The Labors of Hercules Beal

One Smart Sheep

Pay Attention, Carter Jones

A Long Road on a Short Day

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf

Benny Beats His Shyness: Kids and Parents Overcoming Social Anxiety

Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure

The Whatif Monster Chapter Book Series: A New Friend for Jonathan James

Following the death of her closest friend in summer 1968, Meryl Lee Kowalski goes off to St. Elene's Preparatory Academy for Girls, where she struggles to navigate the venerable boarding school's traditions and a social structure heavily weighted toward students from wealthy backgrounds. In a parallel story, Matt Coffin has wound up on the Maine coast near St. Elene's with a pillowcase full of money lifted from the leader of a criminal gang, fearing the gang's relentless, destructive pursuit. Both young people gradually dispel their loneliness, finding a way to be hopeful and also finding each other.

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The Labors of Hercules Beal

Gary D. Schmidt, 2023

One Smart Sheep

Gary D. Schmidt, Elizabeth Stickney, Jane Manning, 2021

Pay Attention, Carter Jones

Gary D. Schmidt, 2019

A Long Road on a Short Day

Eugene Yelchin, Gary D. Schmidt, Elizabeth Stickney, 2020

Middle School Is Worse Than Meatloaf

Jennifer L. Holm, Elicia Castaldi, 2006

Benny Beats His Shyness: Kids and Parents Overcoming Social Anxiety

Dr. Jonathan Kushnir, Vidya Lalgudi Jaishankar, Ram Kushnir, 2021

Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure

Jeff Kinney, 2020

The Whatif Monster Chapter Book Series: A New Friend for Jonathan James

Michelle Nelson-Schmidt, 2019