Izzy finds many things to be excited about on the first day of school.

It's the South Bronx of the 1960s, a neighborhood teetering on change. The young Puerto Rican boy David Pérez is living in the Millbrook housing projects, about to be transferred to St. Luke's Catholic School, where he's already attended catechism and asked if God "popped out of nowhere." So begins Pérez's delightful and engaging "memoirito," a novella-like tale that follows Pérez playing neighborhood games like "Find the Belt" and navigating his...

Assorted graduates of the Bow Wow School meet at a farmers market and a dog park, where most of them remember their obedience training.

"Nate thinks studying is no sweat. But Francis isn't so sure. Can Francis convince Nate to hit the books? Or will Nate's genius wow everyone?"--Back cover.

Hit the stage with Tori Vega and all the amazing students at Hollywood Arts, the most prestigious performing arts high school in the country! From wowing the crowd at the big showcase to movie roles, stage fights, costume make-up and more, these talented students are ready to shine!

Billy wins a contest by demonstrating mind reading with his best friend Hoover, the ghost. But when Billy gets on the sixth-grade team he spends more time with his new teammates than with Hoover.

"Like Jenny Lawson and Caitlin Moran, Emmy-nominated actress and writer Betty Gilpin delivers a lightning-strike dispatch of hilarious, intimate, and luminous essays on how to navigate this weird and wondrous life. Betty Gilpin has a brain full of women. There's Blanche VonFuckery, Ingrid St. Rash, and a host of others-some cowering in sweatpants, some howling plans for revolution, and some, oh God, and some...slowly vomiting up a crow without breaking...

Everyone's favorite second grader is back with an all-new invention sure to wow her classmates! Geraldine's latest mission is to unite her class in celebration of their unique differences. When she sees the kids at recess giving the new kid from Pakistan a hard time for being different, she decides it is time for a new invention to help support her new friend. Sorting through her parents' old gadgets and gizmos, she finds exactly what she needs to...

Payton Park is a snowboarding artist. He's wowed many crowds with his incredible half-pipe stunts. But during a major competition, he falls hard while trying to pull off his biggest trick yet. Unfortunately, his main rival recorded his wipeout and put it on the Internet for all to see. Now the embarrassing moment keeps replaying in his mind. It's messing with his concentration and he can't seem to land any of his tricks. Can Park shake off his fears...