Lyons Regional Library

Greg records his sixth grade experiences in a middle school where he and his best friend, Rowley, undersized weaklings amid boys who need to shave twice daily, hope just to survive, but when Rowley grows more popular, Greg must take drastic measures to save their friendship.

A series of letters from Leigh Botts to an author, Mr. Henshaw, dealing with Leigh's aspirations of becoming an author, as well as excerpts from his diary showing the concerns of a bright young boy.

What would you do if you got a second shot at life? Mike's glory days are decidedly behind him. His marriage has fallen apart, he's been passed over for a promotion, and his kids think he's a loser. But Mike is given another chance when he is miraculously transformed back to the age of 17 and he's suddenly back at Hayden High Schol where he becomes the star of the basketball team, a total hottie and a classmate to his own teenage kids.

Six-year-old Ramona tries to cope with an unsympathetic first-grade teacher.

With a little help from Barney and a big imagination, the children enjoy a fun-filled day at "Baby Bob's School" where every lesson includes unexpected surprises. Five programs in one package: video, sing along, interactive games, Barney' ABC animals read along, and Barney's A great day for learning song sampler.

The kids in Room 207 take advantage of their teacher's good nature until she disappears and they are faced with a vile substitute.

When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.

"The dangerous streets of Nanjing throw together a group of opposites, a flock of shell-shocked schoolchildren, a dozen seductive courtesans, and a renegade American posing as a priest to save his own skin, or so he thinks, all seeking safety behind a walled cathedral. Trapped by marauding soldiers, over the next few days the prejudices and divides between them will fall away as they unite around a last ditch plan to protect the children from impending...

Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his classmates. "Su cara lo hace distinto y �l solo quiere ser uno m�s. Camina siempre mirando al suelo, la cabeza gacha y el flequillo tratando en vano de esconder su rostro, pero, aun as�, es objeto de miradas furtivas, susurros...