The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky
7 best books like The Junction of Sunshine and Lucky (Holly Schindler): Shouting at the Rain, Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, The Great Wall of Lucy Wu, When Friendship Followed Me Home, Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina, Dork Diaries Box Set, The Report Card
Delsie loves tracking the weather--lately, though, it seems the squalls are in her own life. She's always lived with her kindhearted Grammy, but now she's looking at their life with new eyes and wishing she could have a "regular family." Delsie observes other changes in the air, too--the most painful...
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...
Author | Wendy Wan-Long Shang |
ISBN | 0545162157 |
Lucy Wu, aspiring basketball star and interior designer, is on the verge of having the best year of her life. She's ready to rule the school as a sixth grader and take over the bedroom she has always shared with her sister. In an instant, though, her plans are shattered when she finds out that Yi Po, her beloved...
When Friendship Followed Me Home
A boy’s chance encounter with a scruffy dog leads to an unforgettable friendship in this deeply moving story about life, loss, and the meaning of family
Ben Coffin has never felt like he fits in. A former foster kid, he keeps his head down at school to avoid bullies and spends his afternoons...
Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina
Author | Rodman Philbrick |
ISBN | 0545342384 |
Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.
Zane Dupree is a charismatic 12-year-old boy of mixed race visiting a relative in New Orleans when Hurricane...
Author | Rachel Renée Russell |
ISBN | 1481447211 |
Get your dork on with the ultimate Dork Diaries boxed set! This complete collection contains books one through nine (including three-and-a-half) in the wildly popular New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Dork Diaries series!
This collectible boxed set chronicles the oh-so-fabulous...
Author | Andrew Clements |
ISBN | 0689845243 |
A fifth-grade genius turns the spotlight on grades - good and bad - in this novel from Andrew Clements, the author of Frindle.
Nora Rose Rowley is a genius, but don't tell anyone. She's managed to make it to the fifth grade without anyone figuring out that she's not just an ordinary kid, and she...