A bendy drinking straw loves to speed through life, but he learns to appreciate taking it slow with the help of a friend.

Selfish and lazy, Nils learns kindness and wisdom after he is bewitched into an elf-sized boy and carried off by a barnyard goose to join the migration of wild geese across Sweden to Lapland.

High school senior Estelle Chavez's life in South Bend, Indiana centers on helping her mother raise her younger brother and sister, AP classes, and soccer until a new student, Ruby, draws her into a friendship that includes sneaking out out of the house, dating college boys, and worse.

A young girl acquires the qualities of the miraculous phoenix--wisdom, clear sight, generosity, and right judgment--by practicing drawing the mythical bird.

"When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz's father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero--while the whole country is watching"-- Senator Anthony Ruiz is running for president. Throughout his successful political career he has always had his daughter's vote, but this presidential campaign brings a whole new level of scrutiny...

"A story about a girl who, with the help of the dog of her dreams, discovers that family doesn't always have to be related--they are simply people who love you for who you are"--

After a Japanese master swordmaker and his apprentice craft the perfect sword, they search high and low for someone worthy of it.