Books in The Literacy Bridge - Large Print series

An introduction by Jimmy Carter, winner of the 2002 Nobel Peace PrizeA Junior Library Guild Selection Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has honored the world's greatest geniuses in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, economics, and world peace. Here children ask these creative thinkers about some of life's most intriguing mysteries. The answers are rich with surprise, humor, and of course, wisdom. Every single answer will make you think . . . and learn something new.

An ALA Best Book for Young Adults Recipe for Pop Culture Disaster: Mix one hyperactive seventeen-year-old searching for the meaning of life with one culture-bashing Web site, a media frenzy, a change-the-world rock concert, and enough celebrity worship to canonize Princess Di. Bake at 350 degrees for teen's senior year. Garnish with one frightening, inevitable choice. Serves millions.

Caleb Devlin is a legend on Mockingbird Lane: the boy who terrorized an entire town and got sent away. They say he hurt other kids, tortured animals, set fires, and did other things spoken of only in whispers. That was all before Penny and her little brother moved here. But now Caleb's back, and terrible things are happening again. The police can't do anything without proof, so Penny and her friends try to stop him themselves. Available only in Literacy Bridge 5.

Book 3 of the Boston Jane TrilogyA Newbery Honor-winning Author With a mind of her own and a handsome suitor who loves her for it, seventeen-year-old Jane Peck is the darling of the Washington Territory. She's outwitted wild animals, vengeful ghosts, and a disloyal fiance, but when her finishing school nemesis Sally Biddle invades Shoalwater Bay, Jane discovers that the most dangerous thing on the frontier may be an impeccably dressed debutante.

Book 2 in The Land of Elyon Alexa Daley thought her troubles were over when she defeated the man who had threatened to bring down Bridewell from within. But now that the walls around her land have fallen, a new, unexpected threat has risen from outside. Suddenly, Alexa is involved in a battle much, much larger than her own life . . . a battle in which she is destined to play a key role. Middle Reader title

High school senior Theo is fluent in two languages: spoken English and American Sign Language. His parents and younger brother, Jeremy, are deaf, which has cast Theo in the role of interpreter for his family. It's become a dreaded duty, especially in the case of his mother. A successful sculptor, she is suspicious of "hearies" and expects Theo to act as her business manager. Jeremy relies on Theo for company and homework help. Only his father has never taken advantage of his ears. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.

Limitation Placers in Francesca's life: St. Sebastian's, which pretends to be a coed school; the dearth of female companions to be found there; and the endless supply of idiotic, smug boys. But the Queen of Limitation Placers is her vivacious mother, who makes her attend the hateful school - until the day she's stricken with acute depression, leaving Francesca lost and alone.

In the aftermath of a crisis that threatens the safety of all shadow children - illegal third-borns in a society that allows only two children per family - Trey's friends expect him to take charge, a function he doesn't want or think he can do. In the fifth book in the series, Haddix has again crafted a story that is suspenseful until the last page, with an adrenaline-fueled plot and surprising twists.

Quill Award-winner ALA Best Book Gwenore is only 12 when she escapes from her mother, the evil witch Rhiamon, who hates her daughter and covets the mysterious magical powers symbolized by the birthmark on the girl's wrist. Gwenore travels through medieval England and Wales under secret identities for several years, learning the arts of healing, gardening, and singing. Eventually, she arrives in the Irish kingdom of Lir, where she becomes the beloved teacher and companion of the king's four children. When her mother marries the king and turns the children into swans, Mary Singer, as Gwenore is now known, must vanquish Rhiamon and save the children.

A New York Times Bestselling Author When twelve-year-old Xandra Hobson rescues a beautiful wounded bird from hunters, she is convinced that the single glowing white feather it leaves behind must be magical. At school, a weird, unpopular girl seems to know something about the feather. She calls it a key. But a key to what? When Xandra tries to use the key, she becomes aware of an unseen world within our ordinary one . . .

A New York Times Bestselling Author All Skeet Waters wants is to catch a big, beautiful tarpon on his fly rod - and to keep everything else in his life in Florida the way it's always been. But on his spring break from school, Skeet overhears his mother telling his father to move out permanently. Then, while riding in his boat to escape his parents' troubles, he discovers a manatee that's been shot in the head. Available only in The Literacy Bridge 5.