The war against Voldemort is not going well; even Muggle governments are noticing. Hermione scans the pages of the Daily Prophet, reading out terrible news. Dumbledore is absent from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, and the Order of the Phoenix has already suffered losses. And yet... As in all wars, life goes on. Sixth-year students learn to Apparate - and lose a few eyebrows in the process. Teenagers flirt and fight and fall in love. Classes...

At a time when the forces of evil seem to be gaining the upper hand, Harry comes of age in the wizarding world, and must take on and defeat Voldemort--or be killed himself.

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

Third grader Judy Moody is in a first day of school bad mood until she gets an assignment to create a collage all about herself and begins creating her masterpiece, the Me collage.

Unpopular Nate suffers a broken finger, the middle one, splinted to flip off the world, Claire sees herself sitting in a café filling a journal, but life has other plans for her, a cheerleader dates a closeted basketball star, while antoher one questions where she fits in as a "big girl" and a group of boys scam drivers for beer money without remorse, or so it seems, all happening in one day in a small town.

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From the award-winning author of 10:04 and Leaving the Atocha Station, a tender and expansive

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When Clay Jensen receives a box containing thirteen cassette tapes recorded by his classmate Hannah, who committed suicide, he spends the night crisscrossing their town, listening to Hannah's voice recounting the events leading up to her death.

"Featuring art and writing from the students of the Parkland tragedy, this is a raw look at the events of February 14, and a poignant representation of grief, healing, and hope. The students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School share their emotional journeys that began on February 14, 2018, and continue today. This revealing and unfiltered look at teens living in the wake of tragedy is a poignant representation of grief, anger, determination, healing,...

Ten days before the start of kindergarten, a preschooler can not tie her shoes by herself and fears the worst.