Hoping to become a stand-up comedian despite being a wheelchair-bound middle school student, Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.

A new student's reputation as a bully proves to be unfounded.

Jane Patterson always felt lucky to work from home in Yorktide, Maine, next door to her best friend, Frannie Giroux, and her daughter Rosie's inseparable friend Meg. But in the girls' freshman year of high school, Rosie suffers an emotional breakdown due to bullying. Blaming both Meg and Frannie, Jane tries to help Rosie heal while dealing with her own guilt and anger.

"Part of growing up is gaining more responsibilities. We learn to take care of ourselves and to do things on our own. But everybody needs help sometimes, and that's okay. This gentle story helps young readers recognize when they need help in their own lives, and encourages them to ask for the help that they need. Readers will learn that it's good to receive help from others, and that they don't need to do everything alone. Gorgeous illustrations bring...

"Maddie is a normal twelve-year-old, but when a CT scan reveals she has a brain tumor, it will take all her imagination, courage, and support from her friends and family to meet this new challenge"--

Luisa is repeatedly teased and called "weird" by her classmate Sam, even though she is simply being herself-laughing with her friends, answering questions in class, greeting her father in Spanish, and wearing her favorite polka-dot boots. Luisa initially

The team behind DC Comics LIL' GOTHAM takes readers to the halls of Ducard Academy in Gotham City, where a young Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman start their very own Junior Detective Agency! Young Bruce Wayne is the new kid at Ducard Academy, a prep school for gifted middle school students. Bruce finds out pretty quickly that he doesn't fit in: the faculty seems to not just encourage villainous behavior from its students, but reward it. He makes...