Shirley Garfield has six special reasons for looking forward to sixth grade. Five of them are her matching shoe-and-purse sets for each school day, and the sixth is her vow to act like a grown-up. Electing herself president of a secret club design...
Convinced that he is a rotten kid and disgusted that his father is still taking physical advantage of his mother even though they are now divorced, sixteen-year-old Marcus finds that a vodka bottle is the only thing to get him through one horrible da...
A fight with his best friend Mackie, one of the wealthy summer people who live part-time on his island, starts Pink wondering if they are envious of each other and if he himself really wants to go to school on the mainland...
Gr 2-4-- A group of pet-loving third graders try to raise money to build a local animal shelter. Erin is upset because her friends decide to have a contest to name a pet at the upcoming Easter Pet Parade rather than choosing her rabbit, Peter. She en...
THE GHOSTS OF FEAR STREET -- THEY'LL HAUNT YOU FOREVER! Do you believe in ghosts? Don't say no until you take a walk down Fear Street. Pat the woods -- where no birds sing. Past the lake -- where something lurks beneath the water. Past the cemetery ...
HE JUST KEEPS EATING, AND EATING, AND EATING.. . Sam Kinny used to be a picky eater. He hated to try new foods. But not anymore. Now he eats everything he sees. Paste and pepper. Dishwashing soap, and dog food, and dirt. Everything. Sam won...
Santa is watching Kenny Frobisher this year. Watching him do rotten, nasty things. Kenny’s the biggest bully in Shadyside. And he’s out to ruin everyone’s holiday.And then he gets himself trapped in a closet in Dalby’s Department Store on Chr...
He holds his hand up to her face. "Celebrate this? I hate this. I hate this every day." "You don't mean that," Lydie protests. "When the Gypsies come, you'll understand." "Don't you get it, Lydie? They never come for gimps like me." For a sm...
Lots of kids think of running away from home. But what's a kid to do when his home runs away from him? That's what happens to twelve-year-old George Honiker when his sister and brother-in-law move out of the Versailles Trailer Park while George is...