Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community fou
This is an easy to read story, suitable both for adults and children, about the psychological and mystical workings of the human mind.The Great Stone Face (The Old Man of the Mountains) juts out from the White Mountains of New Hampshire and looms over a s
"In an attractive large-size volume...25 poems to introduce Robert Frost to young people. The selections are arranged by the seasons, and Sorensen's handsome watercolor illustrations capture the feel of the New England landscape without in any way trying
What fills a hand fuller than a skein of gold? By order of the king, two boys, Tousle and Innes, must find the answer to this puzzling riddle within seven days or be killed. A former nursemaid to the queen’s child tells the boys that the banished queen
After Cole's mother dies, he and his father go to live with his mother's parents in tiny Albion, New Hampshire. The Emersons make it easier for Cole to cope -- but he is helpless in the face of his father's depression. So Cole turns to Albion itself, and
A fast-paced political thriller “You’re my first boy, Cooper, my first boy,” grandfather says just before he dies. All alone in the world, without even a dog, the only thing that keeps Cooper going is running the dairy farm. Suddenly, black sedans a
The Valorim are about to fall to a dark lord when they send a necklace containing their planet across the cosmos, hurtling past a trillion starsall the way into the lunchbox of Tommy Pepper, sixth grader, of Plymouth, Mass. Mourning his late mother, Tommy
In this diverse collection of short stories by award-winning and bestselling authors, discover how writers turn their own real-life experiences into captivating works of fiction!Kids are incredibly curious about where stories comes from. Where do authors
2013 Pura Belpre Award for IllustrationAs the illegitimate son of a Spanish nobleman and a former slave, Martin de Porres was born into extreme poverty. Even so, his mother begged the church fathers to allow him into the priesthood. Instead, Martin was ac
A dog, a mountain, and an ancient slave ship are featured in this latest page-turner from a versatile, award-winning author.Climbing Katahdin, the highest mountain in Maine, is the goal that Henry sets himself when his brother dies following a car acciden
