Books in The Literacy Bridge - Large Print series

A New York Times Bestselling Author After seeing his father hauled off to debtors' prison, fourteen-year-old Tom Tin sets out to take revenge on Mr. Goodfellow, the man responsible for his family's misfortunes. But the fog-filled London streets are teeming with sinister characters, including a nasty gang of young pickpockets who mistake Tom for someone ominously known as the Smasher. And, ultimately, Tom comes up against the cruel hand of the law.

A New York Times Bestselling Author A Two-time Newbery Award-winning Author A Children's Book-of-the-Month Club Main Selection The summer she's twelve, Margaret Rose Kane must confront a catastrophe brewing in her own backyard. For the last forty-five years, her beloved great-uncles have been building three giant towers from scrap metal and shards of glass and porcelain. Now, the towers have been declared a blight on the neighborhood. Even worse, the city council has voted to have them destroyed. Margaret is outraged . . .

A Newbery Award NomineeAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults Pete slipped right out of the world he'd shared with his parents, and, for a time, none of them knew it. After all, Pete was still 13, mowing lawns, hanging around with his best friend, Rufus. Who would have known? James W. Carson, for one. From the moment their eyes met along the 19-21 bypass, Peter Cassidy was his. The Man had hitchhiked to town like some legendary hero, a lasso of words spinning about him, drawing Pete and many others in tight. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

A Newbery Medal Winner A National Book Award Winner A Boston Globe/Horn Book Award Winner Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home. M.C. dreams of escape for himself and family. And one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it.

Book 8 in the Real Kids Real Adventures series A twelve-year-old plunges through flames to rescue four young children . . . a young Colorado boy is swept away in a hot air balloon after the pilot is dumped out during a landing attempt . . . two teens dive into a rain-swollen river to rescue three tots trapped in a sinking station wagon - three thrilling true-life stories that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Middle Reader title

When Pearl's mother, Ruby, leaves her at Aunt Ivy's house, at first Pearl thinks that she'll be back soon. But as the days stretch on, Pearl wonders if she'll ever return. It seems a pretty sorry state of affairs to Pearl. There's no one around except for Moonpie, the neighbor boy whose mother doesn't want him, either. But even so, Moonpie seems to have a kind of family. Ruby is the only family Pearl has ever known. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

With a New Introduction by Jack Gantos and Original Art by N. M. BodeckerEdward Eager's enduring classic begins with a strange coin on a sun-warmed sidewalk. Jane finds the coin and idly wishes something exciting would happen. And something does: Her wish is granted. Or not quite. It turns out that the coin grants wishes - but only by half, so that you must wish for twice as much as you want . . .

The Kiesha'ra: Volume OneAn ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers Danica is an avian shapeshifter, and her golden hawk's form in the sky is as natural to her as her human one on land. The only thing more familiar to her is war: It has raged between her people and the serpiente for so long, no one can remember how it began. All they know is hatred, fear and bloodshed. And Danica is tired of it. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

A Newbery Award-winning Author The Hatfords elect Wally, the only non-baseball fan in the family, to stay home and watch the Fire Department Auxiliary yard sale tables until they return from Buckman Badgers' championship baseball game. On top of that, Caroline Malloy has roped Wally into costarring with her in a school play. After the girls stumble across an embarrassing item from the boys' past, it looks as if the Hatfords will be totally humiliated - until Wally turns the tables.