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Cover: Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You
Starred Review & Award Count 3 5

Over a Thousand Hills I Walk with You

Before one fateful April day, Jeanne lived the life of a typical Rwandan girl. She fought with her little sister, went to school, and teased her brother. Then, in one horrifying night,… Read More →

  • Lexile: 790
  • ATOS: 5.2
  • Dewey: 833'.92
  • Copyright: 2006
Cover: Riot
Starred Review & Award Count 3

Riot

As the Civil War rages, another battle breaks out behind the lines. During a long hot July in 1863, the worst race riots the United States has ever seen erupt in New York City. Earlier that… Read More →

  • ATOS: 4.6
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2009

Sanctuary: Book 2

From the Series The Stone Man Mysteries

A demon seeking redemption, Silex has kept vigil over Edinburgh for countless years atop a local church as a gargoyle. With the help of his human assistant Craig, Silex solves the mysteries… Read More →

  • Lexile: 490
  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2018

Strange Alliances: Book 2

From the Series Seekers of the Aweto

Xinyue, a treasure hunter turned guardian of a baby deity, has escaped death—and awakened in a strange new land. Qiliu, the boy he once called brother, has been captured by enemies—and must… Read More →

  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Terrorist: Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin Who Ignited World War I
Starred Review & Award Count 1 2

Terrorist: Gavrilo Princip, the Assassin Who Ignited World War I

"I am not a criminal, because I destroyed that which was evil. I think that I'm good."—Gavrilo Princip, October 23, 1914. This much we know: On June 28, 1914, a young man stood on a street… Read More →

  • Lexile: 610
  • ATOS: 4.9
  • Dewey: 741.5'944
  • Copyright: 2015

The Big Fix

From the Series Bareknuckle

George Choogart has just stepped off the boat to Manhattan. In England, he was a teenage star reporter. But he'll have to prove himself all over again if he wants an American newspaper job.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 590
  • ATOS: 4.3
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014
Cover: The Deep Blue Between
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

The Deep Blue Between

Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina have always shared their lives. But after a raid on their village in 1892, the twins are torn apart. Taken in different directions, far from their home in… Read More →

  • Lexile: 850
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

The Dickens Mirror

From the Series The Dark Passages

Critically acclaimed author of The Ashes Trilogy, Ilsa J. Bick takes her new Dark Passages series to an alternative Victorian London where Emma Lindsay continues to wade through blurred… Read More →

  • Lexile: 690
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2015

The Gamble

From the Series Bareknuckle

For years, Leung has been learning Wing Chun. This fighting art demands balance. It makes Leung find his center. So when Leung sees the boxing matches at New York's Woodrat Club, he’s shocked Read More →

  • Lexile: 730
  • ATOS: 4.8
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

The Giant

From the Series Bareknuckle

Luc doesn't like to fight. He wins his matches anyway. Men always turn out to see the Boy Giant box—he's taller and stronger than anyone else at the Woodrat Club. Luc takes part to help Mr.… Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • ATOS: 4.9
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2014

The Hunt Is On: Book 1

From the Series Seekers of the Aweto

Xinyue, his brother Qiliu, and their mother are seekers, hunting aweto—a rare, plantlike treasure—along the legendary Silk Road. After one outing, Xinyue discovers the offspring of a deity… Read More →

  • Lexile: 290
  • Dewey: 741.5/973
  • Copyright: 2021
Cover: The Perfect Shot
Starred Review & Award Count 1

The Perfect Shot

Someone murdered Brian's girfriend, Amanda. The police think it was her father. Brian isn’t so sure. But everyone he knows is telling him to move on, get over it, focus on the present. Focus… Read More →

  • Lexile: 920
  • ATOS: 6.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2005

The Prince and the Pauper

From the Series First Avenue Classics ™

Two boys are born on the same day in sixteenth-century England; one is a beggar, and the other is the Prince of Wales. Growing up, Tom Canty daydreams of hobnobbing with nobility, while… Read More →

  • Lexile: 1090
  • ATOS: 9.5
  • Dewey: 800
  • Copyright: 2015
Cover: The Red Car to Hollywood
Starred Review & Award Count 1
Spring 2025

The Red Car to Hollywood

Los Angeles, 1924 Sixteen-year-old Ruby Chan considers herself a modern, independent American girl. But when her secret relationship with a white boy implodes—and then is revealed to her very Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2025
Cover: The Secret Life of Kitty Granger
Starred Review & Award Count 2

The Secret Life of Kitty Granger

Sixteen-year-old Kitty Granger has always known that others consider her peculiar. She hates noise and crowds, tends to fixate on patterns, and often feels acutely aware of her surroundings… Read More →

  • Lexile: 720
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2021
2 titles

The Stone Man Mysteries — Hardcover Set

From the Series The Stone Man Mysteries

In Scotland of the 1930s, a demon bound in the form of a gargoyle solves murders as a way of seeking redemption. Bound to a church ledge, he gathers a motley group of rogue priests and… Read More →

  • Copyright: 2019
  • Hardcover
  • List Price: $58.64
  • Your Price: $43.98
  • 2 titles
Cover: Torch
Starred Review & Award Count 4 4

Torch

Three teens struggle to carve out futures for themselves under a totalitarian regime. Czechoslovakia, 1969 Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of Read More →

  • Lexile: 760
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

Traitor

An enemy is hiding in Anna's barn―a Russian prisoner of war on the run from the Nazis. Only Anna knows he's there. If she turns him in, he'll be shot. Anna can't bring herself to cause… Read More →

  • ATOS: 5.1
  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2006

Winter Grade 7 Take-Home Kit Read for a Better World ™

Help students start or build their home libraries! Strong literacy skills are an essential part of education. Read for a Better World Take-Home Book Packs are one tool families and educators Read More →