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While trying to find a new best friend after feuding with Rowley, middle-school slacker Greg Heffley is warned by older family members that adolescence is a time to act more responsibly and to think seriously about his future.

On a summer visit to her grandmother's cottage by the ocean, twelve-year-old Martha gains perspective on the death of a classmate, on her relationship with her grandmother, on her feelings for an older boy, and on her plans to be a writer.

For most of her eleven years, Delly has been in trouble without knowing why, until her little brother, R.B., and a strange, silent new friend, Ferris, help her find a way to be good--and happy--again.

"Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing -- his very own horse. But Father doesn't yet trust him with such a big responsibility. Almanzo needs to prove himself -- but how?"--P. [4] of cover.

When Stanley Nudelman buys a strange stuffed animal named Zombiekins at a yard sale, he thinks the toy is harmless, until he exposes it to moonlight and accidentally unleashes a zombie toy on the fourth grade.

Nikki Maxwell's adventures continue in the 12th installment in the blockbuster number one New York Times best-selling Dork Diaries series! In Nikki Maxwell's newest diary, it's the countdown to the end of the school year, and Nikki's juggling some big questions about how she'll spend her summer. She's also facing an unexpected crush catastrophe - there's a new kid interested in Nikki, but the last thing she wants to do is accidentally hurt Brandon!...

Ramona the pest - It is the greatest day in Ramona's life. She is in kindergarten and she loves her teacher, Miss Binney. So how in the world does Ramona get into trouble? Ramona forever - Life for Ramona, now a grown-up third grader, is full of beginnings and discoveries and surprises -- one very big surprise and one very small, but just as special!