This biography is a collection of true stories from the life and career of the fiercely principled Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginzburg who is now a pop icon. It includes dramatic accounts of landmark cases that moved the needle on legal protection of human rights.

David has accidentally charged two thousand dollars on his mom’s credit card, and things are going to get bad fast if he can’t find a way to make that money back. Fortunately, the Super Pigorino Bowl pizza eating contest is offering prize money that will cover the debt if he can win. But can he? As he trains for the contest he’s navigating a world where there’s some sort of weirdness going on between his two best friends, and his brother who’s autistic, needs his support.

Growing up in a coastal town in Syria, Jude’s days revolve around her family and best friend, watching movies, and going to school. But there’s trouble on the horizon, and Jude’s brother, Issa, gets involved in the resistance movement. Jude and her mother leave, moving in with her Uncle Mazin and his family in Cincinnati.

Lucy is growing up in the 90s in Massachusetts, five years after her mother, a marine-biologist, passed away. As a summer assignment, she creates a field guide with her best friend, Fred, who is as much of a science buff as Lucy's mother was. Her relationship with Fred becomes more complicated as the two begin developing feelings for each other. Following another unexpected tragedy, Lucy delves into her mother's unfinished research with the help of her father, a local fisherman, and a neighbor.

With only his faithful dog, Beau, for company, Mark, a boy with recurrent cancer, runs away from home to fulfil his dream of climbing Mount Rainier. Told in alternating voices, this emotional and suspenseful novel tells the equally gripping stories of the boy who went to the mountain and the girl who stayed behind.

Sixth grade is supposed to be perfect. Shannon’s got a sure spot in the in-crowd called The Group, and her best friend is their leader, Jen, the most popular girl in school. But the rules are always changing, and Shannon has to scramble to keep up.

18-year-old aspiring photojournalist Daniel Matheson is staying at the luxurious Castellana Hilton Hotel with his Texas oil tycoon father and Spanish mother. Daniel befriends Ana, a hotel employee, whose friendship with Daniel is strained by fear of losing her job and by the secrets she must keep for her family.

18-year-old aspiring photojournalist Daniel Matheson is staying at the luxurious Castellana Hilton Hotel with his Texas oil tycoon father and Spanish mother. Daniel befriends Ana, a hotel employee, whose friendship with Daniel is strained by fear of losing her job and by the secrets she must keep for her family.

7th grader Mason is kind and honest, but life hasn’t been good to him. He lives with his grandmother and uncle Drum (who suffer from depression) and his best friend, Benny, recently died after falling from a treehouse on the run-down Buttle family orchard—an accident that the police think is somehow Mason ’s fault.

18-year-old aspiring photojournalist Daniel Matheson is staying at the luxurious Castellana Hilton Hotel with his Texas oil tycoon father and Spanish mother. Daniel befriends Ana, a hotel employee, whose friendship with Daniel is strained by fear of losing her job and by the secrets she must keep for her family.

David has accidentally charged two thousand dollars on his mom’s credit card, and things are going to get bad fast if he can’t find a way to make that money back. Fortunately, the Super Pigorino Bowl pizza eating contest is offering prize money that will cover the debt if he can win. But can he? As he trains for the contest he’s navigating a world where there’s some sort of weirdness going on between his two best friends, and his brother who’s autistic, needs his support.

The "Lunar Chronicles" continue in this entertaining graphic novel sequel to the existing volumes. This follow-up futuristic fairy-tale centers on Iko, Cinder's best friend. Acclimating to her human body, the android is trying to help Queen Cinder of Luna ease tensions with Earth by hunting down rogue wolf-hybrid soldiers who were once enslaved by Cinder's stepmother and have now been banished to the green planet.

A murder mystery on the moon: A top scientist turns up dead and Dash, a 12 year old yearning to occupy his time beyond video games, decides to dig deeper only to find that a secret exists that could change the lives of all of the lunarnauts.

11-year old biracial Isabella navigates a world of microaggressions and misconceptions moving back and forth between her divorced African-American attorney father and her white diner waitress mother.

Quinn had a horrible eighth-grade year. She developed alopecia, a skin condition that caused her hair to fall out. Then, after a party, untrue rumors about her spread, making her life miserable. Tired of being the target of bullying, Quinn is glad her parents have decided to move to a new city so that her brother, who has autism, can attend a special school. Armed with two expensive wigs, Quinn just wants to fit in at her new school, and she succeeds when she’s immediately befriended by a group of popular girls.

When two inmates from the Wolf Creek maximum security prison escape, summer break changes dramatically for students at the small town’s middle school. Pool days and popsicles are swapped out for locked doors and paranoia. The story of the breakout is revealed through artifacts included in the school’s time capsule project.

This is the creepy tale of Sawkill Rock, a wealthy island community nestled among the dense forest and rocky cliffs of the Atlantic Coast. On Sawkill Rock girls vanish--not many, and not often, but when they do, their disappearance is chalked up to the wild terrain. There are rumors, though, of a monster that stalks the rock, whispered around campfires.

Chaya Lindner is forcibly separated from her family when they are sent to the Jewish ghetto in Krakow during WWII. The 16-year-old is taken in by the leaders of Akiva, a Jewish resistance group that offers her the chance to become a courier, using her blonde hair to pass for Polish and sneak into ghettos to smuggle supplies and information.

Estrella is a strong 15-year-old living with her parents on a ranch in southern Texas. It’s 1931, and the Great Depression is in full swing, which has resulted in resentment in her community. Her town is severely divided ethnically, and families of Mexican descent, though American citizens, are being rounded up and repatriated across the border.

Lt. Harold Medlicott had already broken out of nine german prison camps when he found himself locked in Holzminden, Germany’s most notorious prison camp of the first world war. On July 23 of that year he was one of 29 men who crawled out through a narrow tunnel that it had taken them months to dig. Only 10 men eluded the manhunt that followed.

Ruthie Mizrahi’s family has just moved to New York City from Cuba in the 1960’s. The adjustment isn’t easy, but just as she begins to find her place in her new home, her family is involved in a terrible car accident that leaves Ruthie immobile in the hospital for more than a year. Quirky new neighbors and family members bring joy and comedy to dark time in Ruthie’s life. She discovers new talents, and learns her own inner strength as she slowly recovers.

Tareq, a Syrian teenager, changes his daily routine as airstrikes on his city increase. When his home is hit by a bomb, Tareq is suddenly a refugee, traveling with his father and one surviving sister, Susan, to another Syrian town, then out of Syria to Turkey. When life in Turkey offers little hope, Tareq's father sends him and Susan to make the dangerous trip to Greece by water.

Ollie lives with her big-hearted father following the tragic death of her mother, and escapes from her grief through reading. Her circumstances take a supernatural turn when she encounters a frightening woman attempting to throw a book into the river. When Ollie, drawn to the book, takes it, the woman warns her to “avoid large places at night... stick to small spaces.” Ollie has no idea that reading this mysterious book may lead to a deal with the literal devil.

Frederick Douglass is one of the most iconic figures in American history, and this biography will give you a chance to experience the incredible things he accomplished in his lifetime. Douglass was a self-emancipated slave who went on to become a newspaper owner, a public speaker, a women’s rights advocate, and a diplomat.

Candice Miller is spending the summer in the old South Carolina house that once belonged to her grandmother. It’s one of the most boring of her life until she finds a letter in the attic. The letter holds clues about a secret injustice once committed against a mysterious woman named Siobhan Washington. Candice teams up with friend and fellow bookworm, Brandon, to solve the case.

Levi was born premature, and with serious health issues. People perceive him has weak because he's small and he's in and out of the hospital, but Levi is a fighter, and that becomes clear when he starts to box. He has a natural talent for the sport, but money, health, and family might end up preventing him from pursuing his athletic goals. For fans of The Crossover and House Arrest.

Told in alternating perspectives. One of two narrators is a young Okinawa boy who is charged with killing an American soldier by the retreating Japanese army in WWII. The other is the young American solider who may find himself on the other end of the boy's grenade. For fans of Refugee and Code Talkers.

Through the voices of students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, following the events of 02/14/2018, a cry for change echoed across the country. Each chapter is told from the perspective of one of the student survivors as they fought to turn their trauma into a movement. The text includes posts from social media, powerful photographs, and speeches written and delivered by the student founders of the movement.

A graphic novel about the flight of Ebo, a Ghanaian refugee child, to Europe to find the siblings who fled before him. His journey takes him across the Sahara and through the city of Tripoli, where he struggles to raise money for passage across the Mediterranean. Ebo and his fellow refugees must escape the notice of the authorities who are constantly looking for refugees.

When the water in southern California runs out, teen Alyssa's parents set out to secure drinking water for their family at a temporary relief point--but when they don't come back Alyssa must set out into a increasingly dangerous, rapidly deteriorating society with her younger brother, Garret, to find them.

Having grown up in space after civilization on earth ends, Ophelia is forced into an unexpected engagement to an important official from another society. This isn't typical in her clan, so she must figure out what both groups have to gain by proposing the undesired marriage.

Sachiko Yasui was only six years old when she survived the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan. This account of her experience is deeply personal, and offers a rare glimpse into one of the most significant moments of World War II.

Check out this creepy mystery book to get into the Halloween Spirit, recommended for grades six through eight!

After a disastrous accident leaves Simon's friend Kat unresponsive in a hospital bed, the Company behind the wildly popular virtual Otherworld offers to plug Kat into their virtual reality using experimental, state-of-the-art technology. When Simon discovers that the Company's plans are less than virtuous he smuggles himself into the Otherworld in search of his friend.