This poignant and powerful novel explores how a young boy's life is forever changed when he meets his father, a convicted criminal.
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Melly only joined the school band because her best friend, Olivia, begged her to. But to her surprise, quiet Melly loves playing the drums. It’s the only time she doesn’t feel like a mouse. Now she and Olivia are about to spend the next two weeks at Camp Rockaway, jamming under the stars in the Michigan woods.
To please his parents, an aimless gamer starts the Positive Action Group. To his horror, his fake club inspires real membership, and suddenly Cameron's in charge of saving a beaver named Elvis.
My first camp experience just might be my last!
When a major mix up sends me, nerdy girl extraordinaire, to a residential sports camp for Olympic hopefuls instead of science camp, I know anything that can go wrong, will. My only hope is to suck it up and try not to mess anything up.
Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick sends readers straight into the nightmare of a raging wildfire as 12-year-old Sam is trapped by explosive flames and deadly smoke that threaten to take his life. Can he survive?
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2024. When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is all alone on a wild, remote island, with no idea how she got there or what her purpose is. As she slowly learns to survive among the island's animals, she takes on the most unexpected role of all. Can a robot learn to survive, and maybe even truly belong, in the wilderness?
A group of 11-year-olds arrives to spend six weeks playing sports at Camp Avalon―which they affectionately call Camp Average, because they never win at any sport. And that’s the way they like it. But this summer, new camp director Winston―who hates losing―has some hyper-competitive ideas about how to improve their performance, whether they want to or not!
Fifth grade is off to a terrible start when Frederick is sent to a disciplinary camp for troublesome boys. His fellow troop mates―Nosebleed, Specs, The Professor, and little-yet-lethal Ant Bite―are terrifying. But in between trust-building exercises and midnight escape attempts, a tenuous friendship grows between them.
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2001. Twelve-year-old Rob has been keeping all of his sadness locked up tight inside himself, like a suitcase he refuses to open, ever since his mother died. Then one day he discovers a caged tiger hidden in the woods, and meets a bold new girl named Sistine who is not afraid to say exactly what she feels.
