Brown, Karen

It?s an idyllic New England summer, and Sadie is a precocious only child on the edge of adolescence. It seems like July and August will pass lazily by, just as they have every year before. But one day, Sadie and her best friend play a seemingly harmless prank on a neighborhood girl. Soon after, that same little girl disappears from a backyard barbecue?and she is never seen again. Twenty years pass, and Sadie is still living in the same quiet suburb. She?s married to a good man, has two beautiful children, and seems to have put her past behind her. But when a boy from her old neighborhood returns to town, the nightmares of that summer will begin to resurface, and its unsolved mysteries will finally become clear.

Intended to enhance students' reading and writing skills and to develop their understanding and appreciation of the basic principles of good character. The poems were selected to represent a variety of poets, classical and modern, and each poem relates to a particular character trait. Includes accompanying activities that can be used in the study of any one or all of the character traits.

Intended to enhance students' reading and writing skills and to develop their understanding and appreciation of the basic principles of good character. Proverbs often express society's sense about what comprises good character and how people should behave. Includes familiar quotations, proverbs, sayings, and adages found within languages of different cultures around the world.

Recipes for all sorts of foods that kids like and can fix themselves or with minimal help from parents.