Ruckman, Ivy

Norman, his fellow seventh graders, and their home economics teacher campaign to save Fortuna Middle School, which has been slated for closure by the school board.

Follows the misadventures of seventh-grader Dale as he tries to find a husband for his widowed mother.

A fictional account of the night freakish and devastating tornadoes hit Grand Island, Nebraska, as experienced by a twelve-year-old, his family, and friends.

Turning her back on her life of crime, a poor girl, recently off probation, hopefully enters a new school in a ritzy suburb for her senior year, but the registration fee causes her to consider breaking and entering with her professional mentor one more time.

When her teenage cousin moves in with her family on their Nebraska farm in 1899, eleven-year-old Cassie learns a lot, including the meaning of "heathen" and "bigot.".

A girl who suffers from anorexia struggles to deal with the problem.

When her teenage cousin moves in with her family on their Nebraska farm in 1899, eleven-year-old Cassie learns a lot, including the meaning of "heathen" and "bigot.".

Norman, his fellow seventh graders, and their home economics teacher campaign to save Fortuna Middle School, which has been slated for closure by the school board.