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JE BARROWS

Ivy and Bean try to make money by writing a newspaper about Pancake Court but the neighbors are not pleased to read about themselves.

E BLUME

A six-year-old (The Pain) and his eight-year-old sister (The Great One) see each other as troublemakers and the best-loved in the family.

JE CAMERON

A chance meeting with a woman astronaut encourages Gloria to try to be her best self, even with her difficult fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Yardley.

E CHILD

A girl describes the hectic life she leads among the members of her large family, and her search for a little peace and quiet.

J CLEARY

The further adventures of the Quimby family as Ramona enters the third grade.

ER DANZIGER

Amber Brown and her parents go to the Poconos for two weeks with Amber’s best friend, Justin, and his family.

J DRAPER

Fashion-savy Sassy does not like being the smallest student in her fourth-grade class, until a family emergency calls for a pint-sized hero.

JE FRIEDMAN

When Mallory plans a sleepover to celebrate her tenth birthday, she has a hard time pleasing both her friends and her parents.

JE HARPER

Misnamed by her teacher, seven-year-old Just Grace prides herself on being empathetic, but when she tries to help a neighbor feel better, her good intentions backfire.

JE HARPER

What starts out as a perfectly ordinary day in the Small house turns into Stiches Saturday when Cleo gets a cut after her twin brother, Jack, accidentally pulls down their Toy House.

E HOFFMAN

Grace wants to participate in her community festival’s princess float, but first she must decide what sort of a princess she wants to be—from an African princess in kente cloth robes to a floaty pink fairy tale princess.

J HOLT

Piper is sad about leaving her home and friends behind when her father, a Navy aircraft mechanic, is transferred yet again, but with help from her often-annoying sisters and a surprise from their parents, she finds happiness in their new home in Pensacola, Florida.

JE KELLY

In her diary fourth grader Lucy Rose, lover of palindromes and big words, records her adventures with friends Jonique and Melonhead, including their unorthodox ways of raising money for the McBees to remodel their bakery.

J LINDGREN

Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey—but without any parents—at the edge of a Swedish village.

JE LOOK

After Ruby Lu’s deaf cousin, Flying Duck, and her parents come from China to live with her, Ruby finds life challenging as she adjusts to her new family, tries to mend her rocky relationship with her friend Emma, and faces various adventures in summer school.

JE LOWRY

Mrs. Pidgeon’s second grade class studies poetry and her students write haiku, couplets, free verse, and finally, a tribute to Mrs. Pidgeon’s mother organized by the irrepressible Gooney Bird Greene.

JE MCDONALD

Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.

JE NAYLOR

A sleepover inspires Sarah, who likes to do things differently, to chose Mexico for her “Countries of the World” presentation.

JE PENNYPACKER

While sorting through difficulties in her friendship with her neighbor Margaret, eight-year-old Clementine gains several unique hairstyles while also helping her father in his efforts to banish pigeons from the front of their apartment building.

JE WARNER

Eight-year-old Emma is just beginning to like her new school when her friend Cynthia starts telling other kids that Emma is, well, a little strange.