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A twelve-year-old boy's life changes when his grandmother comes from India to live with the family in Mariposa, an island country known for its butterflies, that is becoming hostile to immigrants.

Told in verse in two voices, with a chorus of fellow students, this is a story of two girls, opposites in many ways, who are drawn to each other; Kate appears to be a stereotypical cheerleader with a sleek ponytail and a perfectly polished...

Follows fifth grader Max as he searches for his best friend who disappeared, leaving behind a strange note.

In 1899, 12-year-old Agatha is cast out of her ancestral home by her cruel cousin and while adjusting to her new fate, learns that the local lake is haunted by a young girl who could hold the key to Agatha's true identity.

Accused of witchcraft and shunned by his fearful village, twelve-year-old carpenter's apprentice Gauge allies with another orphan to prove his innocence and capture the magical wolf hounding his every move.