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Orphan journey home
Par Liza Ketchum, C. B. Mordan. 2000
In 1828, the Damron's family farm fails in Illinois, so they trek back to Kentucky. After a short time, both…
parents die from "milk sickness", and orphaned Jesse and her siblings must make their way back to their grandmother. For grades 3-6Stacey McGill... matchmaker? (The baby-sitters Club Ser. #No. 124)
Par Ann Martin. 1998
Baby-Sitters Club member Stacey McGill takes a sitting job with a new client, Mr. John Brooke. Mr. Brooke is divorced,…
and Stacey decides he might make a perfect match for her divorced mother. But Mr. Brooke's two children have different ideas. Stacey soon finds herself in a matchmaking mess. For grades 3-6The interestings: A novel
Par Meg Wolitzer. 2023
Named a best book of the year by Entertainment Weekly , Time , and The Chicago Tribune , and named…
a notable book by The New York Times Book Review and The Washington Post “Remarkable . . . With this book [Wolitzer] has surpassed herself.”— The New York Times Book Review "A victory . . . The Interestings secures Wolitzer's place among the best novelists of her generation. . . . She's every bit as literary as Franzen or Eugenides. But the very human moments in her work hit you harder than the big ideas. This isn't women's fiction. It's everyone's."— Entertainment Weekly (A) From Meg Wolitzer, the New York Times –bestselling author of The Female Persuasion, a novel that has been called "genius" ( The Chicago Tribune ), “wonderful” ( Vanity Fair ), "ambitious" ( San Francisco Chronicle ), and a “page-turner” ( Cosmopolitan ). The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings , Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. The kind of creativity that is rewarded at age fifteen is not always enough to propel someone through life at age thirty; not everyone can sustain, in adulthood, what seemed so special in adolescence. Jules Jacobson, an aspiring comic actress, eventually resigns herself to a more practical occupation and lifestyle. Her friend Jonah, a gifted musician, stops playing the guitar and becomes an engineer. But Ethan and Ash, Jules’s now-married best friends, become shockingly successful—true to their initial artistic dreams, with the wealth and access that allow those dreams to keep expanding. The friendships endure and even prosper, but also underscore the differences in their fates, in what their talents have become and the shapes their lives have taken. Wide in scope, ambitious, and populated by complex characters who come together and apart in a changing New York City, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a lifeOther voices, other rooms
Par Truman Capote. 1994
Twelve-year-old Joel Knox goes to live with his invalid father in a dilapidated Louisiana mansion. There the sensitive boy encounters…
a perverse stepmother, a pathetic uncle, and a tomboy who becomes his fast friend. 1948Legacy of silence
Par Belva Plain. 1998
When it becomes obvious that World War II is imminent, Caroline Hartzinger and her adopted older sister, Lore, flee from…
Berlin to Geneva. Walter, who plans to wed Caroline, goes with them. Life takes a dramatic turn and Caroline and Lore escape to America alone. But their time in Switzerland provides a legacy that affects several generations. BestsellerThe velveteen rabbit, or How toys become real: The Classic Children's Book
Par Margery Bianco. 1922
A velveteen rabbit stuffed with sawdust learns from an older toy that a child's love can make him real. Rabbit…
happily experiences the joy of this love and at last learns of another kind of reality. For grades 2-4 and older readersJulie's wolf pack (Julie of the Wolves Ser.)
Par Jean George, Wendell Minor. 1997
This sequel to Julie (DB 40306, BR 10116) chronicles six years of the wolf pack family led by Kapu. The…
Eskimos call these wolves "Julie's wolf pack" because of the past connection between Julie and the wolves. Now on their own, the members of the pack face famine and disease. When Kapu is captured for a scientific experiment, Julie intervenes on his behalf. For grades 5-8My Louisiana sky (Major And Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide To Ser.)
Par Kimberly Holt. 1998
Louisiana, 1950s. Twelve-year-old Tiger Ann Parker begins to feel embarrassed in front of the other kids about the "slowness" of…
her parents. Her grandmother is the one who keeps the family intact. After Granny dies, Tiger has a chance to move to the city with her sophisticated aunt, but she is reluctant to abandon the parents who love her. For grades 6-9Jack and Jill: From the Original Publisher
Par Louisa Alcott, Jane Dyer, Louisa Alcott. 1999
Jack and Jill are the best of friends and when they are severely injured in a sledding accident they become…
even closer. With the help of Jack's mother, the two are provided with many amusements to pass the Christmas season. But will Jill ever walk again? For grades 5-8Beetles, lightly toasted
Par Phyllis Naylor. 1987
Andy really wants to win a fifth-grade essay contest on conservation, and he especially wants to beat his cousin Jack.…
Andy's idea involves testing recipes using handy critters--like beetles and worms--on unsuspecting eaters. The results surprise him. For grades 3-6Sammy the seal (I Can Read Level 1 Ser.)
Par Syd Hoff. 1959
Eager to try life outside the zoo, Sammy the seal explores the city, goes to school, and plays with the…
children but decides that, after all, home is best. For grades K-3. 1959Henry and Mudge and the snowman plan: the nineteenth book of their adventures (Henry And Mudge Ser.)
Par Cynthia Rylant. 1999
When Henry sees a sign announcing a snowman contest, he and his huge dog, Mudge, run home to tell Henry's…
father. They find him covered with green smudges from painting a chair. That gives Henry an idea for the contest. Easy chapter book. For grades K-3. 1999As I lay dying: the corrected text (Vintage international)
Par William Faulkner. 1990
The Bundrens, poor whites in Mississippi, face numerous obstacles as they trek across the countryside to deliver their mother's body…
for burial in her home town. First published in 1930; this edition includes changes made by Noel Polk in 1985 based on the author's notesBeethoven in Paradise
Par Barbara O'Connor. 1997
Martin lives in the Paradise trailer park with his folks. His dream is to play a musical instrument, but his…
abusive father thinks music is stupid and insists Martin play baseball, instead. Some strong language. For grades 5-8The ugly dachshund
Par G. B Stern. 1938
In a satire on human behavior, Tono, a Great Dane, is raised among dachshunds. But the big dog always feels…
inferior since he is not treated like the others. Finally, when Tono realizes his true nature, his demeanor changes. A Disney movie of the same title was filmed in 1966The great brain is back (The Great Brain #8.)
Par John Fitzgerald, Diane DeGroat. 1995
In this final book about the Great Brain (the manuscript was found after the author's death), J.D. narrates eight more…
tales about how his big brother, Tom, now thirteen, continues to swindle people out of their money. Tom convinces J.D. to sell bars of soap, he almost outwits Polly Reagan in the spelling bee, and he helps rescue a gang of outlaws. For grades 4-7The broken blade
Par William Durbin. 1997
Montreal, Canada, 1800. Thirteen-year-old Pierre La Page has to take his injured father's place as a "voyageur" on a fur-trading…
expedition. But can he survive the journey through the wilderness with the rough crew and treacherous waterways? Prequel to Wintering (BR 13347). For grades 5-8. 1997Three women
Par Marge Piercy. 1999
Successful attorney Suzanne Blume's contented, solitary life is disrupted when her troubled older daughter loses another job and returns home.…
Then, as Suzanne warily pursues an in-person meeting with an online friend, her political-activist mother suffers a crippling stroke and moves in. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 1999The lucky gourd shop: a novel
Par Joanna Scott. 2000
Three adopted Korean-American teenagers are curious about their roots. What they do not know is that their birth mother had…
been a foundling raised in a Seoul coffeeshop. After the death of their father, the children's grandmother saved them from starvation by taking them to an orphanage. 2000Necessary roughness
Par Marie Lee. 1996
Korean-American teenager Chan Kim and his twin sister, Young, work hard to be assimilated into their new high school after…
their father moves the family from L.A. to rural Minnesota. Chan switches from soccer to football to gain acceptance, but then tragedy strikes the family. For junior and senior high readers