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The Last Unicorn

by Peter S. Beagle • 1968

The final unicorn leaves her enchanted forest to free her people from a joyless king's bull.

4.16

100k+

📖 Literary Fantasy 🦄 Search For Lost Kin 👥 Unlikely Companions 🦋 Becoming Human 😢 Bittersweet Ending

The Last Unicorn

The final unicorn leaves her enchanted forest to free her people from a joyless king's bull.

by Peter S. Beagle 1968 294 pages

4.16

100k+ ratings

📖 Literary Fantasy 🦄 Search For Lost Kin 👥 Unlikely Companions 🦋 Becoming Human 😢 Bittersweet Ending

Furthermore

by Tahereh Mafi • 2016

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

3.89

16k+

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends 🦊 Trickster Companion 🔍 Missing Parent Quest

Furthermore

A colorless girl follows a secret-reading boy into a hungry otherworld to find her missing father.

by Tahereh Mafi 2016 406 pages

3.89

16k+ ratings

🚪 Portal Fantasy ⚠️ Dangerous Wonderland 🤝 Enemies To Friends 🦊 Trickster Companion 🔍 Missing Parent Quest

Memory Superpowers!

by Nelson Dellis • 2020

A memory champion's playbook: turn everything into wild mental pictures and never forget a name.

4.30

🧠 Memory Techniques 🔗 Mnemonics 📚 Study Skills 🏛️ Method Of Loci 👁️ Visual Memory

Memory Superpowers!

A memory champion's playbook: turn everything into wild mental pictures and never forget a name.

by Nelson Dellis 2020 208 pages

4.30

90 ratings

🧠 Memory Techniques 🔗 Mnemonics 📚 Study Skills 🏛️ Method Of Loci 👁️ Visual Memory

Minecraft

by Mojang AB • 2017

A retiring adventurer hands you his illustrated field notes on every creature in Minecraft.

4.56

387

🎮 Video Game Bestiary 🗺️ Fictional Field Guide 📓 Explorer's Journal 📖 Creature Compendium ⛏️ Minecraft Universe

Minecraft

A retiring adventurer hands you his illustrated field notes on every creature in Minecraft.

by Mojang AB 2017 104 pages

4.56

387 ratings

🎮 Video Game Bestiary 🗺️ Fictional Field Guide 📓 Explorer's Journal 📖 Creature Compendium ⛏️ Minecraft Universe

Masterminds

by Gordon Korman • 2015

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

4.31

14k+

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia 📹 Hidden Surveillance 👥 Kids Vs Adults

Masterminds

Cloned from criminals, raised in utopia. Eleven kids must escape before the experiment ends them.

by Gordon Korman 2015 336 pages

4.31

14k+ ratings

🧬 Clone Experiment 🏘️ Small Town Mystery 🎭 Fake Utopia 📹 Hidden Surveillance 👥 Kids Vs Adults

Hello, Universe

by Erin Entrada Kelly • 2017

A deaf girl and psychic hunt for the shy boy a bully trapped in a well.

3.92

25k+

🦻 Deaf Protagonist 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventure 💪 Quiet Courage 🐹 Animal Companion

Hello, Universe

A deaf girl and psychic hunt for the shy boy a bully trapped in a well.

by Erin Entrada Kelly 2017 320 pages

3.92

25k+ ratings

🦻 Deaf Protagonist 👥 Multiple Perspectives 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventure 💪 Quiet Courage 🐹 Animal Companion

Aš moku šokinėti per balas

by Alan Marshall • 1955

After polio takes his legs, a boy in the Australian bush fights to ride horses and belong.

3.92

2k+

🦽 Childhood Disability 🌿 Australian Bush Memoir 🐴 Boy And His Pony 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Hospital Camaraderie

Aš moku šokinėti per balas

After polio takes his legs, a boy in the Australian bush fights to ride horses and belong.

by Alan Marshall 1955 294 pages

3.92

2k+ ratings

🦽 Childhood Disability 🌿 Australian Bush Memoir 🐴 Boy And His Pony 👨‍👦 Father-Son Bond 🏥 Hospital Camaraderie

Kiki and Jacques

by Susan Ross • 2015

In Maine, an eleven-year-old befriends a Somali girl while hiding his role in a robbery plan.

3.74

151

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 💔 Childhood Grief 🧳 Refugee Experience ⚽ Soccer Rivalry

Kiki and Jacques

In Maine, an eleven-year-old befriends a Somali girl while hiding his role in a robbery plan.

by Susan Ross 2015 144 pages

3.74

151 ratings

🏘️ Small Town Maine 🌍 Cross-Cultural Friendship 💔 Childhood Grief 🧳 Refugee Experience ⚽ Soccer Rivalry

Riding Freedom

by Pam Muñoz Ryan • 1998

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

4.18

8k+

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Riding Freedom

An orphan girl cuts her hair and becomes a boy, chasing a life of horses and freedom.

by Pam Muñoz Ryan 1998 160 pages

4.18

8k+ ratings

🏚️ Orphan Narrative 🐴 Horse Girl Story 🎭 Girl Living As Boy 🌄 Westward Expansion 🤝 Found Family

Autism Intervention Every Day!

by Merle J Crawford • 2013

The early intervention model where parents lead and breakfast is the lesson plan.

4.00

🧩 Early Intervention 🔁 Daily Routines 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Coaching 👂 Sensory Processing 🗣️ Early Communication

Autism Intervention Every Day!

The early intervention model where parents lead and breakfast is the lesson plan.

by Merle J Crawford 2013

4.00

6 ratings

🧩 Early Intervention 🔁 Daily Routines 👨‍👩‍👧 Parent Coaching 👂 Sensory Processing 🗣️ Early Communication

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

by Sally J. Pla • 2023

Wildfire takes her father's cabin. The Pacific gives her a surfboard, a mentor, and a voice.

4.50

3k+

🧩 Autistic Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🏄 Surfing As Healing 🗣️ Breaking The Silence 🏖️ Small Beach Town

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

Wildfire takes her father's cabin. The Pacific gives her a surfboard, a mentor, and a voice.

by Sally J. Pla 2023 336 pages

4.50

3k+ ratings

🧩 Autistic Protagonist 🫂 Found Family 🏄 Surfing As Healing 🗣️ Breaking The Silence 🏖️ Small Beach Town

A Path Begins

by J.A. White • 2014

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

3.97

6k+

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

A Path Begins

After finding a spellbook, an outcast girl must protect her sick brother from a rival witch.

by J.A. White 2014 488 pages

3.97

6k+ ratings

🔥 Witch Hunt 📖 Forbidden Spellbook 💉 Addictive Magic 👧 Protective Sister ⛪ Puritan Village

Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.

by Tim Marshall • 2019

Countries do not just have geography. Geography has countries. Twelve maps that explain why.

4.42

500+

🕊️ Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ✂️ Colonial Borders 👥 Human Geography ⛏️ Natural Resources

Prisoners of Geography, Children's Ed.

Countries do not just have geography. Geography has countries. Twelve maps that explain why.

by Tim Marshall 2019 80 pages

4.42

500+ ratings

🕊️ Geopolitics 🗺️ Geographic Determinism ✂️ Colonial Borders 👥 Human Geography ⛏️ Natural Resources

The Cross of Lead

by Avi • 2002

Falsely accused, a boy follows a giant juggler, his lead cross a secret worth a lordship.

3.65

28k+

🏰 Medieval Adventure 👑 Secret Noble Birth 🎪 Mentor Apprentice Bond 🏃 Outlaw On The Run ❤️ Found Family

The Cross of Lead

Falsely accused, a boy follows a giant juggler, his lead cross a secret worth a lordship.

by Avi 2002 262 pages

3.65

28k+ ratings

🏰 Medieval Adventure 👑 Secret Noble Birth 🎪 Mentor Apprentice Bond 🏃 Outlaw On The Run ❤️ Found Family

Sylvie and Bruno

by Lewis Carroll • 1889

When schemers depose a fairy king, his daughter and son resist with only their compassion.

3.39

1k+

🧚 Fairy Tale Fantasy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 🌐 Dual World Narrative 👫 Sibling Duo 🎭 Political Satire

Sylvie and Bruno

When schemers depose a fairy king, his daughter and son resist with only their compassion.

by Lewis Carroll 1889 204 pages

3.39

1k+ ratings

🧚 Fairy Tale Fantasy 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Victorian England 🌐 Dual World Narrative 👫 Sibling Duo 🎭 Political Satire

Book Scavenger

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman • 2015

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

4.14

18k+

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages 👥 Unlikely Detectives 🌉 San Francisco Setting

Book Scavenger

Twelve-year-old Emily must crack a coded Poe book: the last game her hero left behind.

by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman 2015 354 pages

4.14

18k+ ratings

📚 Books About Books 🕵️ Literary Scavenger Hunt 🔐 Coded Messages 👥 Unlikely Detectives 🌉 San Francisco Setting

The Teacher of Nomad Land

by Daniel Nayeri • 2025

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

4.14

4k+

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

The Teacher of Nomad Land

Two siblings wander wartime Iran with a blackboard, trading lessons for a place to belong.

by Daniel Nayeri 2025 192 pages

4.14

4k+ ratings

👥 Orphan Protagonists 🫂 Sibling Bond 🧳 Child Refugees 🏕️ Found Family 🗣️ Language Barriers

Ghosts of Belle Isle

by Steven K. Smith • 2014

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

4.21

500+

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics 🔍 Neighborhood Mystery 💪 Bullies To Face

Ghosts of Belle Isle

Chasing ghost stories onto a Civil War prison island, two brothers find the danger is real.

by Steven K. Smith 2014 196 pages

4.21

500+ ratings

🏛️ Civil War History 👻 Ghost Stories 👥 Sibling Dynamics 🔍 Neighborhood Mystery 💪 Bullies To Face

Counting by 7s

by Holly Goldberg Sloan • 2013

Orphaned at twelve, a plant-obsessed genius grows a new family from the strangers around her.

4.14

88k+

🫂 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Kid 💔 Grief And Healing 🌼 Quiet Resilience 👨‍🏫 Unlikely Guardian

Counting by 7s

Orphaned at twelve, a plant-obsessed genius grows a new family from the strangers around her.

by Holly Goldberg Sloan 2013 380 pages

4.14

88k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🧠 Neurodivergent Kid 💔 Grief And Healing 🌼 Quiet Resilience 👨‍🏫 Unlikely Guardian

The Bronze Bow

by Elizabeth George Speare • 1961

Orphaned by Rome, a Galilean rebel swears vengeance. A carpenter tells him to forgive instead.

4.02

28k+

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Humanizing The Enemy ⚔️ Avenger Arc 🕊️ Quietly Spiritual

The Bronze Bow

Orphaned by Rome, a Galilean rebel swears vengeance. A carpenter tells him to forgive instead.

by Elizabeth George Speare 1961 256 pages

4.02

28k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Historical Fiction 🫂 Found Family 🤝 Humanizing The Enemy ⚔️ Avenger Arc 🕊️ Quietly Spiritual

The Crowns of Croswald

by D.E. Night • 2017

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

3.79

3k+

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

The Crowns of Croswald

An orphaned maid's forgotten past is the only weapon against a queen who feeds on forgetting.

by D.E. Night 2017 325 pages

3.79

3k+ ratings

🏰 Magical Boarding School 👑 Hidden Royal Heir 🔮 Memory Magic 💕 Found Family ✨ Whimsical Magic

Room to Dream

by Kelly Yang • 2021

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

4.37

5k+

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

Room to Dream

A corporation wants her family's motel. Seventh-grader Mia Tang has a column and something to prove.

by Kelly Yang 2021 320 pages

4.37

5k+ ratings

🧳 Immigrant Experience 🌏 Cultural Identity 💔 Shifting Friendships 📰 Girl Reporter ✊ Community Resistance

One Half from the East

by Nadia Hashimi • 2016

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

3.98

2k+

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent 🏔️ Rural Afghanistan 🌈 Magical Thinking

One Half from the East

A Kabul girl turned boy to bring luck finds a friend who shares the disguise.

by Nadia Hashimi 2016 277 pages

3.98

2k+ ratings

🎭 Girl Disguised As Boy 👯‍♀️ Sibling Solidarity 🩹 Injured Parent 🏔️ Rural Afghanistan 🌈 Magical Thinking

The Audtion

by Maddie Ziegler • 2017

A dancer uprooted to Florida must earn her place among wary teammates and ruthless rivals.

4.12

1k+

🩰 Competitive Dance 💔 New Girl Struggles ⚡ Cliques And Rivalry 🎭 Dance Team Drama 💪 Overcoming Setbacks

The Audtion

A dancer uprooted to Florida must earn her place among wary teammates and ruthless rivals.

by Maddie Ziegler 2017 272 pages

4.12

1k+ ratings

🩰 Competitive Dance 💔 New Girl Struggles ⚡ Cliques And Rivalry 🎭 Dance Team Drama 💪 Overcoming Setbacks

The Guggenheim Mystery

by Robin Stevens • 2017

When a Kandinsky vanishes at the Guggenheim, a pattern-minded boy must clear his framed aunt.

4.07

2k+

🎨 Art Heist Mystery 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔍 Kid Detective Squad 🏛️ Museum Setting 🗽 New York City

The Guggenheim Mystery

When a Kandinsky vanishes at the Guggenheim, a pattern-minded boy must clear his framed aunt.

by Robin Stevens 2017 298 pages

4.07

2k+ ratings

🎨 Art Heist Mystery 🧠 Neurodivergent Detective 🔍 Kid Detective Squad 🏛️ Museum Setting 🗽 New York City

Path of Beasts

by Lian Tanner • 2012

A tyrant rules Goldie's city: the battle-rage she carries could free it or destroy her.

4.14

1k+

🏛️ Magical Museum 🏙️ Occupied City 🔥 Inner Beast 💛 Found Family 🎭 Trickster Heroes

Path of Beasts

A tyrant rules Goldie's city: the battle-rage she carries could free it or destroy her.

by Lian Tanner 2012 337 pages

4.14

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Magical Museum 🏙️ Occupied City 🔥 Inner Beast 💛 Found Family 🎭 Trickster Heroes

The New Girl

by Meg Cabot • 2008

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

3.86

3k+

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

The New Girl

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

by Meg Cabot 2008 240 pages

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption 👭 Girl Friend Group 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Quirky Family

Stig of the Dump

by Clive King • 1963

Down a chalk pit, Barney finds a wild boy who builds a life from discarded things.

3.91

11k+

⏳ Time-Slip Fantasy 🌿 Wild Boy 🌳 Pastoral Adventure 👥 Buddy Adventure 🎭 Imaginative Play

Stig of the Dump

Down a chalk pit, Barney finds a wild boy who builds a life from discarded things.

by Clive King 1963 176 pages

3.91

11k+ ratings

⏳ Time-Slip Fantasy 🌿 Wild Boy 🌳 Pastoral Adventure 👥 Buddy Adventure 🎭 Imaginative Play

Half Magic

by Edward Eager • 1954

A coin grants exactly half of every wish, and four siblings must outsmart their own desires.

3.95

38k+

🪙 Ironic Wishes 📚 Old-Fashioned Fantasy 👫 Sibling Adventure Squad 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grief And Healing

Half Magic

A coin grants exactly half of every wish, and four siblings must outsmart their own desires.

by Edward Eager 1954 192 pages

3.95

38k+ ratings

🪙 Ironic Wishes 📚 Old-Fashioned Fantasy 👫 Sibling Adventure Squad 🏠 Found Family 💔 Grief And Healing

Game Face

by Shari Green • 2023

A goalie's anxiety spirals after his best friend collapses, and silence is no longer an option.

4.26

226

📖 Verse Novel 🏒 Hockey Fiction 😰 Anxious Protagonist 👬 Male Friendship 💔 Grief And Loss

Game Face

A goalie's anxiety spirals after his best friend collapses, and silence is no longer an option.

by Shari Green 2023 376 pages

4.26

226 ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🏒 Hockey Fiction 😰 Anxious Protagonist 👬 Male Friendship 💔 Grief And Loss

The First State of Being

by Erin Entrada Kelly • 2024

A twelve-year-old stockpiles for Y2K until a boy from 2199 lands in his apartment courtyard.

4.04

6k+

🧠 Childhood Anxiety ⏰ Time Travel Visitor 💔 Grief And Loss 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Coming Of Age

The First State of Being

A twelve-year-old stockpiles for Y2K until a boy from 2199 lands in his apartment courtyard.

by Erin Entrada Kelly 2024 272 pages

4.04

6k+ ratings

🧠 Childhood Anxiety ⏰ Time Travel Visitor 💔 Grief And Loss 🏠 Found Family 🌱 Quiet Coming Of Age

Blood and Fire

by Marcus Alexander • 2014

A girl must free the dragons to rescue her parents from a tyrant's prison of souls.

4.50

159

🐉 Dragon Companion 💕 Chosen Family 🗺️ Magical Quest 🌱 Coming Of Age 💔 Orphaned Hero

Blood and Fire

A girl must free the dragons to rescue her parents from a tyrant's prison of souls.

by Marcus Alexander 2014 480 pages

4.50

159 ratings

🐉 Dragon Companion 💕 Chosen Family 🗺️ Magical Quest 🌱 Coming Of Age 💔 Orphaned Hero

Learning at Home Pre K-3

by Ann Barbour • 2014

Ditch the dittos: how to design homework that gets families talking, playing, and learning together.

🧒 Early Childhood Education 🏫 Home-School Partnerships 🧸 Play-Based Learning 📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching 👪 Family Involvement

Learning at Home Pre K-3

Ditch the dittos: how to design homework that gets families talking, playing, and learning together.

by Ann Barbour 2014 208 pages

🧒 Early Childhood Education 🏫 Home-School Partnerships 🧸 Play-Based Learning 📚 Culturally Responsive Teaching 👪 Family Involvement

The New Baby & Toddler Sleep Programme

by John Pearce • 1999

Your child can sleep through the night: the step-by-step program that makes it stick.

3.60

👶 Baby Sleep 🛌 Sleep Training 😢 Controlled Crying 📖 Bedtime Routines 🧸 Self-Soothing

The New Baby & Toddler Sleep Programme

Your child can sleep through the night: the step-by-step program that makes it stick.

by John Pearce 1999 160 pages

3.60

5 ratings

👶 Baby Sleep 🛌 Sleep Training 😢 Controlled Crying 📖 Bedtime Routines 🧸 Self-Soothing

The Opposite of Worry

by Lawrence J. Cohen • 2012

Reassurance fails anxious kids. Play, roughhousing, and your calm presence are what actually work.

4.27

500+

🧸 Child Anxiety 🎭 Play Therapy 🤝 Parent-Child Connection 😱 Childhood Fears 🌡️ Emotional Regulation

The Opposite of Worry

Reassurance fails anxious kids. Play, roughhousing, and your calm presence are what actually work.

by Lawrence J. Cohen 2012 304 pages

4.27

500+ ratings

🧸 Child Anxiety 🎭 Play Therapy 🤝 Parent-Child Connection 😱 Childhood Fears 🌡️ Emotional Regulation

Brilliant Activities for Gifted and Talented Children

by Ashley McCabe-Mowat • 2011

Challenges to push gifted students past recall into investigating, designing, and inventing.

🎓 Gifted Education 🧠 Higher-Order Thinking 💡 Creative Problem-Solving 🔍 Curiosity And Inquiry 🌊 Divergent Thinking

Brilliant Activities for Gifted and Talented Children

Challenges to push gifted students past recall into investigating, designing, and inventing.

by Ashley McCabe-Mowat 2011 52 pages

🎓 Gifted Education 🧠 Higher-Order Thinking 💡 Creative Problem-Solving 🔍 Curiosity And Inquiry 🌊 Divergent Thinking

Light Comes to Shadow Mountain

by Toni Buzzeo • 2023

A Kentucky girl's dream of electric light meets the immovable force of her mother's grief.

4.25

307

🏔️ Appalachian Setting 🤝 Community Action 📰 Young Journalist 🌿 Folk Healing 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension

Light Comes to Shadow Mountain

A Kentucky girl's dream of electric light meets the immovable force of her mother's grief.

by Toni Buzzeo 2023 272 pages

4.25

307 ratings

🏔️ Appalachian Setting 🤝 Community Action 📰 Young Journalist 🌿 Folk Healing 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Tension

The Sensory-Sensitive Child

by Karen A. Smith • 2004

When defiance is really sensory overload: a framework for parents who have tried everything.

4.11

275

🧠 Sensory Processing 🤗 Special Needs Parenting ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🌈 Neurodiversity 🧬 Brain Plasticity

The Sensory-Sensitive Child

When defiance is really sensory overload: a framework for parents who have tried everything.

by Karen A. Smith 2004 304 pages

4.11

275 ratings

🧠 Sensory Processing 🤗 Special Needs Parenting ⚖️ Self-Regulation 🌈 Neurodiversity 🧬 Brain Plasticity

The Mystery of Locked Rooms

by Lindsay Currie • 2024

Facing foreclosure, three escape-room prodigies hunt treasure inside a legendary abandoned funhouse.

3.92

3k+

🧩 Escape Room Puzzles 💰 Hidden Treasure 🫂 Found Family 😰 Anxiety Representation 🏚️ Abandoned Places

The Mystery of Locked Rooms

Facing foreclosure, three escape-room prodigies hunt treasure inside a legendary abandoned funhouse.

by Lindsay Currie 2024 256 pages

3.92

3k+ ratings

🧩 Escape Room Puzzles 💰 Hidden Treasure 🫂 Found Family 😰 Anxiety Representation 🏚️ Abandoned Places

The Penderwicks at Last

by Jeanne Birdsall • 2018

When the Penderwicks return to Arundel for a wedding, the youngest must find her own rhythm.

4.18

9k+

🏡 Summer Estate 💒 Family Wedding 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎶 Dance And Music 🌅 Bittersweet Goodbye

The Penderwicks at Last

When the Penderwicks return to Arundel for a wedding, the youngest must find her own rhythm.

by Jeanne Birdsall 2018 256 pages

4.18

9k+ ratings

🏡 Summer Estate 💒 Family Wedding 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🎶 Dance And Music 🌅 Bittersweet Goodbye

Henry and Ribsy

by Beverly Cleary • 1953

Henry's summer deal: keep his dog out of trouble, earn a salmon fishing trip with Dad.

4.01

14k+

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🐶 Misunderstood Dog 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventures 😄 Gentle Humor ☀️ Summer Adventures

Henry and Ribsy

Henry's summer deal: keep his dog out of trouble, earn a salmon fishing trip with Dad.

by Beverly Cleary 1953 208 pages

4.01

14k+ ratings

🐕 Boy And His Dog 🐶 Misunderstood Dog 🏘️ Neighborhood Adventures 😄 Gentle Humor ☀️ Summer Adventures

The Fairfleet Affair

by K.H. Saxton • 2023

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

4.06

185

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Museum Setting 🎨 Art Forgery

The Fairfleet Affair

After their mentor vanishes during an eclipse, two kid detectives follow his trail of museum clues.

by K.H. Saxton 2023 272 pages

4.06

185 ratings

🧩 Puzzle Mystery 🔍 Kid Detectives 👑 Hidden Heir 🏛️ Museum Setting 🎨 Art Forgery

Car Science

by Richard Hammond • 2008

From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.

4.44

144

🏎️ Automotive Engineering ⚛️ Vehicle Physics 🔥 Internal Combustion 💨 Aerodynamics ⚡ Alternative Fuels

Car Science

From chemical explosions to downforce: the physics that makes cars go, stop, and nearly take flight.

by Richard Hammond 2008 96 pages

4.44

144 ratings

🏎️ Automotive Engineering ⚛️ Vehicle Physics 🔥 Internal Combustion 💨 Aerodynamics ⚡ Alternative Fuels

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

by Cathy Cassidy • 2024

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

3.84

113

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Les filles au chocolat - Tome 9 Coeur cacao

When fire destroys her home, a young gymnast learns that starting over begins with letting go.

by Cathy Cassidy 2024 272 pages

3.84

113 ratings

🫂 Found Family 💕 First Crush 🤸 Gymnastics 🧘 Perfectionism 🏘️ Small Town Community

Everything on a Waffle

by Polly Horvath • 2004

At sea, her parents vanish. On land, she finds waffles, loses a toe, and waits.

3.71

11k+

🏘️ Small Town Stories 🕊️ Children And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🧇 Food As Comfort 💫 Stubborn Optimism

Everything on a Waffle

At sea, her parents vanish. On land, she finds waffles, loses a toe, and waits.

by Polly Horvath 2004 160 pages

3.71

11k+ ratings

🏘️ Small Town Stories 🕊️ Children And Loss 🫂 Found Family 🧇 Food As Comfort 💫 Stubborn Optimism

Blue Willow

by Doris Gates • 1940

1930s California: migrant child Janey clings to a willow-pattern plate, her wish to belong.

3.88

3k+

🚜 Migrant Farmworkers 🌁 1930s California 👭 Cross-Cultural Friends 🍽️ Cherished Heirloom 🏡 Longing For Home

Blue Willow

1930s California: migrant child Janey clings to a willow-pattern plate, her wish to belong.

by Doris Gates 1940 176 pages

3.88

3k+ ratings

🚜 Migrant Farmworkers 🌁 1930s California 👭 Cross-Cultural Friends 🍽️ Cherished Heirloom 🏡 Longing For Home

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