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Meena and River have a lot in common: fathers forced to work away from home to make ends meet, grandmothers who mean the world to them, and faithful dogs. But Meena is an Indian immigrant girl living in New York City's Chinatown, while River is a Kentucky coal miner's son. The unlikely pair become pen pals, sharing thoughts on their lives and, as their friendship deepens, on larger issues such as activism, immigration, racism, and prejudice. M...

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In his YA debut, a best-selling novelist revisits a summer of tumult and truth for a young narrator and his war-torn family. Available in paperback with a discussion guide!For ten-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the one that threatened to tear his family apart. There is his distant mother, his traumatized Vietnam vet dad, his wild sister, his former war protester aunt, and his tough yet troubled best friend, Edie, the only person with...

Something's Rising will long stand as a testament to the social and ecological consequences of energy at any cost and will be especially welcomed by readers of Appalachian studies, environmental science, and by all who value the mountain's majesty--our national heritage.

House, author of "A Parchment Of Leaves, Clay's Quilt, The Coal Tattoo, " and "Eli the Good, " presents his three-act drama, "The Hurting Part" alongside its full literary and developmental context.

From the bestselling author of such adult novels as "Clay's Quilt" and "The Coal Tattoo" comes his YA debut--a tender look at the complexities of childhood and the realities of war. For 10-year-old Eli Book, the summer of 1976 is the summer that threatens to tear his family apart.

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It is the early 1900s in rural Kentucky, and young Saul Sullivan is heading up to Redbud Camp to look for work. He is wary but unafraid of the Cherokee girl there whose beauty is said to cause the death of all men who see her. But the minute Saul lays eyes on Vine, he knows she is meant to be his wife. Vine's mother disapproves of the mixed marriage, Saul's mother, Esme, has always been ill at ease around the Cherokee people. But once Vine wal...