Maya has spent her childhood under the harsh domination of her grandmother. No mention of her mother is allowed, and Maya treasures the box of plastic horses and the one photograph that are all she has to connect her to the mother she lost in a car accident. Then,...
Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman and Angel are a flock of DNA engineered beings. They can fly. Throw in Total, the dog who can talk, and you have quite a talented group that is about to go up against the scientists of ITEX who are planning to rid the world of half its...
1991 Newbery Medal Winner Maniac Magee lost his parents early in life and was sent to live with his aunt and uncle who quietly hated each other. One day Maniac couldn’t take it any longer and in the middle of the school concert, he began screaming and then he...
Mangus the Magician has been told he cannot ever set foot in the king’s castle, but one dark and stormy night his presence is suddenly requested by the king….why? There’s a princess, and there’s a ghost … or is there? Great mystery and...
Mallory’s best friends, Winnie, Joey and Mary Anne are about to be one big happy family as their parents are getting ready to get married on a cruise on the Sea Queen. Mallory’s invited too, but she’s starting to feel left out, and she’s...
Maggie-O, named after Joe Dimaggio, is a diehard Dodger fan back in the 50’s and no matter how hard she wishes and prays and tries hard not to jinx them, the Dodgers just never can win the World Series. One of the most magical days of her life comes when her...
Lyddie Worthen is brave enough to stand up to the bear that invades the family cabin and when her family loses everything, Lyddie summons that same courage and goes to work in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts. It’s a hard life, and it takes time for Lyddie to...
Lucky twelve-year-old Rosie has Granny Torelli to take her problems to as life goes along. Granny always has a soup to make, a story to tell and perhaps some wisdom to offer in an unspoken way. This granny is one wise woman. Rosie struggles with her questions about...
Winner of the 2008 Geisel Medal Looking for an early reader that your son or daughter will WANT to read? Here it is. Elephant and Piggie are friends, and that’s why it’s okay for Piggie to point out carefully to Elephant that he has a bird on his head. The...
