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"The coming-of-age story of Korak, Tarzan's unruly teenage son. Like his father, Jack (his ape name is "Korak") has an attraction to the wild, and the story starts with his rejection of civilization for the African jungle."

Sam Krupnik, mad at his mother because she won't let him wear his newly acquired plastic fangs in the house, decides to run away.

There is one thing Steven knows for sure: He's absolutely, positively NOT gay.Steven's a 16-year-old boy with two obsessions: sex and getting his driving license. The problem is, Steven's not thinking girls when he's thinking sex. Could he be -- don't say it -- gay? Steven sets out to get in touch with his inner he-man with Healthy Heterosexual Strategies such as "Start Hanging Out with the Guys," and "Begin Intensive Dating." But are Steven's tactics...

Edward Edson Lee (1884-1944), who wrote under the pen name of Leo Edwards, was a popular children's author in the 1920s and 1930s. He wrote five series of books, including the Jerry Todd series which was wildly popular. The stories took place in the town which Lee experienced in his childhood and the characters were real boys that Lee befriended around the time he began writing the stories. In his autobiography, Ronald Reagan wrote that he had a boyhood...

For the longest time I was five-and-a-half. I remember I was five-and-a-half for such a long time I thought I would never be older. But the day came. Yesterday, I was 'almost six'. The story is about a little boy, Zachery, who is six. He discovers that growing up is more about overcoming fears (his 'inners') than physical changes (his 'outters').

This story is for all those children who may have wondered what might happen to some body bits in their world. Eight year old Beau Michael Philpott-Jones decides to start a collection of the body bits in his daily life, and then with the help of his father creates a collage picture to enter in a local art show, with an exciting result!

Eww, rolled pickles filled with jam. After a long day of watching her son play outside and cleaning him up before meals, Sam's mother had no idea what her little toddler had in store for her the next day. Sam's mom loves her son, but she doesn't love the breakfast in bed he brought her for her birthday. Of course, she would never tell him how awful those pickles were. A mothers' love knows no bounds and that's certainly the case with Sam's. Sam's...

In this second book about Anastasia Krupnik's younger brother, Sam concocts a perfume made of his mother's favorite smells to honor her request for only homemade gifts for her birthday.

Will has a lot to say, but he knows from experience that it's not always safe to say what's on his mind. At home and at school, with his father and his friends, Will has been gulping down his words for a long time. He doesn't know how many more words he'll be able to swallow. Then he meets a writer who won't take back his words, and Will understands what being brave can mean. As Will's words begin to flow, he tastes for the first time what self-expression...

Everyone needs their own special corner... It's 1969 and ten-year-old Davy is in a predicament. With two weeks remaining.