Written by Douglas Adams

It’s an ordinary Thursday morning for Arthur Dent . . . until his house gets demolished. The...

10th - 12th

Written by Rob Sanders

A powerful and timeless true story that will allow young readers to discover the rich and dynamic...

K - 3rd

Written by Anne Isaacs

Swamp Angel can lasso a tornado, and drink an entire lake dry. She single-handedly defeats the...

K - 3rd

Written by Barbara Bash

A venerable saguaro cactus stands like a statue in the hot desert landscape, its arm-like branches...

1st - 5th

Written by Mariko Nagai

We lived under a sky so blue in Idaho right near the towns of Hunt and Eden but we were not...

4th - 7th

Written by Aida Salazar

Celi Rivera's life swirls with questions. About her changing body. Her first attraction to a boy....

3rd - 7th

Written by Gary Paulsen

In the Newbery Honor-winning Hatchet, thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson learned to survive alone in...

6th - 12th

Written by Alma Flor Ada and Gabriel M. Zubizarreta

In this timely tale of immigration, two cousins learn the importance of family and friendship. A...

3rd - 7th

Written by Warren St. John

A moving account of how a soccer team made up of diverse refugees inspired an entire community here...

7th - 9th

Written by Margot Lee Shetterly & Winifred Conkling

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math…really...

Pre-K - 3rd

Written by Lesa Cline-Ransome

Climbing aboard the New York bound Silver Meteor train, Ruth Ellen embarks upon a journey toward a...

Pre-K - 3rd

Written by Christina Soontornvat

A unique account of the amazing Thai cave rescue told in a heart-racing, you-are-there style that...

3rd - 7th

Written by Jasmine Warga

Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way...

3rd - 7th

Written by Jonah Winter

An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family’s tumultuous voting...

K - 4th

Written by Matthew Cordell

In difficult times, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood provided a refuge for children and their families...

Pre-K - 3rd

Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920) was an immediate, spectacular success and...

9th - 12th

Written by Voltaire

Candide is the story of a gentle man who, though pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate,...

9th - 12th

Written by Mark Twain

Whether he’s sneaking doughnuts, mooning over a pretty girl, or snookering the local boys to do...

9th - 12th

Written by Dante Alighieri

"Abandon hope all ye who enter here." Dante, our young, naive hero, has woken from a deep sleep to...

9th - 12th

Written by Edith Wharton

The classic novel of despair, forbidden emotions, and sexual undercurrents set against the austere...

9th - 12th

Written by Gustave Flaubert

‘…for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a...

9th - 12th

Written by Henry James

Widely recognized as one of literature's most gripping ghost stories, this classic tale of moral...

9th - 12th

Written by Thomas Hardy

The tale of a passionate, independent woman and her three suitors, Far from the Madding...