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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sort of forever Sort of forever Sally Warner Twelve-year-olds Cady and Nana explore the strengths of their special friendship as they cope with Nana's cancer. OL15164068W
Excellent Emma Excellent Emma Sally Warner When the third-graders compete in the first annual winter games, Emma feels that she must win in order to prove to her father, who is divorced from her mother and lives in England with his new wife, … OL15211174W
Finding Hattie Finding Hattie Sally Warner In 1882 Hattie, a fourteen-year-old orphan, joins her cousin Sophie in attending boarding school at Miss Bulkley's Seminary for Young Ladies in Tarrytown, New York, and tries to find her place in the… OL15211175W
This Isn't About the Money This Isn't About the Money Sally Warner Twelve-year-old Janey tries to adjust in the aftermath of an automobile accident that kills her parents, severely injures her face, and forces her and her younger sister to move from Arizona to Calif… OL15211186W
Twilight child Twilight child Sally Warner Taken from eighteenth-century Finland by her father, teenager Eleni eventually finds a home in Scotland, receiving help along the way from brounies, fairies, and other creatures she has the ability t… OL15211188W
Leftover Lily Leftover Lily Sally Warner When first grader Lily gets into a fight with her two best friends, the experience teaches her a lot about friendship. OL15211190W
Super Emma Super Emma Sally Warner Third-grader Emma becomes a reluctant heroine when she defends a friend from the class bully. OL15211194W
Dog Years Dog Years Sally Warner After his father is imprisoned, twelve-year-old Case switches to a new school, where he makes some important discoveries about friendship and honesty. OL15211196W
Ellie and the Bunheads Ellie and the Bunheads Sally Warner Thirteen-year-old Ellie explores the ups and downs of becoming a teenager and a serious ballet dancer. OL15211197W
How to be a real person (in just one day) How to be a real person (in just one day) Sally Warner Sixth grader Kara tries to conceal from her friends, her absent father, and the authorities that her mother is sliding deeper and deeper into mental illness. OL15927620W
EllRay Jakes is a rock star! EllRay Jakes is a rock star! Sally Warner Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes decides to "borrow" his father's crystals to impress his classmates, but his plan to return the crystals before his father notices goes awry. OL16528550W
Ellray Jakes walks the plank Ellray Jakes walks the plank Sally Warner Third-grader EllRay is becoming famous for messing up, and when his little sister accidentally kills EllRay's class goldfish, and then he forgets his teacher's read-aloud book at home, it only makes … OL16724661W
Ellray Jakes is magic Ellray Jakes is magic Sally Warner Third-grader EllRay, a "shrimpy, goof-up kid," discovers magic all around him when he and his schoolmates participate in the Oak Glen Primary School talent show and work together on a wedding shower … OL17707182W
EllRay Jakes rocks the holiday EllRay Jakes rocks the holiday Sally Warner Third-grader EllRay dreads the upcoming Winter Wonderland school assembly in which he must emcee and sing "Jingle Bell Rock." OL17903411W
EllRay Jakes stands tall! EllRay Jakes stands tall! Sally Warner Eight-year-old EllRay Jakes, the shortest kid in class and still chosen last at recess, hones his basketball skills with Mr. Havens and earns the respect of his third-grade classmates. OL17917020W
EllRay Jakes the Recess King! EllRay Jakes the Recess King! Sally Warner Eight-year-old EllRay is down to one-and-a-half best friends, and his little sister points out the obvious: he needs more! So EllRay decides to audition other boys for the part, the way his sister is… OL20005013W
Not-So-Weird Emma Not-So-Weird Emma Sally Warner Eight-year-old Emma is just beginning to like her new school when her friend Cynthia starts telling other kids that Emma is, well, a little strange. OL24289158W