Carolyn is a girl with strong opinions. On being a girl: ‘stupid.’ Wearing dresses: ‘only when forced, and then with shorts underneath.’ Summer nights: ‘make you feel invincible.’ Girls with MaryJjanes: ‘no use at all.’ The boy next door: ‘I do not have a crush on him!’ The top bunk: ‘for really great dreams.’ She thought she knew how she felt about everything. But the summer before the sixth grade, though everthing seemed the same, it all felt different. In this wonderfully funny first novel, Wendelin Van Draanen perfectly captures the emotional earthquakes of growing up and growing into oneself.

How I Survived Being a Girl

Children's Books

Van Draanen, Wendelin

Koelsch, Michael

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

Farm Team VS. Town Team
Milking, haying, and planting leave Billy Baggs very little time for the thing he loves most--baseball. So when his mother suggests building a baseball field in their cow pasture and inviting the neighbors to play, Billy is willing to give it a try. After all, a farm team has to be better than no team...or does it?
With Gina Erickson in right field, Big Danny Boyer is left, and Skinner, the aging Labrador retriever, in center, the team's lineup is a joke. But who'll get the last laugh when they play the big game--Billy, or his arch rival, King Kenwood?

Farm Team

Teen & Young Adult

Weaver, Will

HarperTeen

Battle in the Bullpen
For as long as Billy Baggs can remember, rich townie and ace pitcher Archer "King" Kenwood has been his nemesis--both on the field and off. And the summer before they enter high school, their long-standing rivalry explodes into violence. Desperate to keep the peace between his two star players, Coach Anderson comes up with a plan: If they want to play, they have to pay--by spending a week together, twenty-four hours a day.
But will Coach's plan make things better? Or just a whole lot worse?After a family tragedy on the farm, Billy Baggs’s life is finally back on track. He’s starting high school. He’s caught the eye of the baseball coach and even a few college scouts. He has prospects for a girlfriend—Suzy Langen, the catch of the ninth grade. But blocking Billy’s path is King Kenwood, town rich kid and ace pitcher. As the two boys’ rivalry turns violent, it is left to Coach Anderson to find a solution. In the process, both Billy and King come to find their real problems might lie closer to home—with their own fathers.

Hard Ball

Gross-out humor, a little magic, and some truly bizarre characters abound in Mrs. Frightenright's class

Mighty Monday Madness (STRANGE KID CHRONICLES)

TenNapel, Doug

Humor

Apple

Hilarious misadventures and mistakes mark a fun-filled Wednesday in Mrs. Frightenright's classroom

Wisenheimer Wednesday (STRANGE KID CHRONICLES)

Nasty Principal Prickly-Pear threatens to spoil all the students fun during a zany Thursday in Mrs. Frightenright's class of misfits

Just Thursday (STRANGE KID CHRONICLES)

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