A boy on the run. A girl determined to find him. A compelling fantasy looks at issues of privilege, protest, and justice. All light in Chattana is created by one man -- the Governor, who appeared after the Great Fire to bring peace and order to the city. For Pong, who was born in Namwon Prison, the magical lights represent freedom, and he dreams of the day he will be able to walk among them. But when Pong escapes from prison, he realizes that the...

Twelve-year-old Olivia endeavors to care for her younger sister, possibly make a new friend in the quirky and secretive Bart, and keep hope alive for her, her family, and her community of idiosyncratic neighbors at Sunny Pines Trailer Park.

Edutopia's "25 Essential Middle School Reads from the Last Decade," NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine's Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award List, Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee, 2021 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee, 2020-2021 Truman Award​ (Missouri)...

Brett is president of her school's Unity Club. When a new group home for at-risk youth opens in the neighborhood, Brett becomes friends with Jude, one of the boys who lives at the home. After a series of acts of vandalism, the community starts demanding that the group home be shut down. Brett doesn't believe that Jude, or any of the other teens, is responsible, but when an elderly woman is seriously injured, Brett begins to have doubts.

Publisher Annotation: Award-winning author Linda Williams Jackson pulls from her own childhood in the Mississippi Delta to tell the story of Ellis Earl, who dreams of a real house, food enough for the whole family-and to be someone.

Mia hates being caught in a game of tug of war. Torn between popularity and her longtime friends, she's tired of being jerked back and forth.Then a car accident rocks Mia's world, changing everything.Her appearance.Her social standing.Her confidence.Rejected and afraid, Mia longs to disappear.Her friend Bronwyn tries to help, but she has big problems of her own. Her abusive father has broken his restraining order. Now Bronwyn and her sister are terrorized...

Her crimes didn't rank as felonies. A mishap on the middle school basketball court. A prank. And a food fight.When Teegan Miller's position is threatened by the new girl on the basketball team, Teegan wants her adversary eliminated.Instead Coach suspends Teegan from the team and challenges her to volunteer at a soup kitchen where mystery shrouds more than the meat.The nameless faces at the soup kitchen force Teegan to confront hunger in the most unlikely...

Life on the run came with a whole set of rules.Trust no one. Always have an escape plan.Show no fear.Then there was the alias.She hated the thought of changing her name. Mama had chosen it to commemorate a tower in a castle from her honeymoon-years before alcohol turned her father into a monster. Long before she and Mama and the baby had to flee for their lives.But if survival meant losing her identity, she would become anonymous.The girl without...

What Harry Potter did for magic, Max Einstein does for kids' imaginations! Max leads a group of kid geniuses in this #1 New York Times bestseller officially approved by the Albert Einstein archives.
Max Einstein is not your typical genius. She . . .

Hacks the computer system at NYU to attend classes

Builds inventions to help the homeless

And talks to Albert Einstein! (Okay, that's just in her imagination)

But...

With his cart full of treasures and big green hat, Charlie is a neighborhood fixture. When he finds a pie, he sets off to find the owner - and helps some friends along the way. Poignant and funny, this story is an ode to resourcefulness and the compassion that turns neighbors into friends. Charlie and his friends might not have much - but they have each other.