After a family friend accidentally detonates a bomb during a political protest, the aftershocks continue to roil through 17-year-old Beamer Flynn's life. The first child born in a commune her parents helped form, Beamer has grown up under the watchfu...
Two prominent city residents have been murdered, and Barrie knew both of them. But does she know their killer? The police have connected both victims to her mother's hair salon, and the obvious focus has become Barrie's mom and the other stylists, al...
Astronauts have taken the very first steps on the moon, yet Brady Callahan feels anything but hopeful. Her brother, an army private, is missing in Vietnam and she's stuck at home in Minnesota, worrying about him and not knowing how to make a differen...
Everything can, and will, change. Just Like That. When Hanna breaks up with her boyfriend of almost a year, she knows she's supposed to feel . . . something. Liberated, maybe? Sad? Instead, there's only one thing she feels for certain: She's in fo...
I want yesterday. Thats all seventeen-year-old Maud can say when she gets the news about her sister: Lucys dead, killed in a bomb blast. Without even a body to bury, Maud is left with only questions: How? Why? Mauds search for answers leads her down ...
Several hundred women are about to converge on tiny Pepin, Minnesota, to celebrate the birthday of Ida May Turnbull, the long-dead author of a beloved series of children’s books. When the “Little Girls” gather in Pepin, one woman finds life has...
Revolutions of the Heart won the 1994 Minnesota Book Award for Older Children's Fiction, and was named a BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, as well as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Outspoken 17-year-old Cory Knutson faces the most difficult year of h...
Gracie LaRoo is the youngest pig to make it to the Pig Jubilee in synchronized swimming. As the star of her team, the Water Sprites, the pressure is on! But Gracie can't seem to concentrate and land her signature move―the one sure to lead them to v...
Gracie LaRoo is famous--especially to her alma mater! But when they ask her to come speak to the students, Gracie is more than a little nervous. Sure enough, the minute she arrives she encounters the tough principal that used to be hard on her back i...
Piggywood! Gracie LaRoo had long been starstruck with the town where glamorous movie stars working on thrilling films. But now it's her turn--a famous director asks Gracie to be a part of her next film. Gracie is thrilled! That is, until she gets the...
Bon Voyage! Gracie LaRoo and the Water Sprites are going on a cruise! The director is Gracie's friend, and he has asked Gracie and her team to perform. But everything starts falling apart. No one is coming to their shows, except pesky piglets who lik...
Gracie LaRoo is a synchronized swimming pig extraordinaire! Follow Gracie as she shoots for the gold medal; uses her dazzling moves in a Piggywood movie; visits her old school and shows her former coach just how hard synchronized swimming can be; and...
Colorful flowers fill the farmers’ market, and Beatrice “Bumble B.” Flinn is thrilled! Where there are flowers, there are bugs. And B. loves bugs! She can’t wait to help Kalia at her family's flower stand. But when her job is to get rid of al...
Beatrice “Bumble B.” Flinn loves a lot of things, but she loves drawing the most. When her friend Rosa's cat goes missing, B. offers to make a poster for her. Mission lost cat is under way! But when no cat is found, Rosa blames B. and her poster....
Science is fun, and Beatrice “Bumble B.” Flinn and her friends want to start a science club. They quickly run into trouble when Sam and his kickball club want to meet at the same spot. There isn’t room for both clubs. B. has a new mission, and ...
Beatrice “Bumble B.” Flinn has announced her Halloween costume, and it’s perfect for her. She is going to be a Super Bee! But when her cape causes issues, B. feels less than super. She is on a mission to find her superpower, with or without her...
Beatrice “Bumble B.” Flinn is funny (she loves jokes), smart (she loves science), and creative (she loves to draw). Beatrice is also very clumsy and tends to bumble her way through life, which is how she got the nickname Bumble B. (the fact that ...
A new synchronized swimming season is about to start, and Gracie LaRoo can't wait! But when she arrives at training camp, none of the other Water Sprites seem very interested on training. Where is the focus? Where is the teamwork? Where is the fun? G...
Gracie LaRoo's synchronized swimming team trades out water for snow when they meet up with a top ski ballet team. They'll train the skiers, and the skiers will train them-all in front of TV cameras! But Gracie's afraid of heights. Can she overcome he...