Cuatro vientos

Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

The residents of a small town in Holland try to bring storks to nest in their village.

A young English boy describes his relationship with his father and the special adventure they share together.

The author recalls his carefree life in a small midwestern town at the close of World War I, and his adventures with his pet raccoon, Rascal.

Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.

Translation of: Call it courage. Ever since his mother drowned, Mafatu, a 15-year-old Polynesian boy, has had a profound fear of the sea. One day he finds an inner strength to overcome his terror.

In claiming as his own the magnificent black pearl he finds, Ramon, a sixteen-year-old youth, enrages the sea devil who legend says is its true owner.

Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.

Moi, a beaver, makes a great sacrifice to save his home in the river when man threatens it with pollution.

Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.