Knopf Books For Young Readers imprint: 883 books

by Julia Alvarez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 26, 2014

En un isla no muy lejana, en una época no muy distante, había una tribu de criaturas llamadas ciguapas. Vivían en frescas cuevas azules en el fondo del mar y salían a la tierra solamente de noche en busca de alimentos. Afortunadamente, tenían un secreto que las protegía de los seres humanos:...
by John Feinstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014

Bestselling sportswriter John Feinstein kicks off a new series for middle grade featuring Alex Myers, a student athlete who tries to take on the sports establishment in his new town.   Alex Myers is a quarterback, but from the first day of football practice, it’s clear that that position is very...
by John Feinstein
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016

Perfect for baseball lovers and fans of Mike Lupica, book three in the Triple Threat series by ***New York Times *bestselling sports writer John Feinstein explores what happens when athletes break the rules. **   Alex Myers’s football and basketball seasons were mired in controversy, and his...
by Meghan McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011

Most people know the story of Balto, the world famous dog who led his dogsled team through a blizzard to deliver a lifesaving serum to the stricken people of Nome, Alaska, in 1925. Balto shot to instant stardom—a company named dog food after him, a famous sculptor erected a statue of him that stands...
by Kurtis Scaletta
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011

When 13-year-old Eric Parrish comes across glowing mushrooms in the woods behind his house, he's sure there's a scientific explanation. But when they start encroaching on the town—covering the football field and popping up from beneath the floorboards—Eric knows something's seriously wrong. Not...
by Justin Ball, Evan Croker
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009

It all begins with Laika, the first dog in space. Launched into orbit by the Soviet Union, Laika’s craft is accidentally sucked through a wormhole and onto the Planet Gersbach, inhabited by highly intelligent but very tiny people. When a mysterious disturbance of gravity (D.O.G.) threatens to destroy...
by Erika L. Sánchez
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017

**National Book Award Finalist! Instant New York Times Bestseller! The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian meets Jane the Virgin in this poignant but often laugh-out-loud funny contemporary YA about losing a sister and finding yourself amid the pressures, expectations, and stereotypes...
by Erica S. Perl
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2013

Zelly Fried has finally convinced her parents to let her get a dog, with the help of her grandfather Ace. Unfortunately, said dog (also named Ace) is a shoe-chewing, mud-tracking, floor-peeing kind of dog. Despite Zelly's best efforts to drag Ace (literally!) to puppy kindergarten, his flunking report...
by Rich Wallace
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007

ASK ANYBODY AROUND East Scranton High School: Michael Kerrigan is almost too good to be true. Dedicated athlete, captain of the track team, editorial assistant (obituary writer) at the Scranton Observer, he's never been in trouble, and he doesn't associate with troublemakers. This is the most important...
by Brent Runyon
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2009

The cottage on the lake is always the same, but Luke is changing. At thirteen he’s excited. At fourteen he’s cool. At fifteen he’s pissed off. At sixteen he’s in love. Through four summers’ worth of trips to the emergency room, campfires and house fires, parties and feuds with neighbors,...

The Busy Body Book

A Kid's Guide to Fitness

by Lizzy Rockwell
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012

A celebration of the amazing human machine and a life on the move! Your amazing body can jump, sprint, twist, and twirl. Your body is built to move. Lizzy Rockwell explains how your bones and muscles, heart and lungs, nerves and brain all work together to keep you on the go. Kids walk...

The Genius of Islam

How Muslims Made the Modern World

by Bryn Barnard
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013

The Middle Ages were a period of tremendous cultural and scientific advancement in the Islamic Empire—ideas and inventions that shaped our world.  Did you know that: • The numbers you use every day (Arabic numerals!) are a Muslim invention? • The marching band you hear at football games has...
by Christina Gonzalez
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010

The Red Umbrella is a moving tale of a 14-year-old girl's journey from Cuba to America as part of Operation Pedro Pan—an organized exodus of more than 14,000 unaccompanied children, whose parents sent them away to escape Fidel Castro's revolution. In 1961, two years after the Communist revolution,...
by Carl Hiaasen
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2005

Take a romp in the swamp with this New York Times bestselling mystery adventure set in the Florida Keys from Newbery Honoree Carl Hiaasen! Noah's dad is sure that the owner of the Coral Queen casino boat is flushing raw sewage into the harbor—which has made taking a dip at the local beach...
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