"Thirteen-year-old Tara skips eighth grade to go directly to high school and struggles with adjusting, until she meets her classmate Libby"-- Provided by publisher.

A young boy of the Netherlands hopes to find the doctor who will help his father regain his "sanity." At the same time he encourages his sister to enter a skating contest which offers a special prize to the winner.

When evil comes to Narnia, Jill and Eustace help fight the great last battle and Aslan leads his people to a glorious new paradise.

The well-loved story of a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed to the land of the child-eating giants. Every night, when the world is sleeping, big gruesome giants guzzle up whoppsy-whiffling human beans. And there's only one giant who can stop them, the BFG. He's the kindest giant there is and, with his friend Sophie in his top pocket, he sets out to rid the world of the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater and all their rotsome friends...

"Children's literature educator and children's book author Megan Dowd Lambert shares a collection of her essays about family, reading, and bonding as a family through books"-- Provided by publisher.

A young boy tries to learn how to whistle, so that he can call his dog like all the bigger boys do.