We Gather Together: Stories from Then to Now, by Denise Kiernan, tells the true story of how Thanksgiving became a national holiday.
Browsing: ages 8 & up
A girl spends summer vacation with her estranged maternal grandparents in The Firefly Summer, a middle-grade novel by Morgan Matson.
A girl and her friend try to save their apartment building by entering a video contest in The Umbrella House, by Colleen Nelson.
A girl is determined to bring electricity to her Appalachian community in Light Comes to Shadow Mountain, a historical fiction novel by Toni Buzzeo.
An average kid finds himself as a finalist to be named World’s Greatest Kid in The Greatest Kid in the World, by John David Anderson.
When an asteroid’s path heads straight toward Earth, an 11-year-old writes a book to prove people existed in The Probability of Everything, by Sarah Everett.
Two girls — on from America and the other from the UK — kindle a friendship when their parents swap houses in The House Swap, by Yvette Clark.
A girl chases her dreams of becoming a famous chef in This Is How I Roll, a middle-grade novel by Debbi Michiko Florence.
A young girl learns the value of people through friendship and community in Leeva At Last, by Sara Pennypacker and Matthew Cordell.
A girl struggles to do what she wants while still pleasing her parents in The Many Fortunes of Maya, by Nicole D. Collier.