K. L. GOING

En Troy Billings té disset anys, pesa 134 quilos, va curt d’amics i, de tan poca cosa que se sent, està a un pam de llançar-se a la via del metro. L’atura en Curt MacCrae, un geni de la guitarra que

Gabriel King is afraid of everything: spiders, the rope swing over the lake, andmost of all, going to fifth grade.Frita Wilson, his best friend, decides Gabriel needs some liberating from his fears, so they make a list and plan to tackle each one. But one of the reasons Frita is so determined to help Gabe is that she needs his help too. Hollowell, Georgia in 1976 isnt exactly the most integrated place, and Fritas the only black student in school in a town with an active Ku Klux Klan.

When Iggy Corso gets kicked out of high school, theres no one for him to tell. His mother has gone off, his father is stoned on the couch, and the phones been disconnected, so even the social worker cant get through. Leaving his public housing behind, Iggy ventures into the world to make something of his life. Its not easy when youre sixteen, have no skills, and your only friend is mixed up with the dealer who got your mom hooked. But Iggy is . . . Iggy, and he has the kind of wisdom that lets him see what no one else can. Includes an authors note.

When the going gets tough, Dog . . . takes a nap Dog can Sit. He can Stay. He can even Dance. But when hes in charge, can he keep the cats in line? All one, two, three, four, five of them? Illustrated by Caldecott winner, Dan Santat, and packed full of slapstick silliness and utterly earnest charm, Dog will quickly wiggle his way into preschoolers hearts.

From the award winning author of Fat Kid Rules the World and The Liberation of Gabriel King comes a lyrical, middle grade gem that asks all the hard questions and hits all the right notes--perfect for fans of Cynthia Rylant and Mockingbird by Kathryn ErskineTia lives with her mom in a high-risk neighborhood in New Orleans and loves singing gospel in the Rainbow Choir with Keisha, her boisterous and assertive best friend. Tias dream is to change the world with her voice; and by all accounts, she might be talented enough. But when a shooting happens in her neighborhood and she learns the truth about the crime that sent her father to prison years ago, Tia finds she cant sing anymore. The loss prompts her to start asking the people in her community hard questions--questions everyone has always been too afraid to ask.Full of humanity, Pieces of Why is a timely story that addresses grief, healing, and forgiveness, told through the eyes of a gifted girl who hears rhythm and song everywhere in her life.

From award-winning author K. L. Going comes a happily-ever-after story of a girl who discovers the true secret to all good writing--through an unlikely friendship, some well-intentioned matchmaking, and little bit of science.Jane Brannen wants nothing more than to become a famous author like Jane Austen--she just needs to figure out the key to literary success! Her chance to uncover the secret arrives when bestselling author J. E. Fairfax visits her tiny town of Whickett Harbor. Unfortunately, a hurricane rolls in and Jane gets stuck with the authors snobbish son, Devon, instead. But when the skies clear, Jane realizes the wind has blown in something worse than annoying boys: Her mother, Susan, and Susans new fiance, Erik, have flown all the way from Hollywood to file for custody and bring Jane back to California. Now she needs to find a mate for her marine biologist father and figure out whats truly important about Whickett Harbor, so she can prove to her mother that this is where shes meant to stay.

Evie reluctantly moves with her widowed father to Beaumont, New York, where he has bought an apple orchard, dismissing rumors that the town is cursed and the trees havent borne fruit in decades. Evie doesnt believe in things like curses and fairy tales anymore--if fairy tales were real, her mom would still be alive. But odd things happen in Beaumont. Evie meets a boy who claims to be dead and receives a mysterious seed as an eleventh-birthday gift. Once planted, the seed grows into a tree overnight, but only Evie and the dead boy can see it--or go where it leads.

Liam Geller is Mr. Popularity. Everybody loves him. He excels at sports; he knows exactly what clothes to wear; he always ends up with the most beautiful girls in school. But hes got an uncanny ability to screw up in the very ways that tick off his father the most. When Liam finally gets kicked out of the house, his fathers brother takes him in. What could a teenage chick magnet possibly have in common with his gay, glam rocker, DJ uncle who lives in a trailer in upstate New York? A lot more than youd think. And when Liam attempts to make himself over as a nerd in a desperate attempt to impress his father, its his "aunt" Pete and the guys in his band who convince Liam theres much more to him than his father will ever see.