Hermes, Patricia

Terrified that the death of the grandmother who was their guardian will separate them, twelve-year-old Mark decides to run away with his retarded younger brother.

In 1610, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of he experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage.

In this book, Joshua's diary comes to an end with stories of life in Oregon, his sister lost in the woods, and Joshua starting school.

Eleven-year-old Blessing has lived with her grandmother in a cabin in the Tennessee mountains since she was two years old, but now she has to accept that her grandmother is dying and that she must continue life without her.

Katie is always competing with Tiffany, and when Tiffany decides to bring her pet bunny in for the Easter party, Katie wants to have a bunny too.

Told from two different perspectives, this novel, set against the backdrop of the Salem Witch Trials, follows Elizabeth Putnam, who is accused of witchcraft, and her best friend George, who must choose between the beliefs of his community and what he knows to be true.

Zeus, a lovable mutt, and Roxanne, a dolphin, have just found each other on a beach in the Florida Keys.

Katie decides to have her own haunted house when a girl at school doesn't invite her to her party, but she starts to feel guilty about all the lies she has to tell to keep her party a secret from her grandma and grandpa.

Cousins Meghann and Marcie dread the thought of spending the summer with their cousin William almost as much as they dread feeding one of their clients, a snake named Althea.

Thirteen-year-old Vada Sultenfiss us being kicked out of her room because her stepmother, Shelly, is about to have a baby. Her friend Judy's in love with a jerk, and even though Vada's best friend Thomas J. died two years ago, she still misses him. Suddenly, Vada's beginning to wonder whether she'd rather write a really good poem--or get a really good kiss.