Ellie and her mother lost everything in the hurricane: their home, their family business, and, tragically, Ellie's dad. They get a chance at a new life when Ellie's mom gets a job apprenticing as a farrier and managing a horse farm in Virginia. Ellie has a scholarship to Twin Creeks Preparatory School, where her snobby classmates aren't friendly at all--until a rumor begins that Ellie is actually a princess! Suddenly Ellie is the school's most popular girl. But what will happen when the truth comes out?

Ellie Ever

Children's Books

Patterson, Nancy Ruth

Animals

Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

After being teased in class, Robert Morris Reynolds, a young boy with a speech impediment, decides to seek the help of a speech therapist, who offers him a shiny stone when he can say his name correctly

The Shiniest Rock of All

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

Case Callahan isn't a star swimmer like his sister, Quinn. He's not a champion horse trainer like his father, or a popular stage actor like his mother. Still, Case is determined to make his mark. But one effort after another – talent show, science fair, junior horse show – is a terrible failure. It isn't until Case comes upon a lost dog that he finds his path to success. The dog, whom Case names Noah, is certainly one of a kind – what other golden retriever can answer the telephone and put dishes in the dishwasher? Together Case and Noah seem destined to become a trophy-winning team. Noah, however, is so smart because he was trained to be a service dog, and when Case learns about his dog's past, he realizes there is more than one way to be a winner.
With thoughtful black-and-white illustrations, this is the perfect story for any child who has struggled to discover his talents – and for any dog lover.

The Winner's Walk

Fourth-grader Robert Reynolds learns that nobody is perfect as he works to overcome his speech impediment.

Literature & Fiction

Eight-year-old Megan and her grandmother turn a worthless old cup to good use by saving money in it to buy a gift for a special person at Christmas

The Christmas Cup

Holidays & Celebrations

Orchard Books

Apple

Ten-year-old Carrie O'Connor has lots of questions. Where does her mother, a famous New York children's writer, find ideas for her best-selling Michael Madigan series? Why does her father, a busy surgeon, sometimes spend more time curing people than caring for her? How would her life change if she landed a role in a play directed by a Broadway director? Carrie unwraps the answers in a Junior Library Guild selection called "a love song to the theatre...a love song to life." Selected for William Allen White and Mark Twain Master Lists.

A Simple Gift

iUniverse

Mischievous Robert Morris Reynolds can't even say his name right. His "r's" come out as "w's"-until a wise speech therapist promises him a special rock when he can pronounce the word "rock" properly. Robert's struggle to earn that rock leads him to become aware of other's feelings. "Characterizations are superb; even minor characters are portrayed with depth and roundness unusual in such a brief, accessible novel." The Horn Book "An amiable slice-of-life story. Economically told and often touching, this is a good portrait of a good- and brave- boy." The Bulletin of the Center of Children's Literature

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Ellie Ever

The Shiniest Rock of All

The Winner's Walk

The Shiniest Rock of All

The Christmas Cup

The Christmas Cup

A Simple Gift

The Shiniest Rock of All