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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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 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.
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?
RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2018. Rosie Revere is no stranger to flops and fails, but when her beloved Aunt Rose and the Raucous Riveters, a group of women who built airplanes during World War II, need her help to invent something important, the pressure feels bigger than ever. With her friends Ada Twist and Iggy Peck by her side, Rosie keeps trying through every catastrophe. Can one determined engineer prove that the best inventors are the ones who never give up?
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.
The new director at Camp Lone Wolf seems like a nice guy. But when the kids learn the legend of a local boy who disappeared and the wolf that prowls the campgrounds howling in the night, they start to wonder if Camp Lone Wolf is more than just a name.
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.
As the son of the world’s most famous tech billionaire, spoiled Jett Baranov has always gotten what he wanted. So when his father’s private jet drops him in the middle of the Arkansas wilderness, at a place called the Oasis, Jett can’t believe it. He’s forced to hand over his cell phone, eat grainy veggie patties, and participate in wholesome activities with the other kids, who he has absolutely no interest in hanging out with.
