The start of middle school is making Rahul feel increasingly anxious, so his grandfather Bhai, gives him some well-meaning advice: find one thing you're really good at and become the BEST at it. While he's not quite sure what that special thing is, he is convinced that once he finds it, bullies like Brent Mason will stop torturing him at school. And he won't be worried about staring too long at his classmate Justin Emery.

Isaac is a shy boy with OCD, but one day at school, he meets new friends who introduce him to role-playing games, which lead him on a journey of self-discovery and growth.

Javari knew that West Virginia would be different from his home in Bushwick, Brooklyn. But his first day at STEM Camp in a little Appalachian town is still a shock. Javari will learn a lot about science—and also about rich people, racism, and hidden agendas. But it's a local boy named Cricket—budding activist and occasional thief—who will show him a different side of the holler and blow his mind wide open.

When Ruth Keller discovers a strange black slime in the man-made lake of her suburban neighborhood, she decides to investigate. Ruth seeks the truth at all costs, even if it means taking on the rich local country club owner, who she believes is responsible for the pollution. Between the teasing of former friends, and a sudden viral spotlight, Ruth discovers how difficult it is for a journalist to take a stand for what's right in the face of critique and controversy.

A narrative nonfiction about how the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre, how the robbery made the portrait the most famous artwork in the world, and how the painting by Leonardo da Vinci should never have existed at all.

12-year-old Vonceil Taggart, willing to risk everything to set things right, leaves her family's Oklahoma farm in 1919 seeking the salt witch who cast a spell that turned their spring to saltwater.

Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, 12-year-old Ellie finally gains the confidence to stand up for herself with the help of some wonderful new allies.

The 12 kids in the seventh grade at Fawn Creek K–12 have been together all their lives, so when graceful Orchid Mason arrives, with exotic clothes and glorious hair, the other seventh graders don't know what to think.

Wesley's hopeful plans for Indigenous Peoples' Day (and asking her crush to the dance) go all wrong—until she finds herself surrounded by the love of her Indigenous family and community at the intertribal powwow.