Books in The Literacy Bridge - Large Print series

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Ever since his mother and sister moved away, thirteen-year-old Casey has had to cook, clean, and look after his father when he's "sick." Every night Casey wonders how things will be when his dad gets home. When things are bad, Casey can't help blaming himself. Casey believes his dad is just going through a hard time, that he'll get better soon. Then comes a phone call from his aunt. She knows what's going on and wants to help, and there's something they can do - if Casey will participate. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Six months ago, in a terrible car accident, Emily Racine lost her older brother and her ability to do what she loved: dance. Now, just as she is getting on her feet again, her parents want to sell the house that Emily feels is the only place where she can still feel and speak to her brother. Heartbreaking, honest, and downright funny, this novel of loss and recovery will resonate long after the last page is read. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Winner of the 1965 Newbery Medal Manolo Olivar knows he is a coward. He is afraid of heights, cars, and bulls - especially bulls. But as the son of Juan Olivar, the greatest matador in Spain, everyone expects him to be a bullfighter. Now, at eleven, Manolo must fight his first bull. But, no matter how much he practices, he is still terrified. Can Manolo find the courage to fight the bull with honor? Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

A National Book Award-winning Author A Junior Library Guild Selection A Junior Library Guild Selection ?Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal Reviews Lots of people think Doug Hanson is a freak - he gets beat up after school, and the girl of his dreams calls him a worm. Doug's only refuge is building elaborate model trains in his basement and hanging out with his best friend, Andy Morrow. Andy is nothing like Doug, but they can talk about anything - except what happened at the Tuttle place a few years back. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Fed up with his parents' boring old religion, agnostic-going-on-atheist Jason Bock invents a new god - the town's water tower. He recruits an unlikely group of worshippers, and as their religion grows, it takes on a life of its own. Jason struggles to keep the faith pure, but when the Chutengodians hold their first ceremony high atop the dome of the water tower, things quickly go from merely dangerous to terrifying and deadly. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Book 1 in The Hollow Kingdom Trilogy Hallow Hill has a strange and tragic history. For thousands of years, young women have been vanishing from the estate, never to be seen again. Now Kate and Emily have come to live at Hallow Hill. Brought up in a civilized age, they have no idea of the land's dreadful heritage. Until, that is, Marak decides to tell them himself. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

A New York Times Bestselling Author A Newbery Honor and Scott O'Dell Award-winning Author About Joelle's life before she was found as a scrawny five-year-old, there isn't a lot known. But when her weird classmate, Carlos, tells her she looks like a girl in an old painting of Narragansett Indians, Joelle is surprised by a flicker of recognition. Carlos leads her to the ancient Crying Rocks, where the howling winds are thought to be the spirit voices of children long ago flung to an early death. The terrible story draws Joelle into the downdraft of her own memory.

A New York Times Bestselling Author A Newbery Award-winning Author Tilly was tiny and very, very thin. Penpen was round and jolly and didn't look all that old. Tilly sat on two phone books and a cushion and yet she could barely see over the wheel. Ratchet sat in the backseat. It was black out. In fact, the night sky, the whole night air of the Maine woods, had an oily quality -- a dark so deep you could almost see rainbows in it. Ratchet had no idea where she was...

In the second book of the Carve the Mark duology, globally bestselling Divergent author Veronica Roth reveals how Cyra and Akos fulfill their fates. The Fates Divide is a richly imagined tale of hope and resilience told in four stunning perspectives. As Lazmet ignites a barbaric war, Cyra and Akos are desperate to stop him. For Cyra, that could mean taking the life of the man who may be her father. For Akos, it could mean giving his own.