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With a missing father, sister, and grandfather - and a mother who refuses to explain - 11-year-old Clara lives with many questions. When she begins interviewing an elderly immigrant for a school biography assignmnent, she learns he too has a shadowy past. Attempting to fill in gaps, Clara invents version upon version of stories for both her new friend and herself. As the tales evolve, she uncovers some unsettling family history, but most importantly, she begins to discover what matters most in life. Filled with small surprises, Shadow Baby is at turns funny, poignant, and heartwarming.

Eddie Beckey makes lists for just about everything and everyone in her life. And for matters of real importance, she wears (and snaps) an array of colored rubber bands on her wrist. Unfortunately, the world is not always so orderly and knowable.

A Parent’s Choice Award Gold Member Winner A boy who drifted into the seaside town of Isla as a baby searches for answers about where he and his parrot came from in this “memorable, fantastical tale” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) from New York Times bestselling author Alison McGhee. The...

These two girls are marvelous companions who often do not agree... on socks... or goldfish... or venturing to the Andes. This humorous story relates how compromise helps these two very different individuals remain the best of friends.

Conversations, reflections, and poems about the passages of life. Because it's rough out there, and we have to help each other through.

An unforgettable story of grief and the support of community as a young girl, faced with aching loss, begins to understand that what we love will always be with us. Ayla and her best friend Kiri have always been tree people. They each have their own special tree, and neighbors and family know...

“An artful exercise in melancholy…Every reader will love openhearted Will.” —Booklist (starred review) “Haunting, introspective.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Emotionally raw…[A] piercing narrative.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “McGhee artfully illustrates...

Sylvie and Jules, Jules and Sylvie. Better than just sisters, better than best friends, they'd be identical twins if only they'd been born in the same year. And if only Sylvie wasn't such a fast - faster than fast - runner. But Sylvie is too fast, and when she runs to the river they're not supposed to go anywhere near to throw a wish rock just before the school bus comes on a snowy morning, she runs so fast that no one sees what happens...and no one ever sees her again.

Eine Geschichte vom Überleben... Sesame und Micah sind verliebt und die besten Freunde. Sie hüten ihre Geheimnisse und teilen ihre Träume. Nie zweifeln sie daran, sich die gemeinsame Zukunft aufbauen zu können, die sie sich wünschen. Bis Micah verschwindet. Verschleppt, zusammen mit seinen Eltern und weiteren Mitgliedern einer Gruppe um einen selbst ernannten Propheten. Sesame erspürt die Gefahr, in der Micah schwebt. Noch nie hat sie sich so verlassen gefühlt, noch nie hat Micah sie so sehr gebraucht wie jetzt.

Will ist einer, der geht. Von zu Hause zur Schule zur Arbeit und wieder zurück. Tag für Tag. Er geht an diesem kleinen Kerl vorbei, der auf Schmetterlinge wartet. Vorbei an Superman, dem Obdachlosen in der First Street. Vorbei an dem wahnsinnigen Hund, der immer bellt. Aber es gibt auch Orte, an denen will er nicht - kann er nicht - vorübergehen: der Brücke über die Fourth Street, dem Laden mit den hundert chinesischen Segenssprüchen, dem Haus seiner Freundin Playa.

From New York Times bestselling author Alison McGhee comes a stunning and heartbreaking story of two teens who fight to reunite when one of them is caught in the web of a sinister cult. Micah and Sesame are true best friends. They safeguard each other’s secrets and entwine their dreams. Micah...

Three lonely riverside dwellers - a boy, a firefly, and a cricket - are all trying to make sense of unexpected changes in their world. Each has a secret dream, but each finds himself trapped. Becoming friends brings them happiness and solidarity, but more changes are in store. Each character stands up to his greatest fear, and, in doing so, finds his greatest strength.

In this touching novel by the acclaimed author of Telephone of the Tree, an intriguing new boy at school helps Daisy cope with both bullying and past trauma. Daisy has been working on invisibilizing herself—ever since living with her mother’s violent ex-boyfriend, and now to avoid the school...

Clean, cold, white snow! Snow for sledding. Snow for catching on your tongue. Snow for making a SNOWMAN! Is there anything as wonderful as SNOW? Is there any better friend than a SNOWMAN? Snow isn't forever, though. The wind shifts, the weather warms and snow melts into spring. The Snowman has become something else - the fog, the rain. But, how can this boy forget his good friend? He doesn't…and he doesn't have to.

When Clara Winter left her rural Adirondack Mountain town for college, she never looked back. Her mother, Tamar, a fiercely independent but loving woman who raised Clara on her own, all but pushed her out the door, forcing Clara to build a new life for herself, far from her roots, far from her high-school boyfriend, and far from the life she had known. Now more than a decade has passed, and Clara, a successful writer, has been summoned home.

The fair is in town and these two very different girls--but best friends extraordinaire--use teamwork to navigate its many wonders.

Ayla und ihre beste Freundin Kiri waren schon immer Baummenschen. Jede von ihnen hat ihren Lieblingsbaum, in dem man sie am ehesten antrifft. Aber nach einem Unfall in ihrer Straße ist Kiri so weit weg, dass Ayla nur noch in ihrer Birke warten kann und sich danach sehnt, wieder mit Kiri zusammen zu sein. Dann taucht eines Morgens ein geheimnisvolles, altmodisches Telefon auf, mitten in den Ästen von Aylas Birke. Wo kommt es plötzlich her? Und warum tauchen Leute auf, die ihre geliebten Menschen anrufen? Vor allem diejenigen, die bereits verstorben sind.