by Laura Ingalls Wilder (1969)
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
Barry Jonsberg
Candice is a twelve-year-old optimist, with a literal mind, the very best of intentions, and an unwavering determination to fix all the problems of her family, friends, pets, and everyone in her life.
Anica Mrose Rissi
Anna has looked forward to her class field trip to the zoo, but from the time they board the bus she is pulled between her long-time best friend, Sadie, and new best friend, Isabel, who argue about everything and want Anna to take sides.
Susan Vaught
Eleven-year-old Footer and her friends investigate when a nearby farm is burned, the farmer murdered, and his children disappear, but as they follow the clues, Footer starts having flashbacks and wonders if she is going crazy like her mother, who is back in a mental institution near their Mississippi home. Eleven-year-old Footer and her friends investigate when a nearby farm is burned, the farmer murdered, and his grandchildren disappear, but soon Footer wonders if she's going crazy as her mother had. The plot contains profanity.
Jane Yolen
When Wolf's spirited older brother Lou, whom he idolizes, is sent away to military school in Kiev, life is not the same for the Yolen family.