“ Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place. ” ― Rumi
It's been 3 months since Zoe arrived on her grandmother's doorstep. She's weathered battles with Maggie and even grown to like the animals who visit the clinic -- especially Yum-Yum, a therapy dog. Yum-Yum visits cancer patients at the children's hospital
We the people of the United States... Almost Lost Thanksgiving Yes. That's right! Way back when "skirts were long and hats were tall" Americans were forgetting Thanksgiving, and nobody seemed to care! Thankfully, Sarah Hale appeared. More steadfast th
Maggie is dreading the new school year until she meets Scout, her science teacher's new guide dog. She soon discovers that her teacher, Mr. Carlson, isn't really used to letting Scout guide and protect him. So Maggie helps them adjust to each other as she
Each of these exciting stories, told in the voice of one of the 11-year-old volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, offers a first-hand account of animal emergencies and rescues. This series is sure to win the hearts of readers who are wild about a
Maggie's curiosity is piqued when a greyhound comes to the clinic with an unusual injury, and the dog's owner won't give her full name or address. A day later, a kitten arrives badly injured from a greyhound attack. There's something fishy going on with t
A hurricane hits Ambler, leaving Lucy -- a diabetic cat that Sunita sits for -- stranded in a flood. Can Sunita overcome her fear of water and swim to her rescue?
There are secrets in every family, some that stay hidden for years, and some that bring peace only when brought out in the open. In this collection of 11 original short stories, top YA writers such as Chris Crutcher, Rita Williams-Garcia, M.E. Kerr, Graha