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This funny, sensitive novel is about an American child's experience at home during World War II, the adventure and urgency, and also the sorrow and anticlimax. Ellen Parker, 11, can't wait for her beloved Uncle Bob to join the army. She knows he'll be a hero and get medals. But when [he] is sent to fight in France, his letters lose their playfulness...Each episode on the home front is beautifully structured, building to its own climax, yet par...

Great-Uncle Benson can't believe that ten-year-old Rachel's family doesn't eat dinner together. When he and Rachel start a culinary campaign to lure the family to the dinner table, the results surprise everyone, especially Great-Uncle Benson. "A warm and humorous novel that upholds family values even as it skewers traditional conventions." The Horn Book

Gary has so many problems, it's hard to tell where one ends and the next begins. He can't seem to make friends, and no matter how hard he tries in school, he never catches up. He "spaces out" sometimes when things just seem too difficult. One day, while his brain is on a break, he accidentally hurts another student. After that, he is sent to a special school for students with learning disabilities. The very gifted teacher there and friends he ...

Twelve-year-old Harry Jones arrives in St. Louis in the summer of 1904 ready to have the time of his life at the glorious ST. Louis World's Fair. But the minute her gets off the train, unanticipated events push him to see the underside of this utopian moment in American history. The Song of the Molimo explores the fictional relationship between Harry and Ota Benga, whose character is based on an African pygmy who is on display at the fair. The...