Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members

Newbery Medal winner Beverly Cleary continues to amuse readers with her wonderful, blunderful Ramona Quimby!

This warm-hearted story of a mother's love for her spirited young daughter is told beautifully by Newbery Medalwinning author Beverly Cleary.

Beverly Cleary's Newbery Honor Book depicts an average middle-class family dealing with the realities of life.

Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary brings her classic warmth and humor to this story about sibling rivalry and teamwork.

Newbery Medal Winner * Teachers Top 100 Books for Children * ALA Notable Childrens BookBeverly Clearys timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecurity, and bullying through the thoughts and emotions of a sixth-grade boy as he writes to his favorite author, Boyd Henshaw.

Fin can't stop counting.

In this Newbery Honor novel,New York Timesbestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them.

Jody Feldman's popular, award-winning novel about a group of kids playing the Gollywhopper Games-the fiercest toy company competition in the country-will appeal to fans of The Amazing Race and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

Fifteen-year-old Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war.

Nyes sheer joy in communicating, creativity, and caring shine through.

Alice's life is about to change.

Becky Miller lives in the best neighborhood, goes to school with the children of movie stars, and has her psychiatrist on speed dial.

Football genius Troy White is back in a new adventure that mixes NFL thrills with high-stakes junior high games made just as exciting by the storytelling power of bestselling author Tim Green.

In Echo Falls, secrets buried in the past don't always stay there.

"e;My all-time favorite.

Which fork do I use?

Like a modern-day Cyrano de Bergerac, Elisa ghostwrites love notes for the boys in her school.

Destiny Weller and her twin sister, Livvy, were as close as two sisters could beuntil Livvy chose to become a vampire, leaving Destiny behind.

Subtitled The Pillow Book of Cordelia Kenn this is the story of Cordelia from the time she is 15 until she is 20.

Following the success of The Shell House, Linda Newbery again demonstrates her brilliance at weaving thought-provoking subjects into a wholly satisfying and sensitively drawn novel.

Annie Richards knows there are a million things to look out forbicycle accidents, food poisoning, chicken pox, smallpox, typhoid fever, runaway zoo animals, and poison oak.

If you had the power of mind control, could you resist using it?

All Isa wants is to be a regular American teenager, something her Cuban immigrant mother most definitely does not understand.

She's named after a landform.

'Nadine has a boyfriend.

Lots of Jacqueline Wilson's characters are well-known and well-loved by thousands of readers: Hetty Feather, Ruby and Garnet, Pearl and Jodie, Elsa, Lily and, of course, the brilliant Tracy Beaker!

'Blackman "e;gets"e; people .

It's the year 1900, the dawn of a new century and a chance for a new beginning for Verna and Carlie, whose mother died two years ago.

Take Finn.

Share this "e;harrowing and painfully honest historical novel"e;* at home or in the classroom.

Reassure kids that God is carrying them throughout the day with these morning affirmations and whimsical illustrations from beloved author Amy Kavelaris.

Give your kids the decluttering guide that will encourage their independence and create a more peaceful home for your family.

WINNER OF AN ABA AWARD.

A laugh-out-loud, modern take on the ever popular body-swap story from bestselling author Beth Garrod.

A Newbery Honor Book and ALA Notable Children's Book from the New York Times-bestselling author of Stargirl and Maniac Magee.

When you were a baby I sat very still to hold you.

For the first time in a chapter-book format, Newbery Medal winner Beverly Clearys twin characters, Jimmy and Janet, will charm young children with their humorous adventures.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESEverybody loves a carnival!

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESThe Baudelaires need a safe place to staysomewhere far away from terrible villains and local police.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESDear Reader,You have undoubtedly picked up this book by mistake, so please put it down.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESIn their most daring misadventure, the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by very, very rich people, whose penthouse apartment is located mysteriously close to the place where all their misfortune began.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESAs the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home Prufrock Preparatory School, they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school's motto Memento Mori or "e;Remember you will die.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESI hope, for your sake, that you have not chosen to read this book because you are in the mood for a pleasant experience.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESDear Reader,If you have not read anything about the Baudelaire orphans, then before you read even one more sentence, you should know this: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are kindhearted and quick-witted, but their lives, I am sorry to say, are filled with bad luck and misery.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESViolet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESLike an off-key violin concert, the Roman Empire, or food poisoning, all things must come to an end.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESWarning: Your day will become very darkand possibly dampif you read this book.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESLemony Snicket returns with the last book before the last book of his bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESLike bad smells, uninvited weekend guests or very old eggs, there are some things that ought to be avoided.

NOW A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIESIn the tradition of great storytellers, from Dickens to Dahl, comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary and irreverent, hilarious and deftly crafted.