RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 1999. Stanley Yelnats has terrible luck because of a curse traced back to his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather. After being unjustly convicted of stealing a pair of athletic shoes, he is sent to a detention center, Camp Green Lake.

Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants her life to be normal, and she has tried to get her brother...

RIF's 60th Anniversary Highlighted Book for 2007. Greg Heffley is starting middle school with one goal: to become the most popular kid around. Armed with his trusty journal and a best friend who always seems to make things worse, Greg navigates the daily disasters of cafeteria lunches, school projects, and family chaos. Will Greg's big plans for fame and glory survive contact with real life?

Hugo, an orphan, thief, and clock keeper, lives alone in the walls of a Paris train station. When he...