Catalog Search Results
1) The batboy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even though his mother feels baseball ruined her marriage to his father, she allows fourteen-year-old Brian to become a bat boy for the Detroit Tigers, who have just drafted his favorite player back onto the team.
2) Artemis fowl
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
When a twelve-year-old evil genius tries to restore his family fortune by capturing a fairy and demanding a ransom in gold, the fairies fight back with magic, technology, and a particularly nasty troll.
Author
Series
Hank the Cowdog volume 53
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drover C. Dog--faithful sidekick to Hank the Cowdog--tells the story of his life, from being the runt of the litter with dreams of being a handsome prince, to how he came to Loper and Sally May's ranch.
Author
Series
Last apprentice volume 6
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces, and a momentous decision must be made, causing a serious rift between Tom and the Spook that threatens to separate them forever.
Author
Series
Chester Raccoon (Picture books) volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
8) Big snow
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"An excited and frustrated boy watches hopefully as wintry weather develops slowly into a 'big snow.'"--
9) One day
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In this heartfelt mother's ode to her baby boy, she shares her hopes and dreams for him as she envisions him exploring the world and blazing his own trail.
10) Guy wire
Author
Series
Guy Strang novels volume 4
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When his best friend is seriously injured in a bike accident, Guy recounts their first meeting and how the friendship grew despite the weird antics of Guy's eccentric mother.
11) I need a snake
Author
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A young boy really wants a snake of his own, and after his mother reads a book about snakes and takes him to a museum and a pet store to see some, he finds his own pet "snakes" around the house.
12) Little Bear
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
Short stories about little bear, who wears new clothes, makes birthday soup, pretends to go to the moon, and can't sleep because he's busy making wishes.
13) Infinity
Author
Series
Chronicles of Nick volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Fourteen-year-old sarcastic, street-savvy Nick is drawn into the world of the Dark-Hunters, but must hide his participation in the battle against werewolves, vampires, and zombies from his mother and high school principal.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Frankie Joe Huckaby, forced to live with the father he never knew, a stepmother, and four half-brothers in Illinois, starts a delivery service to finance his escape back to his mother in Texas, not realizing he is making a better life for himself than he ever had with her.
18) One + one = blue
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Branded the class loser, twelve-year-old Basil reluctantly becomes friends with a bossy new girl who, like Basil, has synesthesia and comes to Basil's aid when his estranged mother returns and turns his life upside down.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request