An autobiography in which author Robert Newton Peck recalls his childhood and the people who influenced him the most, and discusses his writing career.
After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.
A family that moves from Florida to Vermont for the simpler life on a farm becomes closer to nature and each other when trials come their way. Told in free verse poems.
Although initially embarrassed by his colorful Tia Lola when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, ten-year-old Miguel soon learns to love her.
Chronicles the stories of three same-sex couples who requested marriage licenses in their small Vermont towns, and as a result, ignited a debate over their right to marry that went all the way to the Supreme Court.
At a Vermont elementary school, April Fools' Day takes on a sinister tone when a teacher goes missing and several suspects emerge, among them the teacher's fiance and a missing mutant chick.
Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, T?ia Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.
Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.
