Gavin wants to make a good impression at Carver Elementary, where no one knows he excels at soccer and skateboarding, but an annoying big sister, a bully, and his great aunt's Pomeranian are not helping.

"In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, Myles gets a text from someone threatening to expose a dark secret."-- Myles is popular, has an amazing girlfriend, and won a full athletic scholarship to a top university. But on the day of his high-school graduation ceremony, while struggling to write his valedictorian speech, Myles receives a text that could ruin everything. He has only six hours to discover who is threatening to reveal...

A teenage girl tries to avoid her overprotective mother as she struggles with the challenges of high school, relationships, and peer pressure.

As Allie Kimball starts sixth grade, she discovers that middle school is a very different world, populated with glommers -- those girls who cling to each other in groups; norks -- a combination of a nerd and a dork; and worst of all, squashes -- crushes that make you feel like your heart has been stepped on. Keeping a journal of words that help define her world, Allie tries to navigate through the strange land of sixth grade. With the help of her...

You and your child will enjoy reading about the AlphaPets--26 charming A-to-Z animal friends whose exciting and humorous adventures teach gentle lessons about friendship, caring, good behavior, and doing one's best. Each lovable AlphaPet has a special personality and character trait that children can relate to and learn from. Delightfully written and beautifully illustrated, each story is filled with words and objects that begin with the letter of...

After she is in a horrific car crash when drunk, Los Angeles high school student Gabriella Gardiner assumes she stole her rich boyfriend's car and smashed it into a tree, but she cannot remember anything about the events of the evening.

"Inspire teen and preteen readers to take responsibility for and make wiser decisions about their lives with the essays in this book--each written by a teenager. Within these pages, Jamel A. Salter, Fan Yi Mok, and Charlene George, and many others, describe how and why they chose to keep it real and fight back against the pressure they felt from friends to use drugs and alcohol; have sex too early; lie, cheat, and steal; and skip or act out in school"--...

Jag learns to face both her fear of water and her fear of ridicule by comforting someone else who doesn't fit into the group.

What are you looking at, punk? Or are you a jock, a goth, or an indie rock guy? The image we project sends signals to others about who we are. But image can also be a prison and the source of many conflicts. This latest volume in the Deal With It series looks at the costs of conforming to social images and the very real dangers of judging a book by its cover.