Soccer to the Max by Bibi Belford centers on Sandburg Zaproski, an eleven-year-old fifth-grader who is crushed when his dream summer trip to his grandparents’ Texas ranch is canceled. His sister Millay needs medical checkups, so his parents send him to the Grand Premier Youth...

So You Want To Be An Activist by Linda Soules is part of her larger career-exploration series for young readers. This entry tackles a subject most career guides skip entirely: the work of refusing to accept things as they are. The book walks young readers...

Set in 1975 Michigan, Julie A. Swanson’s South of Superstar is the second book in the North of Tomboy series, and it follows Jessica “Jess” Jezowski, who asks her small school to allow her to play on the boys’ seventh-grade junior high basketball team after...

Surviving Summer Camp is an adventure novel for preteens and young adults by Paul Breau. Edward "Eddy" Martin is quite an introverted twelve-year-old. He isn't like his overconfident sixteen-year-old brother, Adam, or his playful little nine-year-old brother, Callum. Eddy doesn't enjoy the outdoors. But after...

What happens when a sibling gets under your skin but still finds a way into your heart? Girl Power Diaries: Sister Love by Naina J.M.D. is the story of two sisters who are close but sometimes run into conflict. Lyla, the younger one, has a...

So You Want To Be A Crime Scene Investigator by Linda Soules is a well-written book capable of inspiring children who want to be crime scene investigators in the future. Linda starts by explaining what a crime scene investigator does, including taking photographs of crime...

So You Want To Be A Professional Athlete by Linda Soules is a well-written book that will inspire children aspiring to be athletes with the necessary information about what the profession entails. Linda begins by describing who a professional athlete is and what they do...

In Sandy Writes Her Story by Jo Pittman, readers meet Sandy, a sea otter who loves to float in the ocean, play music, and enjoy her peaceful surroundings. But some days feel off. Her body is heavy, and her thoughts are hard to explain. Sandy’s...

In Pafel Dubois’s Spark Chase, Jace Jinks Keller lives on Helix Seven, where he keeps a hidden fragment of a wormhole known as the Spark that maintains a telepathic link with him. When armed operatives breach his quarters and take the Spark, Jace sees the...

James believes he has his hands full with navigating life as a fifth grader. His strategy involves regular conversations with the friendly bus driver, Ms Tammy, about how to avoid his archenemy, Dylan. When his older sister Laura falls ill and is diagnosed with leukemia,...