He never guessed that the gas pumps would run dry the same week he promised to manage the family’s bicycle-repair business. Suddenly everyone needs a bike. And nobody wants to wait.
Meanwhile, the crunch has stranded Dewey’s parents far up north with an empty fuel tank and no way home. It’s up to Dewey and his older sister, Lil, to look after their younger siblings and run the bike shop all on their own.
Each day Dewey and his siblings feel their parents’ absence more and more. The Marriss Bike Barn is busier than ever. And just when he is starting to feel crunched himself, Dewey discovers that bike parts are missing from the shop. He’s sure he knows who’s responsible—or does he? Will exposing the thief only make more trouble for Dewey and his siblings?
Award-winning author Leslie Connor has created another timely family story infused with humor and hope.
Fifteen-year-old Maya Stark seems to have it all–fame, fortune, a Beverly Hills lifestyle, and an eighties pop star dad who’s making a comeback. But looks can be deceiving, and on the inside, Maya is miserable. Her parents are divorced, her dad is away on tour, and being biracial, she struggles with her identity. Then, to make matters worse, her mother has returned to using drugs and is quickly depleting their finances. In a plan to become emancipated from her messed-up mom, Maya takes a job on Rodeo Drive. Selling designer clothes compromises Maya’s earth-friendly “green girl” values, but she is desperate.
All his life, Chang has not been able to speak. The only sounds he can make are the squawks and caws of the cormorants his father trains for fishing. Chang loves the birds, and is thrilled when he is finally old enough to help raise a cormorant chick. But this is more challenging than Chang expects, for in the process he must learn hard lessons about untrustworthy friends and what it really means to prove himself.
For as long as he could remember, Johnnie has longed to go off hunting with Pa and their dog, Swift. Now the much-anticipated day has arrived, but Johnnie?s first hunt comes to an abrupt end when a grizzly bear attacks Pa, leaving him wounded and unable to walk. “Listen to the dog,” his father urges him as the boy starts out into the treacherous forest, led by the knowledgeable Swift, on a daring rescue mission to save his father. More than a book about an Alaskan boy and his dog, Swift is a story of trust and courage, a perfect companion to Togo and Akiak.
For Kurt and Ann and Ben and Justy it was love at first sight from the moment they saw the adorable playful puppy. But were all their hearts big enough to make a lifelong commitment to add a pet to their family. In Loving Marley, the Barkers soon learn adopting a pet is a big responsiblity and a decision that, with patience and love, will lead to a lifetime of fun and adventures! Loving Marley will delight, teach, and guide young readers and new pet owners as they are introduced to the day -by-day joys and trials that adopting a family pet brings. This groundbreaking, insightful picture storybook is for anyone and everyone who wants to adopt a pet. Perfect for parents, grandparents and educators who are focused on sharing the commitment and responsibility of pet ownership with children.
Who ever heard of a shoeshine girl?
After all, dragons just happen to be perfect friend material.
A moving story of one boy’s efforts to make amends after destroying a neighbor’s garden.
New from bestselling author Wanda E. Brunstetter is another winner in the Rachel Yoder series for kids ages 8 to 12. Readers will join eleven-year-old Rachel on her next adventure, as she makes a mess of things while shirking her chores and responsibilities and then learns a very hard lesson about growing up.
A teenage brother and sister take charge of their little sisters and a Connecticut farmhouse while their parents are away in this Newbery Medal-winning Honor Book by the author of “The Velveteen Rabbit.”
