Matt de la Peña

A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.

While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be. But what if everyone's life is different from how Milo first imagines it? This timely and important picture book is about how you can't really know anyone's story just by looking at them.

Sixteen-year-old Danny searches for his identity amidst the confusion of being half-Mexican and half-white while spending a summer with his cousin and new friends on the baseball fields and back alleys of San Diego County, California.

Haunted by the event that sentences him to time in a group home, Miguel breaks out with two unlikely companions and together they begin their journey down the California coast hoping to get to Mexico and a new life.

Dak, Sera, and Riq have fixed the Great Breaks in history, but SQ is not beaten yet, and the biggest, boldest Infinity Ring adventure of all time has just begun.

After surviving the earthquake and tsunami, Shy manages to make it back to land but he is far from safe because a secret his cruise ship co-worker, Addie, shared with him is one that people have killed for, and now that Shy knows, he has become a moving target.

Seventeen-year-old Sticky lives for basketball and plays at school and at the Lincoln Rec Center in Los Angeles but he is unaware of the many dangers--including his own past--that threaten his dream of playing professionally.

Seine Macht ist unglaublich, doch sie hat ihren Preis Clark Kent war schon immer schneller und stärker als seine Mitschüler. Aber er meidet das Rampenlicht um jeden Preis, denn auf sich aufmerksam zu machen bedeutet, sich in Gefahr zu bringen. Doch für Clark wird es zunehmend schwerer, seine Kräfte zu kontrollieren und seine Heldentaten geheim zuhalten. Als er den Hilferufen eines Mädchens folgt, trifft er auf Gloria Alvarez und deckt ein dunkles...

Illustrations and easy-to-read text celebrate the bonds of love that connect us all.

On the eve of World War II, African American boxer Joe Louis fought German Max Schmeling in a bout that had more at stake than just the world heavyweight title; for much of America their fight came to represent the country's war with Germany. This elegant and powerful picture book centers around the historic fight in which Black and White America were able to put aside prejudice and came together to celebrate our nation's ideals. -- from Book Jacket....