Then Wise Child’s mother, Maeve, a black witch, reappears. In choosing between Maeve and Juniper, Wise Child discovers the extent of her supernatural powers—and her true loyalties.

    She doesn't know her cousins at all, and she's never been good at camping or canoeing, let alone making new friends. When she arrives at the cottage, her worst fears come true: her cousin Kelly teases her; Aunt Ginnie and Uncle Doug feel sorry for her. She doesn't fit in. Then Patricia discovers an old watch hidden under a floorboard. When she winds it, she finds herself taken back in time to the summer when her own mother was twelve.

    When luckless Raymond Jardine becomes Sean Delancey's eleventh-grade-English project partner, he persuades Sean's grandfather to pose as a long-deceased, obscure Canadian poet, in an effort to pass the course and win a vacation to a luxurious Greek island.

    Imagine your mother is the one who lets it happen. This is the fate that befalls the Kelly children. It’s 1856, and their widowed mother has sent them west from New York City because she’s convinced that she can’t give them the life they deserve.  The Kellys board an “orphan train” and are taken to St. Joseph, Missouri, where their problems only grow worse. It was bad enough that they had to say goodbye to their mother, but now they’re forced to part ways with their fellow siblings as well. Thirteen-year-old Frances won’t stand for it. She’s going to protect her brothers and sisters, even if it means dressing up like a boy and putting herself in danger. Will Frances be able to save her siblings? And what about her mom—was splitting up their family really her greatest act of love? Ride the rails with Frances and her siblings to find out! “This is as close to a perfect book as you’ll buy this year.” –VOYA

    At their remote British boarding school, Wellington Jones and Heather McKennahave a lot in common. Both are misfits trying to avoid attention, and both are fascinated by Earl, a tall, calm, older boy with no recollection of his past, but a remarkable knack for showing up when he is needed most.When a blow to the head brings Earl's memory back, he claims that he is actually Merlin . . . a 2000-year-old wizard.Originally published in two volumes in the mid-1980s, Pamela F. Service's creative, futuristic spin on the Camelot legend will appeal to Arthurian purists and fantasy lovers alike.From the Hardcover edition.

    She and a De Danaan foundling, Aherne, are charged with finding the lost treasures of the De Danaans. Ultimately, their quest will redeem the ancestors and reconcile warring invaders and settlersmoral concerns that mirror modern ones.

    (This is NOT the novel.)

    It's the home her father grew up in - the one her grandfather hasn't seen in decades. The decision to go out there and fix it up, with her difficult grandfather tagging along, is more a matter of contrariness than anything else. Making the property profitable again is a challenge Ryl rises to, and along the way she learns about herself and her family.

    Fourteen-year-old Abby seeks both her father and the secret of a handsome but mysterious boy during an arduous journey by wagon train from the middle of the country to the Pacific coast in 1850.

    Whether you're home by yourself, or spending the night at a friend's house, try playing Vacation Fun Mad Libs® for kicks.

    In three of her best-loved novels, Jess, Gilly, and Sara Louise each learn they are not so different or so alone as they may think. In Bridge to Terabithia, Jess is tired of being "that crazy little kid that draws all the time." He practices the entire summer before school starts, hoping to become the fastest boy in the fifth grade and win the approval of his classmates - only to be beaten by a girl. That same girl teaches him the beauty of his own imagination as they rule over their own imaginary kingdom, and she shows him the depth of his own strength when a tragedy occurs. The Great Gilly Hopkins has been a foster child all her life. By the time she comes to live with Maime Trotter she is already known throughout the county foster system as a terror. There is no way Gilly's is going to accept the kindness of a woman too stupid to know what she is really like. She will just have to find a way to get to California, where her real mom is now living. In Jacob Have I Loved, Sara Louise should love her twin sister; everyone else loves beautiful, charming Caroline. For plain Sara hates her. Working her dad's fishing boat, she finds a sense of peace. However, something more is going to have to give inside her before she can love herself, her home, and her sister.

    Seventeen-year-old Robin, in treatment for leukemia, falls in love with a boy who also has the disease, and together they attempt to survive their ordeal.

    Also the story of an angel of compassion - but did her own purity bind her to deceptions tugging at her mind and heart?

    Neifert's newest hardcover Dr. Reassuring and supportive, this indispensable guide covers every aspect of parenting from conception to age five.

    Sugar Isn't Everything is Wilo Davis Roberts' much-needed resource guide for young diabetics.A detailed description of juvenile-onset diabetes (Type I) using a fictional form in which eleven-year-old Amy discovers that she has the disease, learns to treat it and to deal with her anger, and finally accepts that she CAN live with it.

    John tries to come to terms with the growing evidence of her father's mental illness and his eventual suicide.

    Excellent teaching aids intergrate the reading of outstanding works of children's literature with important reading comprehesion

    

    Turning 16 means more for Julie than just being one year older.

    

    When she looks out, there is nothing there. Are these bell sounds really coming to Sadie from the past, from a time when horses regularly traveled the old coach road? And why is there a mysterious scent of perfume in her room? Why do the ghostly figures of a man and a woman quarrelling appear there at night? The eerie messages Sadie is receiving soon involve her whole family in a treasure hunt that solves a mystery which began one hundred and fifty years ago.

    A biography of the opera and concert singer who, among other achievements, was the first black soloist to perform with the Metropolitan Opera Company in 1955.

    Many children have imaginary friends, but Hilary's wasn't imaginary.This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology RED SUN OF DARKOVER, November 1987.

    Thirteen-year-old Kelly finds running to be her only outlet for her confused feelings of love and hate for her abusive father, particularly after his sudden death brings both relief and guilt.

    When a mysterious stranger threatens the Hillcrest Academy, Amy uses her psychic powers and the help of her twin brother, Jamie, to solve the mystery.

    Mysterious, prince of magic, for help. Reissue.

    Over 100 poems reflect the rich and varied experiences of life, from music lessons and a circus parade to a first kiss and other affairs of the heart.

    When Hughie finally asks her for a date, he doesn't realize that she is five months pregnant. The father of the baby doesn't care about Zee, but Hughie does; Calvert's story explores the ways in which Hughie tries to reach out and help Zee in her lonely condition. In loving and helping Zee, Hughie becomes aware of his own place in his family, where he has always felt like an invisible middle child.

    A breezy, honest answer to a vital teen dilemma: How do you stay close to your best friend once a boy enters the scene? "Right on target!"--Booklist.

    It should be read by all professionals working with young adults, especially those involved in law enforcement.

    Now, as teenagers, Abbey and David are serious about each other, while Robyn and Zoot remain just good friends.Then the unthinkable happens. David -- golden boy David -- is suddenly missing from school. He's in the hospital facing a serious cancer operation. Yesterday Abbey was concerned about world issues. Today all she can think about is David. All anyone can think about is David.

    

    Examines the historical patterns of slavery throughout the world, from ancient times through the present.

    Presents commonly held beliefs abouts bats, tarantulas, snakes, porcupines, and other animals and then explains the surprising truths.