Astronauts get the glory, but their success depends upon the hundreds of people whose teamwork helps them fly. From spacesuit fabric to spacecraft design, unsung heroes make the impossible possible.
Four girl cousins spend summer vacation together with their grandmother on Gull Island. What adventures will they find? And what family secret will they discover?
Saffy always thought she knew exactly where she fit in her family until the day she discovered she was adopted. Now she feels very alone, but a mysterious inheritance reminds her just how much family she really has.
After passing a series of mind-bending tests, four children are selected for a secret mission that requires them to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules.
From the first dog he ever owned to the dog that saved him from freezing to death in an ice-covered pond, Paulsen tells hilarious, sometimes sad stories about the dogs he's known.
Told entirely through notes, grocery receipts, report cards, bottle caps, newspaper clippings, and other pieces of a young girl’s life, this is the story of Ginny’s seventh-grade year.
In a series of poems, eleven-year-old Lonnie writes about his life after the death of his parents, separated from his younger sister, living in a foster home, and finding his poetic voice at school.
Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
Twelve-year-old Annie ponders the many rhythms of life the year that her mother becomes pregnant, her grandfather begins faltering, and her best friend (and running partner) becomes distant.
