Captain Nobody is about a boy named Newt Newman. Newt and his friends JJ and Cecil have big plans for Halloween. They plan to surprise each other with great costumes instead of wearing old hand-me-downs. Newt’s popular older brother, Chris, is the star quarterback on the high school’s football t...
Charley Maplewood has never been one for parties—that would require friends, which he doesn’t have. But now that he’s turning ten—the big one-oh—he decides to throw a birthday party for himself, complete with a “House of Horrors” theme. Of course things don’t work out as he plans. In trying to ma...
Perfect for fans of Jerry Spinelli and Gary D. Schmidt, this heartfelt coming-of-age story will make you believe in the power of second chances. Eleven-year-old Sam Brattle is already having the worst Christmas ever – his dad’s bakery is going bankrupt and his mom is spending the holidays with ...