Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now

The Art of Breaking Things

Learning Not to Drown

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

The First Part Last

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph

The Trouble with May Amelia

Sure Signs of Crazy

A foster kid with a can-do attitude teaches the value of family and home.

Twelve-year-old Pavi Sharma is an expert at the Front Door Face: the perfect mix of puppy dog eyes and a lemonade smile, the exact combination to put foster parents at ease as they open their front door to welcome you in. After being bounced around between foster families and shelter stays, Pavi is a foster care expert, and she runs a “business” teaching other foster kids all she has learned. With a wonderful foster family in mom Marjorie and brother Hamilton, things are looking up for Pavi.

Then Pavi meets Meridee: a new five-year-old foster kid, who is getting placed at Pavi’s first horrendous foster home. Pavi knows no one will trust a kid about what happened on Lovely Lane, even one as mature as she is, so it’s up to her to save Meridee.

With help from Hamilton, brooding eighth grader Santos, and Hamilton’s somewhat obnoxious BFF Piper, they set off on an important mission with life-changing stakes. Pavi will stop at nothing to keep Meridee from the home that still haunts her nightmares.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now

Lauren Child, 2006

The Art of Breaking Things

Laura Sibson, 2019

Learning Not to Drown

Anna Shinoda, 2014

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

Brenda Woods, 2014

The First Part Last

Angela Johnson, 2003

The Revolution of Birdie Randolph

Brandy Colbert, 2019

The Trouble with May Amelia

Jennifer L. Holm, Adam Gustavson, 2011

Sure Signs of Crazy

Karen Harrington, 2013