Daphne Higginbotham Battles the Fifth Grade by Rosemary Starr is a powerful story. It's about an imaginative ten-year-old adopted Asian girl. Daphne Xiao-fen Higginbotham loves to spend the summer break playing with her best boy-slash friend Byron who has autism. Daphne believes that school is...

Kirby's Dilemma is a delightful, spine-chilling story. Iris Iglarsh's first middle-grade novel follows an eleven-year-old boy who becomes friends with a ghost. When Michael Benton was five years old, he almost drowned and saw a ghost for the first time. After six years, Michael still...

Monster Match is a middle-grade book by Caryn Rivadeneira. The story is part of the Frankinschool Series and centers around a boy named Fred who mistakenly receives a book with “Frank” inscribed. Embracing the opportunity to write creatively about the experience, Frank pens a poem...

Who doesn't like baseball? Treat yourself to baseball tidbits and read some wonderful baseball poems and scripts with ABC Moonshot: Breakthrough in Reading and Soar Ahead! by Susan Waters. But that's not all. This reading guide also provides you with fun and easy ways to...

Revolutionary Anna by Tracy Lawson is a short children's historical fiction book, based on a true story, that immerses readers in the American Revolution. One cold night in 1825, Anna and Benjamin Stone are sitting around the fire with their four grandchildren; Hannah, Benjamin, Thomas,...

Nurse Florence®, How Do We Feel Hot and Cold Things? by Michael Dow, RN, MS, begins while Condi is outside playing with her friends, when she realizes that she doesn’t feel too good. She is dizzy, thirsty, and has a headache. Ms. Smith sends Condi...

Keith Stoeckeler’s picture book, The Sparkly Bun, is a clever way to teach young readers not only about being creative and using their imagination but also about building their self-esteem and being comfortable with who they are. The story is told in simple language so...

Molly Shipton, Secret Actress by Sheri Graubert is a middle-grade historical story set in 16th-century England. Young Molly Shipton's life was peaceful and happy. However, when the deadly plague strikes, her parents perish and most of the villagers die. Molly must flee with her sister...

Starting middle school can be challenging, especially if your differences make you stand out. Ben’s eating habits have been the same since he started school. Lunch consisted of a plain bagel, some pretzels, and two Hershey's Kisses. Nothing wrong with that, except everyone else has...

Charity Tober’s Rise of the Sidekicks has left me imagining what the Avengers might have been like in their pre-teen years. All Ethan Parker wants is to get into the Justice Academy and one day be a part of the Nexus Guardians. However, he quickly...