Pablo and Birdy

9 best books like Pablo and Birdy (Alison McGhee): Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, Merci Suárez Changes Gears, Amina's Voice, Winnie's Great War, Princess Cora and the Crocodile, Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive!, Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion, Her Right Foot, The Losers Club

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus

Author	Dusti Bowling
ISBN	1454923458

Aven Green loves to tell people that she lost her arms in an alligator wrestling match, or a wildfire in Tanzania, but the truth is she was born without them. And when her parents take a job running Stagecoach Pass, a rundown western theme park in Arizona, Aven moves with them across the country knowing...

Merci Suárez Changes Gears

Author

Meg Medina

Thoughtful, strong-willed sixth-grader Merci Suarez navigates difficult changes with friends, family, and everyone in between in a resonant new novel from Meg Medina.

Merci Suarez knew that sixth grade would be different, but she had no idea just how different. For starters, Merci has...

Amina's Voice

Author	Hena Khan
ISBN	1481492063

Amina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. Except now that she’s in middle school everything feels different. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the “cool” girls in the class, and even talking about changing her...

Winnie's Great War

Author	Lindsay Mattick
ISBN	1443456993

A wartime adventure unfolds through the eyes of the world’s most beloved Bear.

The story of the real bear that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh has been capturing readers’ imaginations since the publication of the Caldecott Medal award-winning picture book, Finding Winnie.

But...

Princess Cora and the Crocodile

Author	Laura Amy Schlitz
ISBN	0763648221

A Newbery Medalist and a Caldecott Medalist join forces to give an overscheduled princess a day off and a wicked crocodile a day "on."
Princess Cora is sick of boring lessons. She's sick of running in circles around the dungeon gym. She's sick, sick, sick of taking three baths a day. And her parents...

Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive!

Author	Ammi-Joan Paquette
ISBN	0062418823

Two Truths and a Lie is the first book in a new series that presents some of the most crazy-but-true stories about the living world as well as a handful of stories that are too crazy to be true—and asks readers to separate facts from fakes! Did you know that there is a fungus that can control the mind of an...

Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion

Author

Chris Barton

This book is stunning. The gorgeous cover caught my attention while I was cataloging it, and I had to pause to read through. I can't decide which element of it is the best (that's a lie, it's obviously the spectacular illustrations)—but the subject itself is fascinating, and even the author's and illustrator's...

Her Right Foot

Author	Dave Eggers
ISBN	1452162816

If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her?

She's in New York.
She's holding a torch.
And she's in mid-stride, moving forward.
But why?
In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris...

The Losers Club

Author

Andrew Clements

The beloved New York Times bestselling author of the modern classic Frindle celebrates books and the joy of reading with a new school story to love!

Sixth grader Alec can't put a good book down. So when Principal Vance lays down the law--pay attention in class, or else--Alec takes action. He...