Puppy LoveA sweetly humorous middle grade novel packed with action, basketball, and a dash of magical realism about friendship and family, first crushes, and belonging, from acclaimed author Gary Soto. Thirteen year old Jordan Mendoza has a huge crush on his classmate, Sierra, but hes never going to win her affections if he stays a C student and keeps embarrassing himself on the basketball court. And it doesnt help that his best friend, Antonio, likes to tease

a creative California girl who loves fashion

loosely based on Alice in Wonderland

and definitely not finding a new man in her life

Jules and her father were servants at Everless

It was a quest that would lead him to a horrifying truth and force him to reconsider everything he thought he knew about himself and his world

A young newspaperman accidentally turns up the biggest story of his career: On a certain date in the not-too-distant future

Can you judge a book by its cover

Observe Mount Vesuvius erupt (and survive)

and a new circle of friends are pushed to the breaking point

these pearls of wisdom will guide and rescue you with ingenious

Ready to reset

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