But Ivy was not a typical Carson. There was something wonderful about her. Ivy explained it by saying that she was a changeling, a child of supernatural parents who had been exchanged for the real Ivy Carson at birth. This classic book was first published in 1970. It was awarded a Christopher Medal and named an outstanding book for young people by the Junior Library Guild.

    He is inarticulate and insolent, yet fiercely loyal to those who have given him friendship. He will never back down from a fight and acts as if he cares about nothing, yet is passionate about two things: his music and his football. Although not very interested in teenage girls, his smouldering good looks attract them anyway.In this story about his last term at secondary school, it clear that unless Patrick can master his temper and channel his talent, he will come to a bad end.

    Tommy and Sadie Jackson are already looking forward to the 12th day of July which is a Protestant celebration day. Meanwhile, Catholic Kevin McCoy is out causing trouble in the Protestant part of town. What will happen when Sadie and Kevin meet? Can they become friends when everyone else in Northern Ireland is so full of hatred against the other religion?

    Each unique, three in-one volume is offered at an incredible price for two inimitable series that have been readers' favorites for over 70 years. The non-stop appeal of the individual titles in these compilations is undeniable -- never out of print, they are on Publisher's Weekly's list All-Time Best-Selling Children's Books."The Hardy Boys" "RM" compilation includes The Tower Treasure, The House on the Cliff, and The Secret of the Old Mill, which first introduced these sharp-eyed, clean-cut young male detectives. Today's young readers will enjoy sharing the exciting exploits of these beloved adolescent sleuths, while parents (and grandparents) will have the pleasure of buying these books for a new generation.

    Working in one of Fred Harvey's legendary restaurants, she finds adventure and romance along the way.

    

    Jesus, their leader, had left them. The government was against them. They weren't important or powerful. What would happen to them. Lots happened to them - there is no doubt of that. But, lots more happened to almost everyone who came near them. That little handful of people grew to thousands. Whole cities heard about them. Continents were invaded by them. The handful and those who joined them turned the world upside down! In fact, their influence can perhaps be seen in YOUR home! Want to meet them? Their story is in this book, and Ethel Barrett will introduce you to them.

    Lawrence River is an independent country.Another story about the family from Why Not Join the Giraffes?

    When his father moves the family from Chicago back to the island of Hawaii, a ninth-grade boy discovers the old-time spirit of the island recognized by few natives.

    Recounts the struggle of two young people against poverty in Victorian England, particularly the effort of one to alter events by betting a week's wages on a race between a horse and a steam engine.

    People who obeyed God and got blessed; people who disobeyed God and got rapped soundly on the knuckles. Some of them learned, some of them refused to learn. But they all had one thing in common and it was this: Somewhere, somehow, God stepped into each of their lives. At just the right time. And in just the right way. And when He stepped in, the strangest things began to happen...

    Fourteen-year-old Byron and the disturbed boy he is baby sitting form a close friendship that helps them through several crises in the following four years.

    Suzie undergoes a summer full of learning--learning to accept herself and the individualistic members of her family, especially her musician-brother.

    Having spent most of his life in foster homes and institutions, a fourteen-year-old withdraws into himself until a strange message on the beach takes him back to another time.

    In truth, Morag was a lonely young runaway, a girl, not quite sixteen years old, who had deserted the poverty and pain of life as an unwanted child to live a harsh dream of freedom in the wilderness. Her home was a cave, her companions two goats and a moss-covered skeleton-- until, one day, a boy wandered into her strange, solitary existence and brought with him all the joys and evil of the civilization she had fled.The most provocative adventure story since Lord of the Flies... "Extraordinary!" - The New York Times