"Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn't know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter--a true story, and that she can't share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem--because the notes...

Amber's Japanese father left when she was little, and her sister Bella was just a baby, so now she fills in the frustrating gap in her life with imagined conversations, and writes letters to Bella that seem to come from their father.

A young boy is pressured by his family to abandon his promising soccer career for football.

"This stellar debut about losing and finding family, forging unlikely friendships, and searching for answers to big questions will resonate with fans of Erin Entrada Kelly and Rebecca Stead. The only thing Rosalind Ling Geraghty loves more than watching NASA launches with her dad is building rockets with him. When he dies unexpectedly, all Ro has left of him is an unfinished model rocket they had been working on together. Benjamin Burns doesn't like...

Stanley Darrow isn't sure what to expect when the mysterious Mr. Gedrick appears on his doorstep. He is certain, however, that his family could use Mr. Gedrick s help: Their lives and their house have been a mess since Stanley's dad died.

In World War II-era England, Michael learns about his black British Army soldier grandfather, a World War I officer who risked his life to save wounded men but who did not receive special commendations because of his race.

Caleb's class is making projects that represent patriotism to display at Parents' Night. But Caleb can't think of a way to show what patriotism means to him. Besides, his dad can't come because he is away, serving as a soldier. Then when Caleb really starts thinking about what his dad is doing for the country, inspiration finally strikes!

When Holly finds out that a family's Christmas is in trouble, she sets out to bring the holiday spirit back into their lives.

Ramiro Lopez and Jake Upthegrove live very different lives but have much in common. Wealthy, white Joke lives on the "Oh-Wow West Side" of El Paso, and Mexican American Ram lives in the poor neighborhood, "Dizzy Land." Both boys wonder how different their lives might be if their dads had stuck around. Told from multiple perspectives and starting with a leisurely introspective pace, the story picks up after Ram's younger brother lands on life support...

"Acércate y abre despacio el libro que tienes en tus manos, de lo contrario se escaparán todos los secretos que habitan en él. Este no es un libro cualquiera, es el diario de una pequeña que vivió hace mucho tiempo, en una ciudad no muy lejana, que quizá conozcas. ¡Descúbrela! pasea por sus plazas y conoce los misterios y leyendas que habitan en ella. Hasta puede suceder que juntas, encuentren un tesoro escondido" -- p. [4] of cover.