While Pa recovers from an injury, Grandmother cares for the house and for Jess and Caroline, who struggle with Grandmother's prim and stern rules, until the passage of a tornado makes them see her more loving nature....
Bess Morgan longs for the day when her Pa will come back home. He's been working on the Oregon Trail, bringing settlers out West, and his return is long overdue. Bess and Mama pass the time by singing, quilting, and taking care of their farm. Then di...
It's finally summer and Jill is thrilled to return to her grandmother's Texas ranch. It's here she and her good friend B.J. ride bikes, climb trees, and share secrets. But Jill is stunned when she sees the "new" B.J., who is interested in boys, cheer...
After her father is called away from their plantation near Charleston, S.C., during the Civil War, twelve-year-old Susanna must lead her brothers on a difficult journey in hopes of being reunited with him...
Having been sent by her father to live with her Aunt Agatha in Savannah during a severe drought, Rachel is devastated to learn that her Pa is planning to remarry and so decides to put a stop to the wedding no matter what it takes....
Mouse works in the scullery at Dunston Manor, peeling onions, stirring the pots, sweeping the floors, and doing her best not to get into trouble with the fractious cook. Alone at night in the dark corner she calls home, she wishes for something wondr...
For Haley Patterson, freshman year of high school boils down to having a good time with her two best friends and making a name for herself at the school newspaper. But when Haley reveals one too many juicy details in her gossip column, superdiva and ...
It's the middle of summer in Mirabeau, Texas, but already Garnet Hubbard looks forward to fall -- to entering seventh grade and becoming a teenager at last. With Opal, her beautiful and popular fourteen-year-old sister, as her guide, Garnet is sure t...
Fourteen-year-old Phoebe must learn how to pick up the pieces after her picture perfect life falls apart....
ALL IS NOT WELL IN KELHADDEN. During a long-ago battle the king was killed, and his powerful amulet, which protects the kingdom from harm, was lost. Then Kelhadden fell to Ranulf, a cruel Northman, under whose regime the people are dying and the c...