Follows the lives of a Newfoundland family for several months as they deal with the father's drinking and unemployment, the son's poor choice of friends and subsequent problems, and general familial deterioration.
Sent to live with relatives after his parents are killed, 14-year-old Michael finds his uncle intolerable. When he runs away, his cousin accompanies him.
A retelling of the heroic rescue of 163 people shipwrecked off the south coast of Newfoundland in 1828 by a young girl named Ann Harvey and her father and brother.
In his letters to his favorite rock star, fourteen-year-old Terry reveals his musical aspirations and his problems coping with his parents' separation, communicating with girls, and finding his own place in the world.
Fourteen-year-old Michael struggles to adjust to his new life after his parents are killed in an automobile accident and he is sent to live with relatives in a city hundreds of miles away.
Aunt Olga shows Anna, a favorite niece, her collection of Christmas postcards and they decide to write a few of their own over tea. Includes illustrations of historical postcards.
