Luna, a ladybug who dreams of becoming an astronaut, teams up with Natalie, a girl who aspires to be a scientist. Includes author note and Spanish to English glossary.

A young African American girl is sold away from her mother as a slave, and then later is sold to a Cherokee Indian, but eventually she is bought by a white man who not only sets her free, but adopts her into his family of fifteen children. Based on a true

In a competition where seven girls from different guilds vie for the throne, Bell Silverleaf, a reluctant fifteen year old contender with a hidden talent for deception, intends to win and overthrow the kingdom, but finds she is not the only competitor with secret plans.

A middle grade nonfiction story of five young cousins who grow closer than sisters as ethnic tensions escalate over three summers in 1980s Bosnia.

Season by season, a young girl walks with her abuelo along the beach as he shares stories about his life in Havana.

A survey of thirteen unusual animals, from the secretarybird to the tuatara, unique due to their adaptations and isolation on their own branch of the evolutionary tree. Includes a map, glossary, and recommended resources.

During a summer holiday in Wales, Portia and Ben discover a mysterious door in a forest, unaware that it is a portal to a perilous Otherworld, and they unwittingly open the door, unleashing a powerful evil that endangers both the human and fairy realms, forcing them to confront the consequences of their actions.

Nine year old twins Emma and Martín travel into a book of legends and where they must try to stop the rain god’s flood.