Cute, loving, and sassy at the same time, Prissy Little Chloe is the story of ten-year-old dog-lover Jaden who has been wanting a dog for as long as she can remember. She waits and waits, until one Christmas when she overhears her mom talking about getting her a dog.
This story is a great and realistic one for children and pre-teens, so next time you feel like starting a new awesome book, be sure to start reading Prissy Little Chloe.
What is it like to be starting middle school while dealing with a bunch of problems? As Karma Khullar is preparing for middle school, it feels super hard and nerve-racking.
Auma’s Long Run is about an African American girl named Auma who finds herself in the midst of an outbreak of a terrible disease. Auma is a runner. She loves running for her school and hopes to use her skills to one day earn a scholarship to high school so she can begin to study to become a doctor. This dream, unfortunately, is far-fetched. Not many women in Auma’s small African village are able to do anything besides marry and have kids.
Lada Dragwlya has claimed Wallachia as her own since birth. It is her homeland, the place where her ambition was fostered and her spine of steel cast. After being taken from and left in an enemy empire by her father, Lada's life is one of survival: she must return to Wallachia. However, for all her physical fierceness of unbeaten record of fights, the force of the Ottoman Empire is not something she can win over by simply slashing a sword at it.
Greta and her friend Mari are going into the sixth grade this year! But when they get to the first day of school, that's when disaster strikes. Tiffy, the "boss of the whole sixth grade," is the bully, from flipping her hair to talking trash about her peers. But will Greta and Mari survive their sixth-grade year with the bullies and adjusting? They aren't even in the same classes! Find out the answer by reading Boss of the Whole Sixth Grade by Ann Herrick.
Fifteen-year-old Scott was nervous enough about his trip to Uganda without thinking about magic portals and child soldiers. On an archaeological expedition with his dad, Scott finds some mysterious stones in a cave. Despite his better judgment, he pockets the stones, not knowing how grave the consequences will be.
Clara’s aunt has a secret, one that could change Clara’s life forever. One person from each generation of Clara’s family is able to shapeshift, and Clara has been chosen. Sadly, her ancestor was cursed by a gypsy that prevented her from changing into animals at will.
Have you ever had to stop what you love, leave who you know, and move to a different place? Then you might understand how Harper McCoy feels; she is the main character in The Audition by Maddie Ziegler.
Harper has been dancing since she was a toddler and is finally one of the top dancers on her competitive dance team in Connecticut. Then her parents decide to move to Florida for work. She’s determined to get accepted into a dance studio in Florida and quickly make her way to the top, but it is not nearly that easy.
