Fleischman, Paul

"Acclaimed author Paul Fleischman considers how growing up with a father who was an award-winning author helped to shape and inspire his own career. Paul and Sid Fleischman are the only father-son Newbery medalists in history, and life in the Fleischman home was extraordinary. Readers will feel like part of the family in this humorous and aspirational chronicle"--Provided by the publisher.

A summary of today's environmental challenges also counsels teens on how to decode conflicting information, explaining the role of vested interests while identifying the sources behind different opinions, helping teens make informed choices.

Sixteen-year-old Brent Bishop's attempt to commit suicide by driving drunk results in the death of a lovely, talented high school student, but he finds forgiveness and gains an understanding of the interconnectedness of life when he honors a request by the victim's parents to build four whiligigs in her memory and place them in Washington, California, Florida, and Maine.

One by one, a number of people of varying ages and backgrounds transform a trash-filled, inner-city lot into a productive and beautiful garden, and, in doing so, the gardeners are themselves transformed.

A retelling of the "Cinderella" story based on a variety of folk traditions, including elements from Mexico, Iran, Korea, Russia, Appalachia, and other countries and regions.

The story of a child confronting a man-eating giant or witch is told the world over. These heroes go by many names and might be normal in size or no bigger than a thumb. Though they're often scorned for being the youngest and smallest, they're well-armed with cleverness and courage. Paul Fleischman and Julie Paschkis combine elements of this story from different tradition---Jack and the Beanstalk, Tom Thumb, Kihuo, Vasilisa---to create one narrative, one complete picture of a small boy's triumph.

A collection of poems to be read aloud by four people, with color-coded text to indicate which lines are read by which readers.

Seventeen-year-old Del, tired of being bounced between foster homes, is thwarted in her decision to run away by an all-day Los Angeles traffic jam, which serves as the basis of the one-woman show she writes and performs eight years later.

Wesley's garden produces a crop of huge, strange plants which provide him with clothing, shelter, food, and drink, thus helping him create his own civilization and changing his life.