Markka's longing for a conventional existence is threatened by the art projects of her stubborn sculptor grandmother, whose scrap metal collection offends the other citizens in their small Maine village...
Sarah feels lonely in her family's new country home until she meets a strange boy who tells her an almost unbelievable tale of his plight, in a novel of time travel that moves between Colonial days and the present....
When ten-year-old Zanna takes over the training of Moss, a young Border Collie bound to become a champion sheepdog, after his owner has a stroke, all goes well until suddenly Zanna's family has to move....
A story about recklessness and responsibility finds Meg fighting a wildfire that threatens her home, and she worries that her "backward" cousin, Orin, who has always been attracted to fire, may be responsible....
Chris Fossett can't resist a dare to spend a week alone on rocky, isolated Fowlers Island off the coast of Maine. He expects to spend his time hunting for food--not ghosts. But there's no denying an eerie presence in the fog, and Chris recalls his gr...
Moss the border collie finds himself far from home and badly hurt after a disasterous ''rescue'' attempt by a well-meaning team of animal rights activists. But luckily for Moss, a young boy comes to his rescue and reunites him with his owner.'...
It is 1892, and Jonathan Capewell, a farm boy who dreams of becoming a big-city detective, is sent from home to look after his mysterious grandfather. Grandpa is a traveling photographer, and his independent ways have never included family members --...
After being injured in a coyote attack, the owners of Moss the border collie seemed to have given up on him, yet Diane, their baby-sitter, sees things differently and works with the kind creature to give him a second chance at a good life....
No good deed goes unpunished. Duncan has no intention of getting involved with the crazy lady who lives down the street. But when she has a stroke, his parents insist that he go to her home and take care of her ratty little dog. Her house is a warren...
Clare's summer has been ruined. With Dad away, Clare is forced to accompany her mother to the Cossit Island Village living historical museum. Every day she has to wear long, awkward 1830s-style dresses and card wool in the hot, gloomy Grimes homestea...
When The Ice Bear was published in 1986 to critical acclaim, Betty Levin whetted her fans, appetites for a captivatingly primitive land and a civilization at odds with its future. In this anticipated prequel, young Siri must play a critical role in o...
Ben, Kate, and Foster, the trio of friends from Starshine and Sunglow return in this satisfying sequel in which Ben finds a tiny creature in a ditch and is convinced he's stumbled upon something really big -- really big. It looks exactly like a baby ...
The uncles want new, unflawed infants to take the place of the births that have failed. Willow notices the eyes of the uncles following her while she performs her daily tasks. The uncles are already sorting out which of them should father the next ch...
Matt soon learns that his dreams of having his own horse are not as grand as they seem, after his great-uncle sends him a horse and Matt is forced to be responsible for its care and maintenance in a suburban community. ...
Ben, Kate, and Foster create two super scarecrows to protect Mrs. Flint's corn crop from the animals that feed on it, but soon the scarecrows seem to take on a life of their own. ...