Koss, Amy Goldman

Koss enlivens the middle school social drama with a creative twist and sensitive and imaginative characters.

Each of the girls in a middle-school clique reveals the strong, manipulative hold one of the group exerts on the others, causing hurt and self-doubt among the girls.

A collection of poems that answer such questions as "Where do fish go in winter?" and "Why does popcorn pop?".

A timely yet warm-hearted story follows ninth-grader Jacki and her family as hard economic times force the family to change the way they do everything.

Twelve-year-old Hillary, who has traveled across the country all her life with her parents who sell crafts, finds herself facing a stay of nine whole months in Ashwater, California.

Marla, the only Jewish student in her fourth-grade class, wishes she celebrated Christmas like her best friend Lucy, until one year when she decides to learn all about Hanukkah and to teach her family about it too.

Describes, in rhyming text and illustrations, the habitats and characteristics of a variety of unusual animals.

In her diary, eleven-year-old Robyn describes her family's visit to Austria, from the disastrous theft of their luggage to adventures in the countryside, while she tries to recover from the death of her Aunt Beth.