When Lila, a worrier, moves to a new town, the what ifs only grow, and she feels alone and invisible until her teacher finds a creative and kind way to make Lila feel welcome and open to new experiences, a lesson that will stay with her long after second grade.

"Colorado, 1864. Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion Prison Castle, where he is forced to learn English and practice Christianity by Richard Henry Pratt, an evangelical prison guard who will go on to found the Carlisle Industrial School for Indians, an institution dedicated to the eradication of Native history, culture, and identity. A generation later, Star's son, Charles, is sent to the school, where...

Faith Higgins is anxious about attending cheer camp with her team, and having to deal with her snobbish teammate Ella is not making things easier.

Spring Break is full of possibilities...but not for Olive. This year, Olive is leaving her friends and all of their exciting vacation plans behind to visit her dad at his new apartment in the city. Goober is thrilled to spend a whole week with their father and has a long list of activities for their time together. Olive, on the other hand, still remembers the hurt of their dad moving halfway across the world. She would rather spend time with her friend...

"Vincent wishes he was like everyone else, but his ADHD makes his thoughts turn to chaos...until he learns he can be himself and focus his light on what he wants to see."--

"The house seemed to sit apart from the others on Katydid Street, silent and alone, like it didn't fit among them. For Violet Hart-whose family is about to move into the house on Katydid Street-very little felt like it fit anymore. Like their old home, suddenly too small since her mother remarried and the new baby arrived. Or Violet's group of friends, which, since they started middle school, isn't enough for Violet's best friend, Paige. Everything...

"The My Weird School kids are fed up with Miss Banks and her constant pranks. They decide to finally prank her back. After seeing how focused and engaged the kids are with their practical joke, Mrs. Stoker suggests a week-long prank competition between the students and the teachers. If the kids manage to pull off a win, they'll get a candy party. And so begins the most epic prank war that Ella Mentry School has ever seen!"

When Leila and her classmates discover that in 1947, Mr. McGee, the principal of their school, created a massive treasure hunt but disappeared before he could share the clues, she and her little dog, Nugget, are ready to crack the case.

Buddy (who is reserved and thoughtful), Bea (who is boisterous and bossy) and the other second graders in Ms. Maple's class are trying to come up with a name for their class, but it is proving harder then they thought it would be.

After she gets her wand taken away at school, a little witch learns to appreciate magic and when it is appropriate to use it!