Middle Readers

Mr. Penguin and his Adventuring gang board a luxury cruise ship for some much-needed rest and a little entertainment. With Colin, his kung fu spider sidekick, preparing to perform with the Ladies Choir and fish finger sandwiches available twenty-four hours a day, Mr. Penguin isn’t even bothered that he can’t swim and is deeply afraid of water.

Step right up and learn all about the lively participants in the Amphibian Acrobat show— from the agile Wallace’s flying frog to the bouncing Venezuelan pebble toad to the tricky salamander called the yellow-eyed ensatina.

Meet Mr. Penguin—Adventurer (And Penguin!)

Charlie is cooking up some wacky plans to keep his friend Hector from returning to Chile, but when he learns that some classmates are bullying Hector, he turns all his energy to solving that problem.

Powerful free verse and stunning illustrations tell the true story of the American effort to land the first man on the Moon.

When Charlie exaggerates about his dad’s career and convinces his classmates that his dad would be the greatest Career Week speaker ever, what will happen if his dad actually does come and his friends find out the truth?

An action-packed and heartwarming story of a hardened old sea dog on Magellan’s journey to Spice Island

Everyone knows Benjamin Franklin was an important statesman, inventor, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. But did you know he started the first library in America for the public good?

A shy but spunky young girl from an unconventional family of strong-minded women learns valuable lessons in loyalty and loss from a unique first friendship.

This summer, everything will change for the neighborhood gang from Crossing Jordan.

This sensitive and often humorous book tells the story of an adolescent boy who begins to find himself after the people he has always depended on let him down.

A move from an impoverished tenement to an unfinished suburban development turns thirteen-year-old Socko's world inside out.