Meet Nixie Ness, the main character in the first title, Nixie Ness Cooking Star by Claudia Mills, in the After-School Superstar series. Third graders, Nixie and Grace, have been best friends since they were two. Every day after school, Grace stays at Nixie's house until her mom picks her up after work. Everything is perfect until Nixie's mom starts working at a book store, and now Nixie is forced to go to the after-school program while Grace spends her afternoons with best-fr

Click the picture to purchase this book. The Big Game, by Tim Green, is an entertaining book for kids Grades 2-6. I read this to my son a few years back, and we LOVED it. It's about Danny, a 7th grader, who has a heavy load of expectations on his shoulders. His dad is a retired pro football player and expects Danny to carry on his legacy. Early in the story, Danny's father has a heart attack and doesn't make it. Struggling with his father's sudden death, Danny is required to