by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Thirteen-year-old Raspberry Hill is always scheming about ways to make money. She’s starved for the green stuff, and will do just about anything legal to get it-wash cars, sell rotten candy, skip lunch, and clean houses. She is obsessed with making money, having...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
In this sequel to Coretta Scott King Honor Book MONEY HUNGRY, once-homeless Raspberry Hill vows never to end up on the streets again. It’s been a year since Raspberry’s mother threw her hard-earned money out the window like trash, so to Raspberry money...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Short Stories
Guys and girls get together, get played, and get real. Who Am I Without Him? is a Booklist Top Ten Romance Novel for Teens and is “breaking new and necessary ground”* in twelve short stories about guys and girls falling in and out of love and...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Award-winning author, Sharon G. Flake, presents a powerful novel about a teen boy and girl, each tackling disabilities. Autumn and Adonis have nothing in common and everything in common. Autumn is outgoing and has lots of friends. Adonis is shy and not so eager to...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
The fourth book in The Good Girlz series from national bestselling author ReShonda Tate Billingsley One guy is leading them on…. Best friends forever, Camille, Alexis, Jasmine, and Angel always stand up for each other. So when Camille runs into boy problems,...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
First grade is fantastic. Posey loves her new best friends, they do fun things in class, and she adores her teacher. Then it’s Miss Lee’s birthday and Posey thinks her home-grown roses will be the best present of all. But when her friend brings a huge...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Summer school are two words in the English language that Hank Zipzer doesn’t want to learn. But there’s no getting out of this one for Hank-summer school, here he comes! Will Hank have to spend the summer bored to death inside a sweltering classroom, or...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
When Ms. Adolf hurts her back in a tango contest and goes on longterm leave, Mr. Rock (the music teacher) is called in as the sub. Hank is psyched . . . until Mr. Rock suggests that Hank attend an after-school reading program, which means he’ll miss tae kwon do....
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
When Hank first heard that his mom was having a baby boy, he wasn’t so thrilled. And when he finds out that the baby will be sharing his room, Hank is positively outraged! To make things easier, Dad suggests he take Hank and Emily away for some bonding. But on...
by Barb Langridge | Aug 27, 2011 | Picture Book
When Plug’s mother sends him to the store to buy soap, he promises not to forget his errand, but soon he does forget, leading to a series of hilarious misadventures.–from the publisher 32 pages 978-0823412303 Ages...
