Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> School & Education

After Jack finds a mysterious blank book titled "The Unusual Adventures of a Usual Boy named Jack," he's astonished to see that his mother's porcelain figurines have come to life. A little boy and a little girl want to hear of his adventures, and when Jack opens the book, the pages are suddenly no longer empty.

Another planet, blue trees, and little giraffes are just a few of the strange things that Jack sees in a series of fantastic trips. Traveling with assistance of the wind, of the wind, which gusts each time he puts on his magic backpack, Jack becomes an ambassador to other worlds....

The adventure continues as the Maragold group starts sixth grade with Mr. Bunnlow, who was transferred from fourth grade to sixth grade. When an over-weight boy joins the class, Maragold and her friends try to help him be accepted, to gain self-confidence and to feel a part of the classroom, instead of feeling isolated and lonely.

The Maragold group also expands to include two new members who add to the comical school adventures. Furthermore, sixth grade brings romantic interests to this group of close friends, along with comical situations and conversations.

Once again these friends...

What is large (or small), bright yellow, and filled with students? School Bus

Climb aboard and let Donald Crews take you to school -- and home again.

Owen had a fuzzy yellow blanket. "Fuzzy goes where I go," said Owen. But Mrs. Tweezers disagreed. She thought Owen was too old for a blanket. Owen disagreed. No matter what Mrs. Tweezers came up with, Blanket Fairies or vinegar, Owen had the answer. But when school started, Owen't mother knew just what to do, and everyone -- Owen, Fuzzy, and even Mrs. Tweezers -- was happy.

What is large (or small), bright yellow, and filled with students? School Bus

Climb aboard and let Donald Crews take you to school -- and home again.

Nora Rose Rowley is a genius, but don't tell anyone. She's managed to make it to the fifth grade without anyone figuring out that she's not just an ordinary kid, and she wants to keep it that way.

But then Nora gets fed up with the importance everyone attaches to test scores and grades, and she purposely brings home a terrible report card just to prove a point. Suddenly the attention she's successfully avoided all her life is focused on her, and her...

Hart soon...

Natalie's best friend, Zoe, is sure that the novel Natalie's written is good enough to be published. But how can a twelve-year-old girl publish a book? Natalie's mother is an editor for a big children's publisher, but Natalie doesn't want to ask for any favors.

Then Zoe has a brilliant idea: Natalie can submit her manuscript under a pen name, with Zoe acting as her literary agent. But it's not easy for two sixth graders to put themselves over as grown-ups, even with some...

When Phil sees another kid wearing his brother's jacket, he assumes the jacket was stolen. It turns out he was wrong, and Phil has to ask himself the question: Would he have made the same assumption if the boy wearing the jacket hadn't been African American? And that question leads to others that reveal some unsettling truths about Phil's neighborhood, his family, and even himself.