by Saadia Faruqi

A collection of four stories featuring Yasmin!  Whether she’s braving the goalie net for the first time on the soccer field, trouble-shooting a plant problem in the garden with her family, tackling a tricky writing assignment, or managing a disagreement with her friends, Yasmin is always thinking outside the box to come up with creative solutions.  Yasmin can do it! 

by Niki Daly

Lolo gets cross with her best friend, finds a favorite library book, goes to the hospital, and helps to look after Baby Bongi.

by Matilda Woods

An adventure filled with magic and mischief, courage and family.

by Janet Fox

With tensions in Prague rising at the height of WWII, Isaac Wolf is forced to leave home with nothing more than a small backpack and a pendant in the shape of an eternity knot.  His parents believe the pendant will keep him safe-if he can discover what it really means.

by Celesta Rimington

An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can’t remember what happened before a tornado swept her away when she was a toddler.  All she knows is that it landed her near an enclosure in a Nebraska Zoo; and there an elephant named Nyah protected her from the storm.

Now that she’s twelve, Lex is old enough to help with the elephants.  But during their first training session, Nyah sends her a telepathic image of the woods outside the zoo.  Despite the wind’s protests, Lex decides to investigate and gets wrapped up in an adventure involving ghosts, lost treasure, and a puzzle that might be the key to finding her family. 

by Cat Patrick

Things never seem to go as easily for thirteen-year old Frankie as they do for her sister, Tess.  Unlike Tess, Frankie is neurodiverse.  In her case, that means she can’t stand to be touched, loud noises bother her, she’s easily distracted, she hates changes in her routine, and she has to go see a therapist while other kids get to hang out at the beach.  It also means Frankie has trouble making friends. She did have one-Colette-but they’re not friends anymore.

                         Then, just weeks before the end of seventh grade, Colette unexpectedly shows up at Frankie’s door.  The next morning, Colette vanishes.  Now, after losing Colette yet again, Frankie’s convinced that her former best friend left clues behind that only she can decipher, so she persuades her sister to help her unravel the mystery of Colette’s doisappearance before it’s too late. 

by Emily Blejwas

Justin doesn’t know anything these days.  Like how to walk down the halls without getting stard at.  Or what to say to Jenni.   He doesn’t know why his mom suddenly loves church or if his older brother, Murphy, will ever play baseball again.  Justin doesn’t know how people can act like everything’s fine when it’s so obviously not.  And most of all, he doesn’t know what really happened the night his dad died.  But life goes on and he learns that time and space and memory are grander and weirder than he ever thought.