Chapter Books

It's laundry day, and J.C. is excited to help his mom. But when J.C. adds too much detergent to the machine, suds are everywhere! Laundry day turns into a mess for everyone in the apartment building. Can J.C. fix his mistake and save laundry day?

J.C. is excited to go to the Spring Flower Festival with Nana and Pop-Pop! But then his best friends, Amir and Vicky, invite J.C. to go to the zoo at the same time. Can J.C. figure out a way to make it to both events?

Jimmy Benge is excited to celebrate his thirteenth birthday with an ice fishing adventure in northern Minnesota. He's even allowed to invite his best friend, Ryan, to spend winter break at the family's lakeside home. The two boys learn a lot about ice...

Eleven-year-old Zach Feather can't wait to go on his first pheasant hunting trip, especially when he learns his parents have a surprise for him--a new bird dog! The family travels across the state from the Cherokee reservation in eastern Oklahoma to hunt...

Book One of this thrilling middle-grade spy series finds Q and his new step-sister, Angela, traveling to Philadelphia as the first stop of the year-long concert tour for their parents' band, and Q discovers that not only is life with Anglea going to be...

Q and his new step-sister Angela travel to D.C. in this second installment to the thrilling I, Q series. In Book One: Independence Hall, we met Q and his stepsister, Angela. We met their rocker parents, Blaze and Roger; we met the Secret Service team...

Winner! Western Writers of America 2020 Spur Award - Best Western Juvenile Fiction Category.Tied for 1st Place! 2020 Women Writing the West Willa Award2021-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List. In 1933, what's left of the Turner family--twelve-year-old...

Winner! Western Writers of America 2020 Spur Award - Best Western Juvenile Fiction Category.Tied for 1st Place! 2020 Women Writing the West Willa Award2021-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Master List. In 1933, what's left of the Turner family--twelve-year-old...

Getting mail always gives Katie a thrill, and today she's going to give someone else that fun feeling. She's sending her grandfather a package for his birthday. Along the way, she runs into friends with mail they've received and mail to send. Those...

When Katie's aunt Patty is elected mayor, Katie thinks her aunt will be able to make fabulous new rules, like free ice cream on Sundays! After Aunt Patty explains how the office works, Katie wants to share her ideas with the city council. How can Katie...

Katie's Grandma has tripped on a cracked sidewalk and hurt her ankle, but she's soon rescued by two real life heroes: the paramedics! Katie learns that fixing up ankles is just part of a paramedic's job. They can actually save lives with their speedy and...

A big storm is coming, and Katie is worried: what if they run out of food? The Woo family and friends head to Mr. Nelson's store to stock up on supplies and get a lesson on buying and selling. Who knew a trip to the store could offer so much?

In 1911, fourteen-year-old Lucy Morelli lives with her parents, older brother, and several youngers siblings in a crowded apartment in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. Lucy dreams of going to college, but her Italian immigrant family...

Twelve-year-old Carrie is excited to spend the night at her best friend Betsy's house one Saturday night in the turn of the century Galveston, Texas. But when her parents receive a last-minute invitation to a high-society party, they insist Carrie stay...

Twelve-year-old Charlotte lives on a plantation in Richmond, Virginia, where the American Civil War is raging. All around her, citizens and the Confederate army are fighting to protect slavery -- the very thing Charlotte wishes would end. When she...

It's summer break, and Farah is eager to attend an enrichment camp at her new school. But with car trouble and other family expenses, Farah's parents won't be able to pay for the camp this year. Taking matters into her own hands, Farah takes various odd...

Farah and her best friend, Allie Liu, are getting excited to turn in their applications to the Magnet Academy, where they both hope to attend sixth grade. But when new girl Dana Denver shows up, Farah's world is turned upside down. As Dana starts...

Rallo is a young goaltender, one of the youngest guys on the team trying to make the squad for nationals. But standing in the way of his goal, literally, is first-string goalie, Buck. How Rallo handles Buck's bullying soon becomes even harder than...

When Gina, a hardworking young gymnast, moves away from home for professional gymnastics training, she improves her skills but longs deeply for home. Coming from a hardworking farming family in Pennsylvania, Gina feels a bit lost training with the other...

Arianna Gold -- yes, her parents gave her the middle name "Gold" for a reason -- is following in the footsteps of her mother, a famous former Olympic figure skater. But Arianna's quest to skate at the World Junior Skating Championships leaves her...

Anderson's baseball team wants to win the Little League World Series. To help his team, Anderson serves up his fastball with a side of flames. But when his older sister is faced with a cancer, Anderson finds out that his heat can't strike out a disease...

Rallo is a young goaltender, one of the youngest guys on the team trying to make the squad for nationals. But standing in the way of his goal, literally, is first-string goalie, Buck. How Rallo handles Buck's bullying soon becomes even harder than...

When Gina, a hardworking young gymnast, moves away from home for professional gymnastics training, she improves her skills but longs deeply for home. Coming from a hardworking farming family in Pennsylvania, Gina feels a bit lost training with the other...

Arianna Gold -- yes, her parents gave her the middle name "Gold" for a reason -- is following in the footsteps of her mother, a famous former Olympic figure skater. But Arianna's quest to skate at the World Junior Skating Championships leaves her...

Anderson's baseball team wants to win the Little League World Series. To help his team, Anderson serves up his fastball with a side of flames. But when his older sister is faced with a cancer, Anderson finds out that his heat can't strike out a disease...

Dominic doesn't want to play soccer, but when his mom signs him up, he has no choice. So Dominic just messes around on the field during practice, even though he secretly admires the skills of Carlos, his star-player teammate. When Carlos has to miss a...

Seventh grader Ian Shin loves his baseball team -- they're like a family. So when Ian's dad's valuable signed baseball goes missing after a team sleepover, he can't believe it. The culprit could only be the pitcher, Hunter Yates. Not only is he new, but...

Brian Worth Jr. is excited to try out for his middle school's basketball team. His hoop dreams are in jeopardy, though, after his dad forces him to volunteer at the local senior center. But Brian really needs to practice -- he's always relied on his...

Seventh grader Ian Shin loves his baseball team -- they're like a family. So when Ian's dad's valuable signed baseball goes missing after a team sleepover, he can't believe it. The culprit could only be the pitcher, Hunter Yates. Not only is he new, but...

Bo is starting a band! He is super excited and knows exactly what kind of band he wants. But when Bo invites his friends to audition, no one quite lives up to his high expectations. Bo has a choice to make--a band with friends who all have their own...

Lola learns about the Tooth Fairy's friend, el ratón, in another adventure celebrating her Guatemalan heritage! Lola is excited when her cousin Luis comes to visit from Guatemala. The fun doubles when they discover that they both have a wiggly tooth!...

Lola learns about the Tooth Fairy's friend, el ratón, in another adventure celebrating her Guatemalan heritage! Lola is excited when her cousin Luis comes to visit from Guatemala. The fun doubles when they discover that they both have a wiggly tooth!...

Lola attempts to avoid a Day of the Dead disaster in another adventure celebrating her Guatemalan heritage! Lola is excited for Halloween, but Mama is sad to be missing the holiday she loved in Guatemala--the Day of the Dead. Then Lola's family is...

Katie Woo and Pedro are hot on the trail of a treasure map. But as it catches in the breeze, it keeps disappearing on them. Will they be able to nab the map and will it lead them to real treasure?

Jake's new toy plane is missing. No one knows where it is, except Katie Woo. But Katie wants to keep the plane. What should she do?

While exploring ancient catacombs in Egypt, Reeya Rai and her family discover a chamber hidden behind a large wall of rubble. Inside are several mysterious ancient statues. However, there isn't time to explore the chamber. A large storm is coming that...

Jalen, Mia, Elsie, and Zoe discover a mysterious book that promises to make their wishes come true. The friends joke about what their wishes would be and then forget about the book. But over the next few days, they realize that having wishes come true...

Twins Samantha and Dean are staying at their uncle Aldus's Reptile House in Ravens Pass. Almost immediately, strange things happen. After Uncle Aldus locks the twins in the upstairs apartment, they hear loud footsteps and glass shattering on the first...

Adeline idolizes Gianna, the queen bee of the "in crowd" at her middle school. Desperate for a shot at being popular, Adeline ditches her long-time friends, Emily and Marco. But she soon discovers that fitting in with the cool girls involves going along...

When Batgirl and Supergirl investigate mysterious tremors in Gotham Bay, they dive underwater and discover... Lex Luthor! The crooked businessman is running a mining operation to dig up deep-sea Kryptonite deposits. But as the two friends battle Luthor...