Two Tribes

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

Frankie & Bug

The Willoughbys Return

The Bossier Baby

Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope

Claudia and the Great Search

Project Best Friend (Penelope Perfect Book 1)

In a novel-in-verse that brims with grief and love, National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo writes about the devastation of loss, the difficulty of forgiveness, and the bittersweet bonds that shape our lives.

Camino Rios lives for the summers when her father visits her in the Dominican Republic. But this time, on the day when his plane is supposed to land, Camino arrives at the airport to see crowds of crying people…

In New York City, Yahaira Rios is called to the principal’s office, where her mother is waiting to tell her that her father, her hero, has died in a plane crash.

Separated by distance—and Papi’s secrets—the two girls are forced to face a new reality in which their father is dead and their lives are forever altered.

And then, when it seems like they’ve lost everything of their father, they learn of each other.

Discover Your Child's Next Read

Two Tribes

Emily Bowen Cohen, 2023

If a Tree Falls at Lunch Period

Gennifer Choldenko, 2007

Frankie & Bug

Gayle Forman, 2021

The Willoughbys Return

Lois Lowry, 2020

The Bossier Baby

Marla Frazee, 2016

Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope

Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Jodie Patterson, 2021

Claudia and the Great Search

Ann M. Martin, 1990

Project Best Friend (Penelope Perfect Book 1)

Chrissie Perry, Hardie Grant, 2015