2019Novels
Sweeping Up the Heart
From two-time Newbery Honor and New York Times-bestselling author Kevin Henkes, this timeless novel about loss,…
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Novels
Short, funny, beautifully written chapter books — the Miller family stories and other favorites for middle-grade readers.
The Miller Family Stories
one family, four books
Billy, his little sister Sal, Mama, Papa, and the new baby — short, funny, deeply felt novels that grow up with their readers, each illustrated throughout by Kevin Henkes.
The Year of Billy Miller2013Newbery Honor
Billy starts second grade with a lump on his head — and a year of small, spectacular growth ahead. A 2014 Newbery Honor book.
Billy Miller Makes a Wish2021
The summer after second grade: a birthday wish, an ambulance, and “something exciting” Billy never expected.
Oh, Sal2022
Billy’s little sister Sal takes center stage on an eventful New Year’s Day in the Miller house.
Still Sal2024
Sal starts first grade — and everything about school is an absolute disaster. Poor Sal!
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Olive’s Ocean, Sweeping Up the Heart, Junonia, Words of Stone and the rest of the middle-grade shelves.
2011Novels
Junonia
Returning to the beach cottage—a cottage named Scallop—where she has always celebrated her birthday is a special…
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2008Novels
Bird Lake Moon
When two boys come to spend the summer at Bird Lake, each is reeling from his own personal tragedy. Mitch feels…
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2003Novels
Newbery Honor
Olive’s Ocean
Martha didn’t know Olive—not really. But when Olive is killed in a hit-and-run accident, and her mother gives Martha a…
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1999Novels
The Birthday Room
When Ben’s sixth birthday is interrupted by a terrible accident, his family leaves the farm and his beloved…
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1997Novels
Sun and Spoon
Spoon needed something special of Gram’s—something to remember her by. He wasn’t quite sure what the something was,…
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1995Novels
Protecting Marie
“Fanny sensed that from the moment she was born she was meant to have a dog. It was as though some unique and…
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1992Novels
Words of Stone
Blaze Werla is having a typical summer. He lives in the country and spends his days alone, wandering around the hill…
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1988Novels
The Zebra Wall
The Vorlob family is making preparations for the new baby, soon to arrive. Adine, age ten, is used to the routine—she…
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1987Novels
Two Under Par
It seemed to ten-year-old Wedge that most of the time nothing made sense anymore. Suddenly he had a brand-new…
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