Grade 5

In 1803, Meriwether Lewis was offered the chance of a lifetime. The president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson, asked him to lead an expedition across North America, through the… Read More →

Eleven-year-old Danny Wexler, the only Jewish boy in his blue-collar town during the late 1970s, is obsessed with the Bermuda Triangle. When a local child goes missing, Danny's convinced it's Read More →

Bert wants nothing more than to be old enough to fight in the war—to handle weapons, defend his country, and have a life filled with adventure. Little does he know that the secrets and danger Read More →

It's 1922, and fourteen-year-old Jessie has big plans. She's going to go to teachers' college, get out of her small North Carolina town, and see the world. But when tuberculosis strikes her… Read More →

Chicagoland can't get much weirder than this: Raf, Megan, and Bradley have been abducted by aliens from the planet Fnarf III! And not just your ordinary, everyday aliens, either. These… Read More →

During the biggest game of her life . . . a girl pitches to the world’s best slugger. Chattanooga, Tennessee, 1931. Jackie Mitchell is a girl pitcher on a minor-league baseball team, the… Read More →

In 1996, on her 15th birthday, Bat-Chen Shahak was killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center. But the gifted teenager left behind a rich legacy of diaries, letters, poems and… Read More →

It's a big question—can we save the world? With climate crises, wildlife extinction, and awful pollution threatening our planet, the stakes are high . . . but don't panic! Scientists have a… Read More →

Middle-kid Emma is stuck between her two brothers, again. She has to ride in the middle seat as her family heads out on a weeklong beach vacation with friends, where Emma knows that being… Read More →

Hip-hop is one of the most popular genres of music in the United States. Since hip-hop was created over fifty years ago, artists such as the Sugarhill Gang, MC Lyte, and Kendrick Lamar have… Read More →

Cody and the Lions are playing great soccer, but the arrival of an international company to build a factory on a nearby lake splits the team in two: Cody and his teammates who worry the… Read More →

Poor Megan—history's repeating itself. She's been booted from Stepford Prep, and her father is sending her to visit Pine Lake Academy . . . a boarding school. This could mean the end of the… Read More →

Kip Kirby and his crew are heading to Eden-7 for his latest mission. Can the planet with three suns, a lizard alien species, and freezing temperatures be a new place to call home? About the… Read More →

Collecting bugs, drawing cartoons, writing plays, studying robotics—these are just some of the hobbies that inspired the creation of video games such as Pokémon and The Legend of Zelda. Who… Read More →

Can a little chef with a big heart save the galaxy with the communal spirit of cooking? Twelve-year-old Magda was born on Azuki, a tiny moon with incredible plant life. Magda may be a bit of Read More →

Since the beginning of time, humans have looked to the night sky and wondered where Earth’s moon came from. Cultures from around the world have had their own ideas. Scientists have debated… Read More →

Twelve-year-old Danny Woo had an unusual childhood. His parents were the star performers in the Mysterium circus—and they taught Danny plenty of tricks. But his parents' skills couldn't save… Read More →

The Bold family seems fairly normal: they live in a nice house, the parents have good jobs, and they all love to have fun. One slight difference: they're hyenas. That's right—they're covered… Read More →

The Bolds may look ordinary, but they have a great big secret! Teddington's wildest family are keen to blend in. For once, they've decided to stay at home and keep their heads down. It isn't… Read More →

The Bolds may look ordinary, but they have a great big secret! It's summertime, and the Bolds are going camping by the sea, where new adventures await them . . . Uncle Tony becomes a surfing… Read More →