined. Soon, Savannah and Reese decide they're ready to go home, and Mihi has to decide where her loyalties lie: With her friends and her future at home, or with her princess dreams?

Paperback. Condición: New. Raymond Hurley has never had one place to call home. His free-wheeling parents move their family from town to town, and he's living in a trailer in a brand-new state when one day, they just up and abandon him. He is completely alone. With only his reliable old dog Rosie for comfort and company, Raymond makes his home in a cramped hollow tree in the woods near his school. He scrapes by and doesn't tell anyone his secret. But as he starts to make new friends, including a curious coyote, his situation becomes harder to hide . . . and his survival will depend not just on his wilderness skills, but on the people and animals he chooses to trust.