LITERATURE

Like many ambitious New York City teenagers, Craig Gilner sees entry into Manhattan’s Executive Pre-Professional High School as the ticket to his future. Determined to succeed at life—which means getting into the right high school to get into the right college to get the right job—Craig studies night and day to ace the entrance exam, and does. That’s when things start to get crazy. Learn More

Roald Dahl's perennial bestseller about a boy's magical journey across the sea, James and the Giant Peach, celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2011. Learn More

Two young children tour their noisy house with fresh eyes, discovering along the way that all is not as it seems. Learn More

Once upon a time there were two sleepy kids. Then they heard a distant sound, a beat that got louder and louder. Learn More

It is the cusp of World War I, and all the European powers are arming up. The Austro-Hungarians and Germans have their Clankers, steam-driven iron machines loaded with guns and ammunition. The British Darwinists employ fabricated animals as their weaponry. The Leviathan is a living airship, the most formidable airbeast in the skies of Europe. Learn More

There is a lot to do before Little Mouse is ready to go visit the barn. Learn More

Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter’s whole life has been one big non-event. Then he heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-butboring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. Learn More

An exciting new tale set in the world of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials saga. Learn More

Little Bunny is VERY MAD at his mommy. Learn More