The result of genetic experimentation, Ender may be the military genius Earth desperately needs in a war against an alien enemy seeking to destroy all human life. The only way to find out is to throw Ender into ever harsher training, to chip away and find the diamond inside, or destroy him utterly. Ender Wiggin is six years old when it begins. He will grow up fast.But Ender is not the only result of the experiment. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway almost as long. Ender's two older siblings, Peter and Valentine, are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. While Peter was too uncontrollably violent, Valentine very nearly lacks the capability for violence altogether. Neither was found suitable for the military's purpose. But they are driven by their jealousy of Ender, and by their inbred drive for power. Peter seeks to control the political process, to become a ruler. Valentine's abilities turn more toward the subtle control of the beliefs of commoner and elite alike, through powerfully convincing essays. Hiding their youth and identities behind the anonymity of the computer networks, these two begin working together to shape the destiny of Earth-an Earth that has no future at all if their brother Ender fails.

    and your wish comes true? Young Sarah is about to find out. Left at home to mind her baby brother, Toby, she finds herself trying to comfort a screaming infant as a wild storm rages about the house. In a fit of temper, she wishes that the goblins would come and take the child away. Unfortunately, they do.Sarah then plunges into a whirlwind adventure. If she cannot reach the center of the mysterious Labyrinth within thirteen hours, Jareth -- King of the Goblins -- will keep Toby forever. In the twists and turns of her dangerous journey to Jareth's castle, she meets an extraordinary variety of strange characters, some more friendly than others. But none of them will be able to help her unless she musters the courage to challenge Jareth -- no matter what the odds.Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets and directory of Labyrinth, has joined with executive producer George Lucas to take us once again on a fascinating journey into a fantastic world. Labyrinth has been produced by Eric Rattray; the executive supervising producer is David Lazer, illustrator Brian Froud is the conceptual designer, and the screenplay by Terry Jones is based on a story by Jim Henson and Dennis Lee. A Henson Associates Inc. / Lucasfilm Ltd. production, the movie is distributed by Tri-Star pictures.A.C.H. Smith, who is also author of The Dark Crystal and Lady Jane, has captured all the excitement and poetry of a brilliant film in this riveting novel.

    Dawn Rochelle is about to face the toughest fight of her life—a fight she has to win. Otherwise, she has only six months to live.

    Reluctantly, Korr allows Jan to accompany the other initiate warriors on a pilgrimage.   Soon Jan's curiosity leads him, along with his friend Dagg, and their mentor, the female warrior Tek, into the greatest dangers-deadly gryphons, sly pans, wyverns, pards, and renegade unicorns. Yet time after time they are rescued, leading Jan to wonder: Am I the heir to a special destiny?

    Big developers threaten to take over the town. Then Mikey finds an old pirate map and the kids take off to find the loot that can save their neighborhood. But they never counted on skeletons with swords, a booby-trapped underground passage and the murderous ex-con, all of whom want the Goonies' head. Take the oath. Join the adventure.

    Anne's romantic soul, her idealism, and her adventurous spirit often lead her into mishaps, but she always survives, learning from her experience, and the read does too, while enjoying her marvelous adventures. Fiercely independent and outspoken, Anne is not afraid of conflicts with her elders - this, in an age (the early 1900's) when childeren were "seen and not heard." But Anne's bright intelligence, honesty, and resourcefulness are impossible to defeat, and she carries the day. Her story spoke to the readers of the time, as it does still, to the young, and the young at heart, today. Anne of Green Gables, the first novel, introduces our lively heroine at age eleven, fresh from an orphanage, when she must win the right to stay at Green Gables with the taciturn Matthew Cuthbert and his reserved sister, Marilla, and takes her into her teens. In Anne of Avonlea, she is the village schoolteacher and the story takes her up to her preparations to enter college. Finally, Anne's House of Dreams, the most romantic, and, many believe, the best of the Anne books, finds Anne, now a lovely young woman, on the verge of her marriage to a young doctor whom she has known and loved for years, and describes the fulfillment of her dreams of romance and career, in a village peopled with memorable characters. This volume is uniquely illustrated with period drawings that evoke the era in which Anne was created and were taken from books and magazines of the day. One can do no better than to quote an editorial from one of those magazines, The Housewife, in describing Anne: "Droll one minute, pathetic the next; staid and wise as a grandmother one minute, bubbling over with impish mischief the next," but always "lovable." Contemporary readers will find her just as engaging, as they follow her from lonely waif to fulfilled young woman.

    A sixteen-year-old girl with a miserable home life find love and friendship for one heartbreaking summer with a gang of other teenagers with problems.

     Heaven Leigh Casteel was the prettiest, smartest girl in the backwoods, despite her ragged clothes and dirty face...despite a father meaner than ten vipers...despite her weary stepmother, who worked her like a mule. For her brother Tom and the little ones, Heaven clung to her pride and her hopes. Someday they'd get away and show the world that they were decent, fine and talented -- worthy of love and respect. Then Heaven's stepmother ran off, and her wicked, greedy father had a scheme -- a vicious scheme that threatened to destroy the precious dream of Heaven and the children forever!

    Convinced that a new age of magic is about to begin in the wake of the nuclear holocaust, a young resurrected Merlin and two friends set out to bring King Arthur back to the land.

    Only Pidge and Brigit can stop her, and their task seems impossible as they're constantly trailed by the queen's hounds. But they're aided in their quest by a host of willing helpers - a glorious array of unforgettable characters.

    Barry's more athletic, more aggressive - and he's the one who suggests that they house-sit their great-uncle's farm. Harry hopes that it will bring the two of them closer. And it does, because there's something chilling about the farmhouse, something that makes the locals stay far away. The twins are sure that the locked shed on the property is the reason why, but what they find inside is far more horrible than their worst nightmare. They stumble across a gateway to another universe, where a distortion in time and space causes a dramatic change in their competitive relationship.

    Says author Daniel Pinkwater of this novel of sociological import: "I honestly don't remember writing this. Are you sure there hasn't been some mistake?"

    As dark raiders invade the world of Tirror, a singing dragon awakens from her long slumber, searching for the human who can vanquish the forces of evil—Tebriel, son of the murdered king. Teb has found refuge in Nightpool, a colony of talking otters. But a creature of the Dark is also seeking him, and the battle to which he is drawn will decide Tirror’s future.Fans of this well-loved Young Adult fantasy trilogy will be happy to find it available again after many years out of print.

    Her stuffy father and her opressive aunt Louisa allow her only one outlet: ballet. When a Russian ballet master comes to class searching for dancers to fill the corps of his ballet company before their South American tour, Harriet's world changes. Defying her father's wishes and narrowly escaping the clutches of the man who wishes to marry her, Harriet sneaks off to join the ballet on their journey to the Amazon. There, in the wild, lush jungle, they perform Swan Lake in grand opera houses for the wealthy and culture-deprived rubber barons, and Harriet meets Rom Verney, the handsome and mysterious British exile who owns the most ornate opera house. Utterly enchanted by both the exotic surroundings and by Rom's affections, Harriet is swept away by her new life, completely unaware that her father and would-be fiancé have begun to track her down...

    A teenager who wants to be a journalist in a suppressed society describes to his diary his daily life in his hometown of Damascus, Syria.

    But the first bombs had fallen on Hamburg and Leningrad, the headmaster said, and a full-scale nuclear attack was imminent.It's a real-life nightmare. Sarah and her family have to stay cooped up in the tightly-sealed kitchen for days on end, dreading the inevitable radioactive fall-out and the subsequent slow, torturous death, which seems almost preferable to surviving in a grey, dead world, choked by dust.But then, from out of the dust and the ruins and the destruction, comes new life, a new future, and a whole brave new world.

    A teenage boy struggles to stay alive in Nazi-occupied Poland and then as he travels aboard a cattle train bound for Auschwitz.

    This third edition is now better than ever, with new information and letters from teens. here's the scoop on Body --Looking and feeling you bestFriendship --You don't like everybody why should everybody like you?Love --Falling in, falling outSex --What you should know before saying yesFamily --Making the best of your nestMoney --The buck starts hereEducation --Getting though high school, getting into collegeSmoking, Drinking, and Drugs --Advice without lecturesQuizzes --Getting to know you"Wise, warm, witty...Girltalk is a must for every young woman's library." --Phyllis Schneider, former Editor in Chief, YM Magazine"The newest fem-teen bible." --Buzz Magazine"A bestselling guide to facing nearly every adolescent problem, from acne to AIDS." --Ladies' Home Journal Parents' Digest Best of the Best

    His nightmare a reality, Matt realizes his life is changed forever.No matter how hard people try to make him feel at home, he cannot shake the over whelming feelings of anger, sadness, and aching loneliness inside him.This is a penetrating, often agonizing novel about one boy's encounter with personal tragedy and how, ultimately, he learns to forgive.

    To help her best friend, Sandy, in pursuing her brother, Rick, petite, blond Chelsea Ann Hyatt, a lover of the soft life, considers taking a rafting trip down the Colorado River.

    With the help of a terminally ill friend, eleventh-grade Jamie begins to question the values of some of his fellow students who seem to specialize in ridicule.

    The other, stranger memories begin nine years ago, when she was ten and gate-crashed an odd funeral in the mansion near her grandmother's house. Polly's just beginning to recall the sometimes marvelous, sometimes frightening adventures she embarked on with Tom Lynn after that. And then she did something terrible, and everything changed.But what did she do? Why can't she remember? Polly must uncover the secret, or her true love — and perhaps Polly herself — will be lost.

    Julie and her friend travel to another town to explore the eerie memories Julie has about a past life.

     This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall! In Gordon Korman's beloved first book, Bruno and Boots team up...and school is never the same!Bruno and Boots are always in trouble. So the Headmaster, aka "The Fish" decides it would be best to separate them. Bruno must now room with ghoulish Elmer Dimsdale, plus his plants, goldfish, and ants. And Boots is stuck with nerdy, preppy, paranoid George Wexford-Smyth III.Of course, this means war. Because Bruno and Boots are determined to get their old room back, no matter what it takes. And the skunk is only the beginning... Beware the Fish! Macdonald High is having some serious cash flow problems. Everything is being cut back - evening snack is gone, the lab equipment is decrepit and the dorms are freezing at night. Worst of all, Bruno Walton and Boots O'Neal are being moved in with Elmer Drimsdale - the science geek. There's even talk of Macdonald Hall being put up for sale! Could this be the end of Canada's finest boarding school or do Bruno and Boots have a plan?

    The twins, Lara and Barnaby, find a new way back into Mesmeria, but in a time frame different than originally. The good Queen Mag Namodder has been kidnapped by the evil King of Bluggia and will die unless the twins and their friends can rescue her. In the effort, they encounter many dreadful hazards…and Lara becomes a witch.

    While riding in the mountains, Kelly finds an orphaned foal that seems to belong to a breed of wild horses supposedly extinct for thousands of years and which holds the secret to a modern medical mystery.

    Just when things are looking up for thirteen-year-old Ronnie, her father dies, creating a void she and her mother have trouble filling.

    Banished from his homeland for cowardice, Karl uses his kitewing glider to fly across the "endless" desert where he faces unkind odds against surviving, and ultimately reaches a new land which contains perils of its own.

    A thirteen-year-old goes to camp yearning to be popular, but is hampered by an unattractive cabin mate who wants to be her friend.

    Ruthless, ancient forces of fire and ice engage in a titanic struggle with the oldest Nargun and his people.

    The dreams felt so real, she was almost sure that they were.And then she and her friend Jack found an old tapestry in an abandoned farmhouse. The hose on the tapestry matched Jessica's dream-horse - and when she learned his name, Gabdon, both she and Jack were thrust headlong into another time and land from which they could only hope to find their way home.

    Separated from her father by the harsh conditions of the Great Depression, Natty makes a daring cross-country journey in the company of a wolf.

    On Friday night, Grandma blesses the Sabbath lights, and the two share a traditional meal. On Saturday afternoon, they settle down with a box they call "the remembering box." Joshua draws an item from the box, and Grandma tells its story. And what wonderful stories they are!

    It is 1850 and, for Luanna, Midford Falls, Vermont has everything she could ever want. She loves the covered bridge on the quarry road, the waterfall at the mill pond, the old schoolhouse, the taste of the cold cider. How can she leave all these things behind? Even more, how can she leave when it means not being able to enter the Essex Female Academy in the fall? Or, when it means leaving her best friend behind?Over the next two and one-half years, Luanna’s views on life change dramatically. Personal hardship, and the sheer magnitude of the journey west teach her to live each moment to the fullest. She learns that her life will only be as good as she makes it, regardless of where she might be.

    Fourteen-year-old Deanne decides to spend her summer vacation helping in the oncology ward of the hospital and risks having her heart broken when she befriends a young man dying of cancer.

    The story begins in the early part of the seventeenth century with Reb Mendel and Sarah Pulichever embarking on a journey of hope to Krakow and reaches its starting climax over thirty years later with a return to Krakow for a dramatic and memorable confrontation affecting the Jewish population of the entire region. The Promised Child is a work of fiction. The city of Pulichev, the Pulichever family, and the events in this book are fictitious, although it was certainly not uncommon for a Jewish child to disappear into a monastery and never be heard from again. To a certain extent, however, many of the episodes in this entire series are based on actual events. The historical background relating to the Jewish community and the political situation in Poland is authentic.

    Rebellious Paragrin discovers the significance of an iron oval amulet she possesses and uses it to restore the world to a better and older way of life in which women and men live and rule as equals.

    To escape worries over the separation, Jill sticks close to her life-long friend Migan, also 14. The girls court danger, destroying the traps set by cruel Jim McCullough around a beaver pond, a sanctuary deep in the woods. A broken arm immobilizes Migan but Ryan, a boy Jill has seen at her school in the city, arrives (conveniently) to ally himself with her on the beavers' side.

    When Jenny Morgan moves into her grandmother's childhood bedroom, she meets a ghost with a mysterious secret.

    While flying in his hang-glider, sixteen-year-old Mike passes through a hole in time and arrives in Australia in the year 2457 after a nuclear holocaust has destroyed the civilized world.

    Billy.

    

    Beverly Hills is a world apart from her mid-western hometown, and her sophisticated classmates make her feel hopelessly naive.Befriended by Monica Miller, a fellow student and a professional actress, Kristin feels her luck start to change. She auditions for a part in the school's rock video and lands the lead! Best of all, the director, a handsome senior named Grady Larkin, seems smitten with her.The trouble is, Kristin's made an enemy, too. Gorgeous, sexy Nadia Lawrence has her eye on Grady. Now she's furious and vows to ruin the new girl. Will innocent Kristin become victim or victor in the struggle that erupts among the teens of California's most spectacular town?

    Who else could be called "son" by the Slime Who Ate Cleveland?

    Julie is known as the odd child in the family, the sensitive one who sees or hears or smells what others do not. Usually this makes her feel like an outsider - to all but her Granny, who also has the Gift. But when her senses pick up that her father is in danger, Julie trusts her intuition enough to break the rules, take her father's horse and race to his rescue.

    After her father loses his job, Cathy and her family move to a dilapidated Cornish cottage and find themselves ostracized by hostile neighbors whose unfriendliness seems to be somehow connected with a mysterious girl who swims with the seals near the cottage.

    Now all she had to do was convince her parents and deal with pesky Danny Flynn, who seemed to be bugging her all the time.She found that she could handle her parents, but Danny was another story. Why did he persistently feel that he knew all the answers? Worse yet, how come she found herself occasionally agreeing with him? It was all very unsettling.

    Martha longs to leave her island home off the Louisiana coast and go to high school where she can learn more than the ways of her midwife grandmother and perhaps someday broaden the lives of the superstitious villagers.

    Here are 50 kid-tested, tasted, and approved recipes that are easy to make, nutritious, and delicious to eat.Selection of the Book-of-the-Month and the Quality Paperback Book clubs. Suitable for ages 6-10. 223,000 copies in print.

    They are bringing a sefer Torah to Seven Swan Bay, a tiny Jewish community on a lonely inlet in the far north. Suddenly, their plane is caught up in a fierce storm. Compelled to make an emergency landing, they find themselves downed in an isolated section of the northern woods. With no means of communication, practically no food, and no medicines, they settle down for a night or two outdoors. But when days go by with no sign of rescue or help, they are forced to learn new arts of survival in the plentiful world around them. “I don’t know exactly how to get us out of the wilderness,” said their pilot Paltiel, “but I do know how to live here. G-d’s earth is truly a wonder. We are surrounded by everything we need.” Based on her own first-hand experiences in the woods, June Leavitt tells an exciting, true-to-life story of a highly unexpected adventure. And along each step of the way, she shows how the world of Torah and mitzvos are an integral part of Jews’ lives - even in the wilderness!