Grade 9

Can you define a healthy relationship? Would you recognize unsafe or abusive behavior if you saw it or heard about it? “My friend said if I don’t give her my new shoes, she won’t invite me… Read More →

A born competitor and natural talent, Michelle Kwan skated her way onto the public figure skating scene more than a decade ago and has dominated it ever since. From public skating rinks in… Read More →

Mickey Mantle was one of baseball’s best players—and perhaps the greatest athlete of his time. Follow Mickey from his childhood days playing baseball in Commerce, Oklahoma, to his celebrated… Read More →

Middlemarch's society is a complex web, and those who do not learn to navigate the intricate threads soon find themselves hopelessly entangled. In 1830s England, social status is no longer… Read More →

From hormones to homework, parents to peers, health issues to bad habits, life can be a pressure cooker. How can we find relief? Author Whitney Stewart introduces readers to the practice of… Read More →

On his sixteenth birthday, Parker discovers he's developed the power of telekinesis. He's excited to use his new ability to stop some high school bullies, forming a ragtag crew with his… Read More →

Sophie-Kim is excited to finally start her freshman basketball season at Hoops Academy. Except, something important is missing. Where is the school’s mascot, DC Wild? When Sophie-Kim learns… Read More →

Ishmael joined the crew of the whaling ship Pequod expecting a simple whaling voyage. Little did he know that the captain of the ship is thirsty for revenge against Moby Dick, the great white Read More →

A monarchy is a system in which one person holds absolute power over all the people in a country. But how does this idea work in action? This fascinating title looks at monarchy, its… Read More →

Money can't buy happiness, but it can lead to all sorts of trouble at home, school, work, and among friends. This important new book looks at the way we value, display, and covet wealth and… Read More →

The Hunger Games mixes with The Walking Dead in this post-apocalyptic YA series that comes to a hair-raising conclusion in Monsters. The Changed are on the move. The Spared are out of time.… Read More →

Discover how sports and culture collide to affect society far beyond the confines of the game. Sports have always had an impact on society far beyond the football field or the basketball… Read More →

Roughly one in three teens in the United States will experience an anxiety disorder. Given the pressures of standardized testing, extracurricular activities, working, and fitting in, this… Read More →

Feisty, thirteen-year-old Megan McCaffery is proud to be a tomboy, and she just can't relate to the "southern belles" in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Her older sister, Audrey,… Read More →

Back in grade school, Maxie and Rick were best friends. Rick would design crazy inventions, and Maxie, the artistic one, would draw them. Then something terrible happened to Rick, and he… Read More →

Muammar al-Qaddafi led a group of young army officers who overthrew the government of King Idris I in 1961. After the officers seized control, Qadaffi emerged as head of the ruling council.… Read More →

While staying at his friend Leonato's home, Claudio falls in love with Hero, Leonato's beautiful daughter, and they agree to marry. In the meantime, they decide to trick their friends… Read More →

A stolen bicycle led twelve-year-old Cassius Clay to his first boxing teacher. He spent endless hours training, determined that he would one day become the heavyweight champion of the world.… Read More →

Nearly three million people around the world have multiple sclerosis, or MS. In the United States alone, around one million adults live with the disease, a number that has doubled since 1975. Read More →

When Jim Burden writes a memoir of his childhood in Black Hawk, Nebraska, his story keeps returning to Ántonia—the Bohemian immigrant girl who became his closest friend. Together, Jim and… Read More →

ABCT Self Help Book Seal of Merit Award My Anxious Mind helps teens take control of their anxious feelings by providing cognitive behavioral strategies to tackle anxiety head-on. My Anxious… Read More →

Who knew that non-boy-crazy-jock Brady would return from Europe with an Italian boyfriend? In this sequel to Four Things My Geeky-Jock-of-a-Best-Friend Must Do in Europe, Delia launches a… Read More →