Akron Public Library

Having been abducted at age seven, abandoned, a foster child, and homeless, Ethan, now sixteen, is happy to be home until his brother's suspicion and his own inability to remember something unspeakable from his early childhood begin to tear the family apart.

Fifth-grader Winnie, with notes from her friends, writes of turning her treehouse into an embassy after her newly-divorced parents become unreasonable, where she is joined by nine others with complaints. After her newly-divorced parents become unreasonable, fifth-grader Winnie, with notes from her friends, writes of turning her treehouse into an embassy, where she is joined by nine others with complaints.

"Young Chris loves pretending he's a brave astronaut, exploiring the universe. Only one problem--at night, he's afraid of the dark. Only when he watches the moon landing on TV does he realize how exciting the unknown can be. Inspired by the childhood of real-life astronaut Chris Hadfield"--

"Rhiannon is disappointed that her neglectful boyfriend Justin doesn't remember the one perfect day they shared, until a stranger tells her that the Justin she spent that day with, the one who made her feel like a real person... wasn't Justin at all"--

In 1960s New York, fifth-grader Ruthie, a Cuban-Jewish immigrant, must rely on books, art, her family, and friends in her multicultural neighborhood when an accident puts her in a body cast.

Twelve-year-old woodcraft legacy Minna Treat hopes the mysterious messages she finds in bottles under the bridge her mother died on will lead her to her unknown biological father.

A little unicorn feels all kinds of emotions, including shyness, and uses a breathing exercise to calm down.

When a large black dog appears outside the Hope family home, each member of the household cowers in fear except for the youngest Hope, who has the courage to face the black dog.

Very Sales-Woodruff is done being a good girl. Done being the only responsible one in a family that?s unraveling. Done being the obliging girlfriend in a relationship that?s sinking. Done saying no to what she wants?like Dominic, her rebellious classmate. With her mom?s drinking, her dad?s extended absences from home, and her younger sister, Ramona, running wild, the path Very has always seen for herself doesn?t seem to matter anymore. At the same...

"Sixteen-year old Lizzie, hospitalized with an illness that takes time to be diagnosed, finds comfort in an unexpected source when she meets Connor, a troubled boy whose scars are internal"--