They call him Spaz, because his epilepsy prevents him from using mind probes that are rotting everyone else\"s minds. Which is why he still has a memory - something rare in the frightening world he lives in....

Esperanza thought she\"d always live with her family on their ranch in Mexico - she\"d always have fancy dresses, a beautiful home, and servants. But a sudden tragedy forces Esperanza and Mama to flee to California during the Great Depression, and to settle in a camp for Mexican farm workers....

A brilliant, emotionally charged novel about two boys. One is a slow learner, too large for his age, and the other is a tiny, disabled genius. The two pair up to create one formidable human force known as \\\"Freak the Mighty\\\". Max. Freak. Best Friends. Forever. I never had a brain until Freak came along. . .That\"s what Max thought....

This 2007 Newbery Honor Book is a humorous and heartwarming debut about feeling different and finding acceptance. Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability....

This bewitching first novel is a puzzle, wrapped in a mystery, disguised as an adventure, and delivered as a work of art....

The National Book Award finalist by Christopher Paul Curtis! Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died and Cap\"n Buck - the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South Carolina - has come to collect a debt....

Introducing an extraordinary debut that will make your skin tingle, your eyes glisten...and your heart sing. Midnight Gulch Tennessee used to be a magical place, a town where people could sing up thunderstorms and dance up sunflowers. But that was long ago, before a curse drove the magic away....

Willa likes certain things to be certain ways. Her socks have to be soft . . . and definitely can\"t have irritating tags on the inside. She loves the crunch of popcorn and nachos . . . but is grossed out by the crunch of a baby carrot. And slimy foods? Those are the worst....

Obe Devlin has problems. His family\"s farmland has been taken over by developers. His best friend Tommy abandoned him for the development kids. And he keeps getting nosebleeds, because of that thing he doesn\"t like to talk about....

A poem cycle that reads as a novel, Out of the Dust tells the story of a girl named Billie Jo, who struggles to help her family survive the dust-bowl years of the Depression. Fighting against the elements on her Oklahoma farm, Billie Jo takes on even more responsibilities when her mother dies in a tragic accident....

Twelve-year-old Mallie knows better than to dream. In Coal Top, you live the story you\"re given: boys toil in the mines and girls work as servants. Mallie can\"t bear the idea of that kind of life, but her family is counting on her wages to survive. It wasn\"t always this way....

Liberty Johansen is going to change the way we look at the night sky. Most people see the old constellations, the things they\"ve been told to see. But Liberty sees new patterns, pictures, and possibilities. She\"s an exception. Some other exceptions: Her dad, who gave her the stars. Who moved out months ago and hasn\"t talked to her since....

Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha\"s Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an early English settler and the first deaf islander. Now, over a hundred years later, many people there - including Mary - are deaf, and nearly everyone can communicate in sign language. Mary has never felt isolated....

Bestselling Newbery Medalist Christopher Paul Curtis delivers a powerful companion to his multiple award-winning Elijah of Buxton. Benji and Red couldn\"t be more different. They aren\"t friends. They don\"t even live in the same town. But their fates are entwined....

Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889 is a busy factory city, where best friends Daniel Fagan, William James, and George Hoffman love to hike the mountain and spy on the rich folks at their exclusive lakeside club....