Lucy Moon is the kind of girl who champions animal rights--during hunting season. She wears a woven hemp hat in support of third-world workers. She is the kind of girl who spots injustice and isn't afraid to fight it. But now that she’s in junior high, things have changed. The qualities that used to make Lucy distinctive now just mark her as uncool. It seems like everyone has been brainwashed–except for Lucy, who has activism in her DNA. But when her latest cause lands her with a harsh detention sentence, a “bad influence” reputation, and a vandalized locker, Lucy begins to lose her verve. Can she stand up for her beliefs and survive junior high?
In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year-old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of ...
' "A tender and honest examination of love, longing, and loyalty in the face of modern war."-Laura Ruby, author of Bad Apple "While He Was Away is a wonderful love story with writing that is skillful and true.
"After school one day, physics lover and astronomy fan Frankie has her first sexual experience, with quiet and gorgeous Benjamin and gets her period.
In the sequel to The Secret Spiral, 10-year-olds Flor Bernoulli, a Brooklyn fashion maven, and Lucy Moon, a Georgia farm girl, use their very different superpowers to combat tiny Square Man, whose mission is to rid the universe of anything ...
Amy Timberlake has inserted a Western twang into this tale of filth and friendship, and Adam Rex has found many creative means of bodily concealment in his expressive, comical paintings.
This beautifully bound edition contains both full-color plates and numerous black-and-white illustrations. Skunk and Badger is a book you’ll want to read, reread, and read out loud . . . again and again.
A quest begins about the lunar phase, discovering the moon in so many ways... Luna Lucy is a fun, engaging tale that is beautifully illustrated with heart warming characters.
Told from Alfie and Merry's points of view, this exquisite novel tells of friends, enemies, and unexpected kindnesses.
Reaching for the Moon is the girls' version of Lucy H. Pearce's Amazon bestselling book Moon Time: harness the ever-changing energy of your menstrual cycle for girls aged 9-14 as they anticipate and experience their body's changes.
This story shows us that our differences are positives, that the world needs both Claras and Jacks, Midnights and Moons.