Fleischman, Paul

In 1681 in Boston, fourteen-year-old William, a Narraganset Indian captured in a raid six years earlier, leads a productive and contented life as a printer's apprentice but is increasingly anxious to make some connection with his Indian past.

After being forced to sell the animals he loves, a farmer cuts his hedge to look like them and teaches his sons about following their hearts.

When Jack goes to sea, his parents watch as the tree planted at his birth reflects his fortunes and misfortunes.

In this horror novel parody, three members of Cliffside High School's ruling clique become convinced that the new exchange student is the ghost of the girl whose death they caused the year before.

Four short stories present the adventures of itinerant artisans and tradesmiths as they travel through a small New England town in the year 1800.

While traveling to each corner of the country to build a whirligig in memory of the girl whose death he causes, sixteen-year-old Brian finds forgiveness and atonement.

Selections from anthropological writings are paired with photographs of twentieth-century people engaged in similar activities.

A young girl watches as the activities across the street from her bus stop become a circus.

The Dunderheads--a gang of misfits with unique and unusual talents--come to the aid of one of their own when Spider is falsely arrested for stealing jewelry.

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