Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science

General Fiction

Sep-2017

This “evocative and beautiful” (School Library Journal) novel “vividly imagines the lives of three girls” (Booklist, starred review) in three different time periods as they grow up to become groundbreaking scientists. Maria Merian was sure...

Stone Mirrors

General Fiction

Jan-2017

From critically acclaimed author Jeannine Atkins comes a gorgeous, haunting biographical novel in verse about a half Native American, half African American sculptor working in the years following the Civil War. A sculptor of historical figures sta...

Finding Wonders

General Fiction

Sep-2016

A gorgeously written novel in verse about three girls in three different time periods who grew up to become groundbreaking scientists. Maria Merian was sure that caterpillars were not wicked things born from mud, as most people of her time believe...

Little Woman in Blue

Historical

Sep-2015

May Alcott spends her days sewing blue shirts for Union soldiers, but she dreams of painting a masterpiece―which many say is impossible for a woman―and of finding love, too. When she reads her sister’s wildly popular novel, Little Women, she is...

Borrowed Names

General Fiction

Mar-2010

As a child, Laura Ingalls Wilder traveled across the prairie in a covered wagon. Her daughter, Rose, thought those stories might make a good book, and the two created the beloved Little House series. Sara Breedlove, the daughter of former slaves, wan...

Get Set! Swim!

General Fiction

Jun-2008

The day of the big swim meet has finally arrived, and Jessenia is excited, but a bit worried too. It s her first meet away from home, and the other team is on a winning streak. Her coach tells the team that everyone is equal in the water, but Jesseni...

A Name on the Quilt

General Fiction

May-2003

Lauren misses the feeling of Uncle Ron's hand in hers as they skated across the ice together. She misses visiting Uncle Ron and Michael's kitchen, which was the only place where she got snacks in china bowls and juice in glasses that could break. No...

Louisa May at Fruitlands

General Fiction

Oct-2001

Robin's Home

General Fiction

Mar-2001

A robin learns to flyLife is good for Robin. He likes to watch his brother and sister fly. Whenever he's hungry, his mother or father brings food. Whenever he's sleepy, he snuggles in a nest that fits as perfectly as a hug. Why should he leave home? ...

Aani & the Tree Huggers

General Fiction

Apr-2000

Based on true events in India in the 1970s, young Aani and the other women in her village defend their forest from developers by wrapping their arms around the trees, making it impossible to cut them down....