Summary:In 1862, after Union forces expel Hannah's family from Holly Springs, Mississippi, because they are Jews, Hannah reexamines her views regarding slavery and the war
Summary:A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger
Summary:While spending a bird-watching summer on Fire Island, the Pye family acquires a small black kitten that can use a typewriter
Summary:Ten-year-old August Brown adjusts to his new home in Washington, D.C., with the help of the seven children of Pineapple Place, invisible to everyone but him
It isn't easy to be a dancer, even an ordinary member of a corps de ballet, let alone the principal dancer of a balet company. This is Annette Dancy's ambition, and even after she gets her foot on the bottom rung of the ladder of success, she still has many obstacles to surmount
Summary:Left stranded in the Amazon jungle when their plane crashes on their way back to England from Manaus, Brazil, four children struggle to survive for days until one of them finds a map that leads them to a ruined city and a secret hidden among the vines
Summary:Andy and Terry must get past their differences to save their story ideas from a herd of spy cows
This charming story of the good-naured, but never goody-goody Rebecca has delighted generations of children on both sides of the Atlantic
Summary:For an extra credit project, Aphrodite begins a club for matchmaking mortals, which brings her to Egypt and face-to-face with her competition, the Egyptian goddess Isis
Summary:"It's time for the annual Olympic Games, and the four goddessgirls are not happy! It's boys only--and the girls at MOA are not pleased. Led by Artemis, Athena, Persphone and Aphrodite, the ladies of Mount Olympus hatch a plan to get Zeus to open up the games to everyone. Will they succeed--or end up watching from the sidelines again?"--Publisher