Leonard's life at his new junior high is just barely tolerable until he becomes friends with the unusual Alan and with him shares an extraordinary adventure.

    C. Andrews, Flowers in the Attic and Petals on the Wind.

    The only survivor was Keill Randor, a young but highly skilled warrior, who embarks on a quest to find the unknown being who leads the Deathwing. This is the first book in the "Last Legionary" series.

    His memory is a total blank. He doesn’t even know his name. But beside him is a blind girl, Ginny, who has a way of seeing deep within people’s souls. Looking inside the boy’s addled memory, she discovers that his name is Jan—and he has every reason to be afraid. When the train stops, Jan flees into the night, and the police come charging after him. No matter where he goes—a church, the woods, the back alleys of this cozy suburban town—the hunters keep getting closer. He has incredible powers, and the government wants to use them for evil purposes. As his memory returns, Jan will tame his powers and stop running. With Ginny’s help, he will begin to fight back.

    While visiting Rochester, New York, young Eugene meets the strange Professor Ambrose McFwain and goes out with him in his boat to search for a mysterious sea monster that has been sighted on Lake Ontario.

    Leaving New York City, his family, and his boyhood behind, Jack uses a false I.D. and lies his way into the U.S. Air Force.From their base in England, he and his crew fly twenty-four treacherous bombing missions over occupied Europe. The war is almost over and Hitler near defeat when they fly their last mission -- a mission destined for disaster. Shot down far behind enemy lines, Jack is taken prisoner and sent to a German POW camp, where his experiences are more terrifying than anything he'd ever imagined.

    They trace the life of St. John Bosco from his earliest years to his death and, through the events of his life, bring out in vivid fashion the development of his character and spirit.

    Ned attracts the attention of the young Lord Ironminster - determined to win a racing wager against his wealthy cousins, the Savilles, and desperate for Ned's help.Ned is quickly drawn into a strange partnership with Ironminster; as his new friend's right hand man, Ned has an important role to play in helping him outwit the Savilles and preventing his title and estate from passing to them.

    Brief text and over 300 photographs explore the training and life of boys and girls at the Royal Ballet School.

    Includes glossary.

    It takes the reader on a science-fact trip, based on the current thinking of experts and scientist, to the year 2000 and beyond. It is clearly written and lavishly illustrated in full colour throughout.

    To the bafflement of his parents, gang, and probation officer, visiting an ostracized, cantankerous old man and his garden becomes very important to 14-year-old Eric.

    He is chosen to become the Shepherd, a ritual intercessor between the god and his people.

    It is a place where anything can be had for a price, including a completely new identity and life history, and where a small bottle of penicillin can make the fortune needed to achieve one's grandest dreams.

    Always on top of a situation, effervescent Tuffy loses no time in psyching out her cabin partners (from boy-crazy Natalie to quiet, sensitive Iris) and learning the lay of campland. Soon she and her friends are making a voodoo doll at summer camp which they will use to put a spell on the Head Counselor...

    While searching for the ghost that haunts the house in which their mother is a maid and dressmaker for an English officer's wife, Sarah and Stephen become secretly involved in the Revolutionary War effort.

    On the other hand, Johnny Jay, another wheelchair student at Scot, was a fighter, battling to obtain accessible school washrooms for the both of them. To Johnny's consternation, Sam refuses to help in his cause.To Sam's astonishment, the marathon committee refuses her entrance in a 26-mile marathon because of her wheelchair. It was only then that she began to see the frustrations Johnny felt. She was rudely bolted out of her dream world and into action in Run, Don't Walk. Nominated for the 1983-84 California Young Reader Medal. An ABC After School Special produced by Henry Winkler. Author Biography: Harriet May Savitz is the author of move than 20 books for children and young adults, and winner of the Outstanding Pennsylvania Author Award. She is the co-founder of the Philadelphia Children's Reading Round Table.

    

    The time is the explosive 1870s; the place, the hard-coal fields of Pennsylvania. The Flannery family, like all the others in Pottsville, barely eke out a living from the mines. Out of frustration and anger, a group of coal miners organizes a secret society to fight the coal mine operators. The mine owners strike back, resulting in atrocities on both sides.In the midst of this upheaval, a charming stranger arrives in town. The newcomer, Red McKenna, quickly befriends fifteen-year-old Sean Flannery, and Sean’s sister, Kitty, falls in love with him. But when raids by the Mollies are ambushed by the Coal and Iron Police, Red is suspected of being a spy for the mine owners. The violence escalates, and the Flannery family is left to deal with the consequences of one of the first truly tragic labor conflicts in America.

    Sequel to "Toby, Granny, and George."

    With remarks about his small stature and poor swimming skills ringing in his ears, the son of Hungarian immigrants begins to train for the 21-mile swim across a nearby lake.