Mark Sanderlin

A heartwarming-and heart-tugging-middle grade novel about love, loyalty, and what it means to be part of a family-from author Carolyn Crimi, with adorable illustrations by Melissa Manwill. Perfect for fans of A Dog's Life and Because of Winn-Dixie. Miss Lottie's home was for second chances. When she adopted Gus, Roo, Tank, and Moon Pie, Miss Lottie rescued each member of the pack-including herself, her helper, Quinn, and her reclusive cat, Ghost-and...

While investigating a series of old, spooky photos of a seemingly transparent boy for their friend Ree, who lives above a funeral home, best friends Colin and Neveah follow the clues to solve this mystery from the Great Depression.

In 1964, NASA trained four young chimpanzees to survive in a hostile environment and sent them to the planet Mars. Their mission was to create an ecosystem for themselves underground and to create a colony of future chimps. The mission failed! The spacecraft disappeared off the radar as soon as it entered the exosphere, 6750 miles above the Earth. NASA had no idea what happened to the ship or its four occupants. It was a devastating time for NASA. Fifty-five...

While people are celebrating Yankee Joe DiMaggio's hitting streak and worrying about being drawn into World War II, fourteen-year-old Junior Bledsoe is dealing with his abusive father's death and his cantankerous grandfather who lives with them. Consumed by unanswered questions surrounding his father's death, Junior begrudgingly makes friends with a boy named Catfish, who promises to help him find some answers. But the road they take comes with trouble....

In this fifth and final title in the popular Bakers Mountain Stories, the Honeycutt family are wrestling with monumental changes taking place at the end of 1959. The world is at odds with the Soviet Union, and the Honeycutts are worried about the threat of communism. Unrest is also erupting throughout the country and close to home as African Americans fight for acceptance and equality. The youngest Honeycutt, Jackie, absorbs all these changes...

In this page-turning middle grade series by New York Times bestseller Margaret Peterson Haddix, Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in attics and basements and discover how trash can become treasure. In The Secret Letters, Colin and Nevaeh find vintage letters that lead to interlocking mysteries from the 1970s and '80s, and they learn about "women's lib," the ERA, and other social issues from...

Time to multitask! Middle school is the new high school (huh?), and Dudes are low men on the totem pole. What else can they do but create a fake eighth-grader? Along the way, they: Create a reality show. Signal UFO's. Promote devil worship. And exert mind control on the student body! But can they learn good study skills? A hilarious start to 6th grade. The Dudes have mastered middle school and so will their readers. All new adventures!...

"From acclaimed author Phoebe North comes a riveting, unexpected, and beautiful contemporary novel about a girl whose brother mysteriously disappears, the family and friends he leaves behind, and the stories—real and imagined—that they tell themselves to fill the empty space. From the moment that Annie was born, she and her older brother, Jamie, were inseparable. Alike in almost every way, they promised to always take care of each other while...

Alice Jones's mother died in a boating accident. Well, that's what everyone says. Alice doesn't believe them-her mother's body was never recovered off the coast of Aviles Island, and Alice has always thought she might still be out there somewhere. Then Alice discovers that the residents of Aviles know how to communicate with loved ones who have died. If Alice can go there and try to contact her mother, she might have all the answers she needs. For...

Because you asked for it, it's finally here: the Dave the Villager and Surfer Villager crossover! Dave, Jimmy and their friends are brought to a mysterious world against their will. Can they defeat the Glitch Queen and return home to their own universes, or will they be stranded in Glitch World forever? Listen to Book 1 in the epic new duology from Dave Villager and Dr. Block.