The textbook currently being used by Grade 4 pupils studying in all public elementary schools in the Philippines carries the totally unimaginative nontitle of “English Learner’s Material.” “Abysmally ...

Preus, who lives in Duluth, is the bestselling author of the Newbery Honor book “Heart of a Samurai” and other books for young readers, including “West of the Moon” and the Enchanted Lake trilogy. She ...

These books are short and easy to read but pack an outsized emotional punch. Courtesy the publishers The preteen years are fraught with emotion and change, and a lot of us forget just how much we ...

Fight Like a Girl is a YA novel by Sheena Kamal. (Malcolm Tweedy, Penguin Teen) Fight Like a Girl is for ages 14 and up. When you can read it: Fight Like a Girl is available now. Me and Banksy is a ...

Beatrice and Croc Harry is a middle-grade novel by Lawrence Hill. (HarperCollins Canada, Beatrice Freedman) Eight Days follows a girl named Samantha who discovers that the mother she thought died ...