Books in The Literacy Bridge - Large Print series

A Coretta Scott King Award-winning Author Nate Whitely's life at a prestigious prep school in upstate New York takes him far from his Harlem home, but not so far as to sever the strong bond he has to his neighborhood. Like his prep school friends, Nate is doing well academically and has his sights set on college. But complications from one life intrude into the other. Will Nate be able to sustain these powerful ties without jeopardizing all that he's achieved? Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

A New York Times Bestseller For basketball fiend Steven Thomas, it's like a dream come true. He won a writing contest and now here he is in New Orleans, wearing a press pass around his neck, covering the biggest weekend in college sports. But the dream takes an ugly twist when Steven and his fellow winner are nosing around the Superdome and overhear someone warning MSU's star point guard he'd better lose the final game . . . or else.

Sixteen-year-old Maggy's life is: being invisible at school, taking care of her alcoholic mother, and spending all the time she can at the Blue Mirror, a downtown cafe. She can lose herself there for hours with a cappuccino and a sketchbook. But everything changes when she meets Cole, a charismatic runaway. She's intrigued by his risky life on the streets - and when Cole says he loves her, Maggy comes alive. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

An ALA Best Book Her friend Dub must be right: Allie Nichols is a "ghost magnet." She has hardly laid the last spirit to rest when she's sure that another one is trying to reach her. But how can Allie help a ghost who won't speak? All she has to go on is a sound - a sort of whine - and a smell. Allie is baffled - until she figures out why the ghost showed up. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

It's 1942. The United States is at war with Germany. Fourteen-year-old Jill Winter's mother is traveling to Newfoundland to be with Jill's sick uncle and must pass through the treacherous North Atlantic where German U-boats stalk like wolves. Jill's father, a famous pop singer, is on tour, so Jill is sent to Winter Haven, Maine, to stay with Nana. Jill soon discovers that Winter Haven is full of secrets and rumors, and it's hard to tell who's a friend and who's an enemy. Available only in Literacy Bridge 5.

As his family sets sail on a new life by moving to Cape Hatteras, fourth-grader Jack Henry is struggling to chart a course between his parents' contradictory advice on making friends. But Jack finds there are no easy answers. This colorful and comic new collection of interrelated stories featuring the author's hapless alter ego is a prequel to the four books in the Jack Henry series.

A New York Times Bestselling Author A Newbery Award-winning Author Many readers of Patricia Reilly Giff's Nory Ryan's Song wondered what happened to Nory, who set out alone on the road to Galway hoping to find her family and sail for Brooklyn, America. Here is the story of that journey from Ireland to America told by both Nory and her neighbor Sean Red Mallon. The passage is harrowing, but Nory and Sean are pulled onward by a single dream: to reach Maggie's door. For ages 8-12.

A Christopher Award-winning Author Fifth grader Nora Rose Rowley is a genius. But Nora always gets average grades so she can avoid the pressure-cooker gifted program or the Brainiac Academy. Then, fed up over testing and the fuss everyone makes about grades, she brings home a terrible report card. Pretty soon her teachers, parents, and the principal are launching a massive effort to find out what's wrong. Can Nora convince them that tests alone are a stupid way to measure intelligence? Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Featured Selection Johnny Moore lives in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, at the turn of the twentieth century. When Johnny's mama gives him a blank book and tells him to write in it, Johnny doesn't think he has anything interesting to write about. But pretty soon, some "dingbatters" from Ohio called the Wright Brothers breeze into town and, before he knows it, Johnny is writing every day, telling about helping the Wrights build their flying machine.

Whether it's waking up to find toads in their shoes, becoming trapped on the roof, or searching for cheese when their cow makes only lemonade, the Pepin family always seems to get into the most bizarre scrapes. Lucky for them they have an author with large psychic antennae and great problem-solving readers. Join the Pepins on their hilarious adventures. They need all the help they can get!