Books from Carolrhoda Books

  • Joy in Mudville
    Joy in Mudville
    By Robert Raczka

    With the game on the line, he called for rookie Joy Armstrong to take the mound. Could she bring joy to Mudville again--and prove that a girl can play ball as well as any boy?

  • Zip It!
    Zip It!
    By Jane Lindaman

    Joe tries to warn his busy father about an embarrassing trousers oversight.

  • Zip It!
    Zip It!
    By Jane Lindaman

    But will Joe’s dad listen? Of course not. As they drive all over town, Joe tries every trick he can think of to get his dad’s attention. But Dad just won’t zip it!

  • Class Two at the Zoo
    Class Two at the Zoo
    By Julia Jarman

    While the students and teachers of Class Two are absorbed in looking at various zoo animals, a sneaky anaconda gobbles them up, until Molly sees what is happening and saves the day.

  • Tabula Rasa
    Tabula Rasa
    By Kristen Lippert-Martin

    When a procedure to erase her troubled memories goes awry, Sarah starts to remember snatches of her past. Was she a terrorist or vigilante? Will the procedure save or destroy her? The answers lie trapped within her mind.

  • When You Visit Grandma & Grandpa
    When You Visit Grandma & Grandpa
    By Anne Bowen

    Staring out the car window at the road flashing by, a young girl explains to her new baby brother what happens When You Visit Grandma and Grandpa: you get to play hide and seek with Grandma in the summer and carve pumpkins with her in the ...

  • Valiant
    Valiant
    By Sarah McGuire

    The deathless man is very real, and he will use his giant army to ensure he is given the throne freely or by force. Now, only a tailor girl with courage and cunning can see beyond the tales to discover the truth and save the kingdom again.

  • Class Three at Sea
    Class Three at Sea
    By Julia Jarman

    In the sequel to Class Two at the Zoo, the teacher and students of Class Three are so absorbed by the marine life they see while sailing on the ocean that they do not notice that they are being pursued by pirates.

  • Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley
    Secrets of a Civil War Submarine: Solving the Mysteries of the H.L. Hunley
    By Sally M. Walker

    Presents the history of the Civil War submarine the H.L. Hunley, including the construction, mysterious sinking, recovery, and restoration.

  • Wilma Mankiller
    Wilma Mankiller
    By Linda Lowery

    Presents a portrait of the first female to be chief of the Cherokee Nation.

  • Trick-or-Treat on Milton Street
    Trick-or-Treat on Milton Street
    By Lisa Bullard

    Halloween is going to be a disaster!

  • Ruby Valentine Saves the Day
    Ruby Valentine Saves the Day
    By Laurie Friedman

    Ruby invites everyone to a grand Valentine's Day party at her mountaintop home, but when a blizzard keeps her guests away, she decides to take the carefully planned party into town.

  • Dino-Football
    Dino-Football
    By Lisa Wheeler

    The Greenblades and the Redscales face off in the Mega-Bowl!

  • Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
    Game Changer: John McLendon and the Secret Game
    By John Coy

    Discover the true story of how in 1944, Coach John McLendon orchestrated a secret game between the best players from a white college and his team from the North Carolina College of Negroes.

  • Vampires on the Run
    Vampires on the Run
    By C. M. Surrisi

    "Two suspicious writers from New York arrive in Quinnie Boyd's small Maine town. They claim to be the confidants of a vampire count. But Quinnie begins to wonder if the authors are vampires themselves"--

  • Girls on the Line
    Girls on the Line
    By Jennie Liu

    Told in two voices, Luli and Yun, raised in an orphanage to age sixteen, work together in a factory until Yun, pregnant, disappears and Luli must confront the dangers of the outside world to find her.

  • Back-to-School Rules
    Back-to-School Rules
    By Laurie B. Friedman

    Wearing his monogrammed school blazer, young Percy Isaac Gifford explains his rules of success for getting the most out of the school year.

  • Choo Choo Clickety-Clack!
    Choo Choo Clickety-Clack!
    By Margaret Mayo

    Boats, trains, cars, planes, bikes, buses, and balloons soar and race, taking people to faraway places. Bounce, zoom, and rattle along in this bright, playful book jam-packed with vehicles of all shapes and sizes.

  • Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters
    Monstrous: The Lore, Gore, and Science Behind Your Favorite Monsters
    By Carlyn Beccia

    Could Dr. Frankenstein's machine ever animate a body?

  • Loudmouth George and the Big Race
    Loudmouth George and the Big Race

    15.95 USA $ 25.95 Canada 1 2 3 3 LOUDMOUTH GEORGE and the BIG RACE 3rd PLACE 2nd PLACE. READY . SET . GO ! LOUDMOUTH GEORGE HAS TOLD EVERYONE HE'S GOING TO WIN THE BIG RACE . He's so confident that he doesn't even bother to train .