Although R.J. Palacio's Wonder remains one of my favorite children's novels, and The Julian Chapter provided a satisfying gli...

Albie is a fifth grader living in NYC, a boy who is almost good at many things. Almost, but not quite. Albie regularly miscalculates th...

Hope Is a Ferris Wheel is the story of Star Mackie, who is struggling to find friends and her place in a new school following a move t...

My rising second grader and I recently finished reading the Newbery Honor title,  The Year of Billy Miller , together. I was thrilled ...

Middle school is tough. Middle school might just be unbearable if you lived in a zoo (literally!), if your best friend just moved to th...

Lucy's father is a photographer who travels frequently for his job. He heads out on assignment just as her family is getting settle...

Willow Chance is a genius 12 year old obsessed with counting in multiples of 7, studying and caring for plants, observing and diagnosin...

School is out for the summer, and Catherine is not exactly looking forward to spending it without her best friend, who is visiting her ...

Sway , Amber McRee Turner's 2012 novel, grabbed my attention on the first page. Anything that describes "tired eyeballs" as f...

I'm going to admit from the start that because I read Wonder and Out of My Mind at nearly the same time last summer, it's ver...

Since Wonder was one of my favorite books of 2012, I was thrilled to discover last month that R.J. Palacio was writing an addendum to ...

The audiobook version of Because of Mr. Terupt has been on near constant play in our car recently. This, despite the fact that both of m...

Wonder is counted among the best novels I've ever read, not just the best middle-grade novels. This story is original, relevant, and...