Willa Bean to the Rescue!

Willa Bean to the Rescue!
Author: Cecilia Galante
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2013
Genre: Bullying
ISBN: 0449810038

"Willa Bean travels down to Earth for the first time with her father on a cupid assignment, where she finds a boy being bullied who needs her help"--Provided by publisher.

Little Wings #5: Willa Bean to the Rescue!

Little Wings #5: Willa Bean to the Rescue!
Author: Cecilia Galante
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2013-07-23
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0449810054

Cecilia Galante's sweet series about a lovable curly-haired cupid swoops down to London in book #5. Willa Bean is having a moody Moonday. School is closed, Harpers's not around, and Mama can't do anything now—only later. Then Daddy whispers to her—she can go down to Earth with him! Earth! Wolla-wolla-wing-wang! Willa Bean has never been there before! She just has to promise to be good. And her arrows are only for pretending. No problem, Willa Bean thinks. But then she spots a bully picking on a poor little orange-haired boy. Watch out, Earth! It's Willa Bean to the rescue!

Willa Bean's Cloud Dreams

Willa Bean's Cloud Dreams
Author: Cecilia Galante
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2011
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375869476

Willa Bean, who wants to master flying before starting school at Cupid Academy, celebrates her unconventional looks and unique personality, but struggles to accept that cupids learn how to fly at different times.

Star-Bubble Trouble

Star-Bubble Trouble
Author: Cecilia Galante
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2012
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0375869492

While on her first school "cloud trip," young cupid Willa Bean tries to get a replacement for her baby brother's lost ball but makes some big mistakes that nearly spoil everyone's fun.

Willa of Dark Hollow

Willa of Dark Hollow
Author: Robert Beatty
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2021-05-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 136801061X

This enchanting companion to Robert Beatty's instant #1 New York Times bestseller Willa of the Wood is perfect for any reader who cares deeply about the natural world. Willa and her clan are the last of the Faeran, an ancient race of forest people who have lived in the Great Smoky Mountains for as long as the trees have grown there. But as crews of newly arrived humans start cutting down great swaths of the forest she loves, she is helpless to stop them. How can she fight the destroyers of the forest and their powerful machines?When Willa discovers a mysterious dark hollow filled with strange and beautiful creatures, she comes to realize that it contains a terrifying force that seems to be hunting humans. Is unleashing these dangerous spirits the key to stopping the loggers? Willa must find a way to save the people and animals she loves and take a stand against a consuming darkness that threatens to destroy her world.Filled with a compelling mixture of history, mystery, and magic, Robert Beatty's books are loved by readers from 8 to 108.Grow your middle grade fantasy collection with these best-selling fan favorites:Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert BeattyWilla of the Wood by Robert BeattyIf We Were Giants by Dave Matthews and Clete Barrett SmithThe Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick RiordanThe Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer

Girls with Guts!

Girls with Guts!
Author: Debbie Gonzales
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1580897479

Celebrate women athletes who played all kinds of sports before Title IX finally allowed them to compete in the Olympics, tournaments, and in leagues across America. No chasing! No stretching or straining! And never, ever sweat. These were the rules girls were forced to play by until Title IX passed in 1972. From Melpomene in 1896 to Althea Gibson in 1956 and beyond, readers will meet the women athletes who refused to take no for an answer. Learn how they paved the way for the women who pushed for a law to protect their right to play, compete, and be athletes.

One of Ours

One of Ours
Author: Willa Cather
Publisher: e-artnow
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2022-01-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Claude Wheeler is a young man who was born after the American frontier has vanished. The son of a successful farmer and an intensely pious mother, Wheeler is guaranteed a comfortable livelihood. Nevertheless, Wheeler views himself as a victim of his father's success and his own inexplicable malaise.Thus, devoid of parental and spousal love, Wheeler finds a new purpose to his life in France, a faraway country that only existed for him in maps before the First World War. Will Wheeler ever succeed in his new goal? The novel is inspired from real-life events and also won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923.

Little Wings #1: Willa Bean's Cloud Dreams

Little Wings #1: Willa Bean's Cloud Dreams
Author: Cecilia Galante
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2011-12-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 037598352X

Cecilia Galante, the author of The Patron Saint of Butterflies, makes her Stepping Stones debut with a sweet series about a lovable curly-haired cupid. Most cupids have soft straight hair, rosy cheeks, and silky white wings. Not Willa Bean! She has a crazy mess of hair, a million-bajillion freckles, and bright purple wings with silver tips. And lately those bright purple wings with silver tips have been giving Willa Bean an awful lot of problems. They won't fly! Cupid Academy is starting soon, and what if she's the only cloudbound cupid there? Nope, nope, nopeity, nope. Willa Bean just has to make her wings behave!

Bean Dog and Nugget

Bean Dog and Nugget
Author: Charise Mericle Harper
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2013
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0307977072

Bean Dog and Nugget share many adventures.

The Last Duchess

The Last Duchess
Author: Sharon (Sharon Roberta) Stewart
Publisher: Scholastic Canada
Total Pages: 283
Release: 2006
Genre: Courage
ISBN: 9780439961011

The Last Duchess is the touching story of Princess Anastasia and Dunia, two girls whose lives were worlds apart, but whosefriendship lasted a lifetime. When Dunia runs away from her tiny village in the forests of Siberia, she never imagines she'll meet the Tsar of Russia. But before long she's visiting the palace and making friends with the impish young princess, Anastasia. Life couldn't be happier... until the dark clouds of revolution loom over Russia. Could Dunia lose her new world, her new friend - even her own life?