Two ordinary families face an extraordinary crisis when ten-year-old Josh Learner is killed by hit-and-run driver Dwight Arno, a small-town lawyer who is also the father of a ten-year-old boy.
Fourteen-year-old Gracie Quicksilver escapes her impoverished and unconventional life by impersonating her rich cousin at an exclusive summer camp, until a series of weird events convinces her that her mother's delusions about being the deposed queen of a distant planet just might be true.
Knowing that she is different from her family in more ways than just in her looks, Emma finds herself searching for answers, yet when the mystery starts to unravel, she finds herself facing up to issues she had never anticipated.
Guided by proverbs from his father and other relatives, Francisco makes several attempts to bring ripe mangoes home for dessert on his saint day, and in the process learns lessons in love and generosity. Includes glossary of Spanish terms.
When they travel by train across America, Christina, Grant, Mimi, and Papa find themselves facing mysterious mishaps, spooky surprises, and treacherous tunnels.
An abridged version of the Louisa May Alcott novel that follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.
Just before the beginning of World War I, eight-year-old Ruthie, who lives with her parents and six brothers on a farm in Indiana, wishes for a sister and tries to behave like the lady her mother wants her to be.
While preparing for a role in the school play, twelve-year-old Leo finds an autobiography that his father wrote as a teenager and ponders the ways people change. Includes the text for the play, "Rumpopo's Porch.".
