Gr 5—8—Zander Scott and the Cruisers are now coping with middle-school pressures at Da Vinci Academy for the Gifted and Talented in Harlem...
Gr 7—10—From the opening lines voiced by 14-year-old Sophie Marks, readers will know that something about her reclusive life is definitely wrong...
K-Gr 4—Otis's parents are divorcing, and this book shows how he and his siblings are affected...
Gr 7—10—This sequel to Aurelia (Penguin/Speak, 2008) has poor pacing; it is the vivid characters who keep the pages turning...
PreS-K—Paige's bunny has a pocket in her ear and flowers on her body...
PreS-Gr 3—In this lighthearted rhyming companion to The Perfect Thanksgiving (Holt, 2003), the same unnamed narrator compares and contrasts her own family's Christmas preparations with those of her wealthy friend Abigail Archer...
Gr 1—2—This clever beginning reader is divided into three chapters...
Gr 1—3—Fielding describes how tails work for elephants, kangaroos, primates, cats, squirrels, chameleons, lizards, snakes, birds, whales, stingrays, and caterpillars...
K-Gr 3—Maiko used to live in a village in Africa...