Shares the interactions of the rule-following Chick and the absent-minded Brain, whose friendship is tested by miscommunications and misunderstandings about good manners.

A powerful debut set in Belfast and London in the latter years of the twentieth century. The Troubles turned Northern Ireland into a ghost factory: as the manufacturing industry withered, the death business boomed. In trying to come to terms with his father's sudden death, and the attack on his harmless best friend Titch, Jacky is forced to face the bullies who still menace a city scarred by conflict. After he himself is attacked, he flees to London...

"In Zara Raheem's newest novel we meet Nadia Abbasi--whose attempts to save her marriage create unexpected complications--and follow her as she navigates the twists and turns of love"--

"Just days after her young, handsome husband dies in a car accident, Ellie Huang discovers that he had a mistress—one of her own colleagues at a prestigious San Francisco law firm. Acting on impulse—or is it grief? rage? Probably all three—Ellie cashes in Ian’s life insurance policy for an extended stay at the luxurious Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Accompanying her is her free-spirited best friend, Mable Chou. Ellie hopes that...

Phoebe, a fourth-grader who likes to play video games, wants people to think that she is special. But all she seems to do is attract criticism from kids like her archenemy, Dakota, who calls her names like "stupidhead." That changes when Phoebe accidentally meets a unicorn named Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. Marigold uses her "shield of boringness" to remain invisible to most people, but not to Phoebe and some of her companions. Having a friend like...

When an embarrassing message between Charla and Daniel goes out to the whole class, Jessie discovers someone has been tampering with Charla's lawyer mom's computer, and in order to keep the culprit from walking free, Jessie and Charla need Daniel's help, but when some messages go out, they are hard to take back.

When Little Dumpling accidentally rolls away from her family's tent at a Dumpling Fest, she is surprised to discover that there are lots of different ways to be a dumpling! As she tries to find her way back to her home, she meets and makes friends with dumplings from all over the world, taking delight in their similarities and differences, and developing a new taste...for adventure! Young children will love this delicious tale of discovery, diversity,...

Sometimes staying silent is the biggest lie of all. Sophomore Jolia does the one thing no one expects from the girl who has perfected the art of keeping quiet. She joins the speech team. Jolia can't confess the real reason-not to her best friend, her new teammates, or even to crush-worthy rival Sam who offers to coach her in secret. Keeping quiet might be the easy way out, but when what Jolia doesn't say starts to hurt those around her, it might...

When Pippa and Jack's mother died of cancer their world seemed to fall apart: Pippa stopped talking altogether, and Jack started picking fights, and neither of them knows how to cope with the painful and awkward sympathy from their friends and classmates--but when they learn that their father's business is failing and he is growing desperate for money they realize that there is a possibility that they will lose another parent, this time to jail.

Told in rhyming text, five tools--Hammer, Screwdriver, Pliers, Saw, and Tape Measure--learn to work together on their first day of school.