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Shadow Girl
Written by Patricia Morrison
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $10.95
This novel for ages nine and up is the story of a resilient young girl who struggles as the daughter of an alcoholic father and an absentee mother. Left alone to fend for herself for days at a time, she is observed by a kind and compassionate saleswoman at the mall... Read more >
Written by Patricia Morrison
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $10.95
This novel for ages nine and up is the story of a resilient young girl who struggles as the daughter of an alcoholic father and an absentee mother. Left alone to fend for herself for days at a time, she is observed by a kind and compassionate saleswoman at the mall... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Shadow Girl
Written by Patricia Morrison
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $9.99
This novel for ages nine and up is the story of a resilient young girl who struggles as the daughter of an alcoholic father and an absentee mother. Left alone to fend for herself for days at a time, she is observed by a kind and compassionate saleswoman at the mall... Read more >
Written by Patricia Morrison
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $9.99
This novel for ages nine and up is the story of a resilient young girl who struggles as the daughter of an alcoholic father and an absentee mother. Left alone to fend for herself for days at a time, she is observed by a kind and compassionate saleswoman at the mall... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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True Colors
Written by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.99
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock's beautifully told, warm hearted novel tells the story of one girl's journey to find the mother she never had, set against the period backdrop of a small farming town in 1950s Vermont. For her entire life, 10-year-old Blue has never known her mother. On a cold, wintry day in... Read more >
Written by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $15.99
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock's beautifully told, warm hearted novel tells the story of one girl's journey to find the mother she never had, set against the period backdrop of a small farming town in 1950s Vermont. For her entire life, 10-year-old Blue has never known her mother. On a cold, wintry day in... Read more >
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True Colors
Written by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $10.99
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock's beautifully told, warm hearted novel tells the story of one girl's journey to find the mother she never had, set against the period backdrop of a small farming town in 1950s Vermont. For her entire life, 10-year-old Blue has never known her mother. On a cold, wintry day in... Read more >
Written by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $10.99
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock's beautifully told, warm hearted novel tells the story of one girl's journey to find the mother she never had, set against the period backdrop of a small farming town in 1950s Vermont. For her entire life, 10-year-old Blue has never known her mother. On a cold, wintry day in... Read more >
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True Colors
Written by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 256 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $18.99
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock's beautifully told, warm hearted novel tells the story of one girl's journey to find the mother she never had, set against the period backdrop of a small farming town in 1950s Vermont. For her entire life, 10-year-old Blue has never known her mother. On a cold, wintry day in... Read more >
Written by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 256 pages
On Sale: November 13, 2012
Price: $18.99
Natalie Kinsey-Warnock's beautifully told, warm hearted novel tells the story of one girl's journey to find the mother she never had, set against the period backdrop of a small farming town in 1950s Vermont. For her entire life, 10-year-old Blue has never known her mother. On a cold, wintry day in... Read more >
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Emily and Jackson Hiding Out
Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $9.99
Due to demand for a companion story to the popular Emily's Fortune, Newbery Award winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written another rootin' tootin' Wild West escapade that once again includes plucky orphans Emily and Jackson, dastardly villains, and comical cliffhangers.
Emily Wiggins is thrilled that she and her orphan friend Jackson have... Read more >
Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Format: eBook, 176 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $9.99
Due to demand for a companion story to the popular Emily's Fortune, Newbery Award winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written another rootin' tootin' Wild West escapade that once again includes plucky orphans Emily and Jackson, dastardly villains, and comical cliffhangers.
Emily Wiggins is thrilled that she and her orphan friend Jackson have... Read more >
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Emily and Jackson Hiding Out
Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 176 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $17.99
Due to demand for a companion story to the popular Emily's Fortune, Newbery Award winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written another rootin' tootin' Wild West escapade that once again includes plucky orphans Emily and Jackson, dastardly villains, and comical cliffhangers.
Emily Wiggins is thrilled that she and her orphan friend Jackson have... Read more >
Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 176 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $17.99
Due to demand for a companion story to the popular Emily's Fortune, Newbery Award winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written another rootin' tootin' Wild West escapade that once again includes plucky orphans Emily and Jackson, dastardly villains, and comical cliffhangers.
Emily Wiggins is thrilled that she and her orphan friend Jackson have... Read more >
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Emily and Jackson Hiding Out
Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $14.99
Due to demand for a companion story to the popular Emily's Fortune, Newbery Award winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written another rootin' tootin' Wild West escapade that once again includes plucky orphans Emily and Jackson, dastardly villains, and comical cliffhangers.
Emily Wiggins is thrilled that she and her orphan friend Jackson have... Read more >
Written by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Format: Hardcover, 176 pages
On Sale: August 7, 2012
Price: $14.99
Due to demand for a companion story to the popular Emily's Fortune, Newbery Award winner Phyllis Reynolds Naylor has written another rootin' tootin' Wild West escapade that once again includes plucky orphans Emily and Jackson, dastardly villains, and comical cliffhangers.
Emily Wiggins is thrilled that she and her orphan friend Jackson have... Read more >
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Runaway
Written by Wendelin Van Draanen
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $8.99
"It's a cold, hard, cruel fact that my mother loved heroin more than she loved me."
Holly is in her fifth foster home in two years and she's had enough. She's run away before and always been caught quickly. But she's older and wiser now--she's twelve--and this time she gets away clean.
Through... Read more >
Written by Wendelin Van Draanen
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 10, 2012
Price: $8.99
"It's a cold, hard, cruel fact that my mother loved heroin more than she loved me."
Holly is in her fifth foster home in two years and she's had enough. She's run away before and always been caught quickly. But she's older and wiser now--she's twelve--and this time she gets away clean.
Through... Read more >
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Quest for the Secret Keeper
Written by Victoria Laurie
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $10.99
Delphi Keep is awash in activity, and for Ian, Theo, and Carl, their safe haven might be nearing its end. The Royal Navy has taken the keep to use as a hospital and the tunnels running under the keep and the castle are ideal to set up a central communications outpost... Read more >
Written by Victoria Laurie
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $10.99
Delphi Keep is awash in activity, and for Ian, Theo, and Carl, their safe haven might be nearing its end. The Royal Navy has taken the keep to use as a hospital and the tunnels running under the keep and the castle are ideal to set up a central communications outpost... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Quest for the Secret Keeper
Written by Victoria Laurie
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $16.99
Delphi Keep is awash in activity, and for Ian, Theo, and Carl, their safe haven might be nearing its end. The Royal Navy has taken the keep to use as a hospital and the tunnels running under the keep and the castle are ideal to set up a central communications outpost... Read more >
Written by Victoria Laurie
Format: Hardcover, 384 pages
On Sale: February 14, 2012
Price: $16.99
Delphi Keep is awash in activity, and for Ian, Theo, and Carl, their safe haven might be nearing its end. The Royal Navy has taken the keep to use as a hospital and the tunnels running under the keep and the castle are ideal to set up a central communications outpost... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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Oddfellow's Orphanage
Written by Emily Winfield Martin
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $14.99
What do an onion-headed boy, a child-sized hedgehog, and a tattooed girl have in common? They are all orphans at Oddfellow's Orphanage! This unusual early chapter book began life as a series of full-color portraits with character descriptions. Author/illustrator Emily Martin has fleshed out the world of Oddfellow's with an episodic... Read more >
Written by Emily Winfield Martin
Format: Hardcover, 144 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $14.99
What do an onion-headed boy, a child-sized hedgehog, and a tattooed girl have in common? They are all orphans at Oddfellow's Orphanage! This unusual early chapter book began life as a series of full-color portraits with character descriptions. Author/illustrator Emily Martin has fleshed out the world of Oddfellow's with an episodic... Read more >
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Oddfellow's Orphanage
Written by Emily Winfield Martin
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $9.99
What do an onion-headed boy, a child-sized hedgehog, and a tattooed girl have in common? They are all orphans at Oddfellow's Orphanage! This unusual early chapter book began life as a series of full-color portraits with character descriptions. Author/illustrator Emily Martin has fleshed out the world of Oddfellow's with an episodic... Read more >
Written by Emily Winfield Martin
Format: eBook, 144 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $9.99
What do an onion-headed boy, a child-sized hedgehog, and a tattooed girl have in common? They are all orphans at Oddfellow's Orphanage! This unusual early chapter book began life as a series of full-color portraits with character descriptions. Author/illustrator Emily Martin has fleshed out the world of Oddfellow's with an episodic... Read more >
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Oddfellow's Orphanage
Written by Emily Winfield Martin
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 144 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $17.99
What do an onion-headed boy, a child-sized hedgehog, and a tattooed girl have in common? They are all orphans at Oddfellow's Orphanage! This unusual early chapter book began life as a series of full-color portraits with character descriptions. Author/illustrator Emily Martin has fleshed out the world of Oddfellow's with an episodic... Read more >
Written by Emily Winfield Martin
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 144 pages
On Sale: January 24, 2012
Price: $17.99
What do an onion-headed boy, a child-sized hedgehog, and a tattooed girl have in common? They are all orphans at Oddfellow's Orphanage! This unusual early chapter book began life as a series of full-color portraits with character descriptions. Author/illustrator Emily Martin has fleshed out the world of Oddfellow's with an episodic... Read more >
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Nancy and Plum
Written by Betty MacDonald
Illustrated by Mary GrandPre
Introduction by Jeanne Birdsall
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $6.99
It was Christmas Eve. Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers
and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful.
So begins the story of two orphaned sisters at Mrs. Monday’s Boarding School. But nothing is heavenly for Nancy and Pamela (aka Plum): their parents... Read more >
Written by Betty MacDonald
Illustrated by Mary GrandPre
Introduction by Jeanne Birdsall
Format: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
On Sale: October 11, 2011
Price: $6.99
It was Christmas Eve. Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers
and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful.
So begins the story of two orphaned sisters at Mrs. Monday’s Boarding School. But nothing is heavenly for Nancy and Pamela (aka Plum): their parents... Read more >
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Nini
Written by Francois Thisdale
Illustrated by Francois Thisdale
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $15.95
Long before Nini was born, she was in a safe place where a familiar voice promised her a loving home. But once she was born, that soft voice was replaced by the words of care givers in an orphanage. Though they were kind, Nini missed the soft voice and the promises... Read more >
Written by Francois Thisdale
Illustrated by Francois Thisdale
Format: Hardcover, 40 pages
On Sale: August 9, 2011
Price: $15.95
Long before Nini was born, she was in a safe place where a familiar voice promised her a loving home. But once she was born, that soft voice was replaced by the words of care givers in an orphanage. Though they were kind, Nini missed the soft voice and the promises... Read more >
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Heidi
Written by Johanna Spyri
Adapted by Gail Herman
Illustrated by Lydia Halverson
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $4.99
Five-year-old Heidi, an orphan, has been sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. All of his neighbors fear him, but Heidi knows he is kind at heart, and the two learn to live happily together. Heidi loves her life, but soon her aunt takes her away and forces... Read more >
Written by Johanna Spyri
Adapted by Gail Herman
Illustrated by Lydia Halverson
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $4.99
Five-year-old Heidi, an orphan, has been sent to live with her grandfather in the Swiss Alps. All of his neighbors fear him, but Heidi knows he is kind at heart, and the two learn to live happily together. Heidi loves her life, but soon her aunt takes her away and forces... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
hardcover library binding.
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Heidi
Written by Johanna Spyri
Adapted by Gail Herman
Illustrated by Lydia Halverson
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $4.99
The story of Heidi was written over one hundred years ago, however, it is far from a period piece. In the Swiss Alps, where it is set, a hundred years is just the blink of an eye. We see in her the daughter that every mother dreams of having and every... Read more >
Written by Johanna Spyri
Adapted by Gail Herman
Illustrated by Lydia Halverson
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $4.99
The story of Heidi was written over one hundred years ago, however, it is far from a period piece. In the Swiss Alps, where it is set, a hundred years is just the blink of an eye. We see in her the daughter that every mother dreams of having and every... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover library binding and a
trade paperback.
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Heidi
Written by Johanna Spyri
Adapted by Gail Herman
Illustrated by Lydia Halverson
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $12.99
The story of Heidi was written over one hundred years ago, however, it is far from a period piece. In the Swiss Alps, where it is set, a hundred years is just the blink of an eye. We see in her the daughter that every mother dreams of having and every... Read more >
Written by Johanna Spyri
Adapted by Gail Herman
Illustrated by Lydia Halverson
Format: Hardcover Library Binding, 112 pages
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Price: $12.99
The story of Heidi was written over one hundred years ago, however, it is far from a period piece. In the Swiss Alps, where it is set, a hundred years is just the blink of an eye. We see in her the daughter that every mother dreams of having and every... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook and a
trade paperback.
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What Comes After
Written by Steve Watkins
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2011
Price: $16.99
A gripping portrait of a teen’s struggles through grief and abuse - and the miraculous power of animals to heal us.
After her veterinarian dad dies, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must leave her beloved Maine to live on a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows. Iris... Read more >
Written by Steve Watkins
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: April 12, 2011
Price: $16.99
A gripping portrait of a teen’s struggles through grief and abuse - and the miraculous power of animals to heal us.
After her veterinarian dad dies, sixteen-year-old Iris Wight must leave her beloved Maine to live on a North Carolina farm with her hardbitten aunt and a cousin she barely knows. Iris... Read more >
Shifty
Written by Lynn E. Hazen
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2011
Price: $7.99
Fifteen-year-old Shifty knows all about moving around and next to nothing about where he came from. When he's assigned to a new foster home and family, he tries hard to keep cool and stay out of trouble. But it seems like the more he tries to do the right thing, the... Read more >
Written by Lynn E. Hazen
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2011
Price: $7.99
Fifteen-year-old Shifty knows all about moving around and next to nothing about where he came from. When he's assigned to a new foster home and family, he tries hard to keep cool and stay out of trouble. But it seems like the more he tries to do the right thing, the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Agency 1: A Spy in the House
Written by Y.S. Lee
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $7.99
Introducing an exciting new series! Steeped in Victorian atmosphere and intrigue, this diverting mystery trails a feisty heroine as she takes on a precarious secret assignment.
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners —... Read more >
Written by Y.S. Lee
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: February 8, 2011
Price: $7.99
Introducing an exciting new series! Steeped in Victorian atmosphere and intrigue, this diverting mystery trails a feisty heroine as she takes on a precarious secret assignment.
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan (and thief) Mary Quinn is surprised to be offered a singular education, instruction in fine manners —... Read more >
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Anna Maria's Gift
Written by Janice Shefelman
Illustrated by Robert Papp
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $4.99
When Anna Maria's father, a famous violin maker, passes away, she is sent to live in the Pieta, an orphanage in Venice. Though she misses her father, she knows he will always be with her, as long as she has the beautiful violin that he crafted for her. Luckily, the Pieta... Read more >
Written by Janice Shefelman
Illustrated by Robert Papp
Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: January 25, 2011
Price: $4.99
When Anna Maria's father, a famous violin maker, passes away, she is sent to live in the Pieta, an orphanage in Venice. Though she misses her father, she knows he will always be with her, as long as she has the beautiful violin that he crafted for her. Luckily, the Pieta... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
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A Little Princess
Written by Cathy East Dubowski
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2010
Price: $3.99
Sara Crewe is a student at Miss Minchin’s fancy boarding school. She has the very best of everything. But when her rich father dies, she’s left without a penny. Now Sara lives in the school’s cold attic and works for crusts of bread. With some help from a secret friend and... Read more >
Written by Cathy East Dubowski
Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: December 15, 2010
Price: $3.99
Sara Crewe is a student at Miss Minchin’s fancy boarding school. She has the very best of everything. But when her rich father dies, she’s left without a penny. Now Sara lives in the school’s cold attic and works for crusts of bread. With some help from a secret friend and... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Nancy and Plum
Written by Betty MacDonald
Illustrated by Mary GrandPre
Introduction by Jeanne Birdsall
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $15.99
It was Christmas Eve. Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers
and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful.
So begins the story of two orphaned sisters at Mrs. Monday’s Boarding School. But nothing is heavenly for Nancy and Pamela (aka Plum): their parents... Read more >
Written by Betty MacDonald
Illustrated by Mary GrandPre
Introduction by Jeanne Birdsall
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: October 26, 2010
Price: $15.99
It was Christmas Eve. Big snowflakes fluttered slowly through the air like white feathers
and made all of Heavenly Valley smooth and white and quiet and beautiful.
So begins the story of two orphaned sisters at Mrs. Monday’s Boarding School. But nothing is heavenly for Nancy and Pamela (aka Plum): their parents... Read more >
