The story conveys lots of excitement and adventure as the children take care of the chicken, and, in the end, they do manage to keep it a secret. Recommended.
To prove themselves worthy of succeeding Texas Jake as leader of the feline Club of Mysteries, cat brothers Marco and Polo agree to bring him the comfrey that will heal his wounds.
IT'S DECEMBER, and Christmas is coming, but Caroline Malloy and Wally Hatford aren't singing carols around the tree. Instead, these sworn enemies must interview each other for the dreaded December class project. Caroline, as usual, has a trick up her sleeve that's sure to shock Wally in front of the entire class. That's just the first step in her plan to gross Wally out.In the meantime, Wally and his brothers find a way to spy on the Malloy gi...
Alone at a remote wilderness campsite, Doug and his older brother, Gordie, have one of their endless fights, and Gordie stomps off. When days pass and Gordie doesn't return, Doug must confront his own fear to rescue his brother, who's trapped on a dangerous ridge. "A solid action story, tense and involving".-- Publishers Weekly.
The 14th title in the beloved coming-of-age saga of Alice McKinley finds Alice apart from Patrick--and, much to her surprise, Alice is okay with it. She's so busy with the school play and newspaper she doesn't even have time for Pamela and Elizabeth, and they resent it. Original.
The final volume in a classic trilogy that included "Shiloh" and "Shiloh Season". Marty Preston wonders why people are still so willing to think the worst of Judd Travers, the former owner of Marty's dog, Shiloh. Then a terrifying life-or-death situation brings a moral dilemma into sharp focus, causing Marty to question his own judgment.
The second book in the trilogy introduced by "Shiloh", the Newbery Medal-winning classic. Even though Shiloh now belongs to Marty, his worries are far from over. Judd, the dog's original owner, is back to drinking hard and being reckless with his rifle.
A powerful sequel to the Newbery Medal-winner Shiloh. Now that Marty Preston rightfully owns his beloved dog, Shiloh, his problems are not over. Judd Travers, Shiloh's abusive former owner, is not reformed. When Marty's father suspects Judd is hunting illegally on their property and confronts him, Marty has cause to worry about a lot of things--especially Shiloh's safety.
The 1992 Newbery Medal was awarded to Shiloh, as well as 25 state children's choice awards. "A moving and powerful look at the best and the worst of human nature as well as the shades of gray that color most of life's dilemmas".--Booklist starred review.
For use in schools and libraries only. When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and mistreat his dogs.
Sixth-grader Marty and his family try to help their rough neighbor, Judd Travers, change his mean ways, even though their West Virginia community continues to expect the worst of him.
Kevin repeatedly faces the terrorist tactics of Sammy, the self-appointed king of the playground. . . . Kevin returns home each time to an encouraging conversation with his father, (who helps) Kevin use his wits in an imaginative showdown with Sammy. . . . Humorous and realistic".--The Horn Book. Full color.
Newbery Medalist Phyllis Reynolds Naylor's one hundred and more books are true to life, funny, and, most of all, well written -- you'd think that she doesn't have to work at writing at all. But that's not true. How I Came to Be a Writer is the story of one author's beginnings -- successes and failures, reviews and rejection slips -- things that mark the stages of a writer's life. Illustrated with photographs, and including samples of her earli...
The Newbery Medal-winning author of the "Shiloh" trilogy presents "a well-written story of emotional survival" ("School Library Journal"). Three years after her father deserted the family, Clarissa is sent to live with her paternal grandparents. After she slowly forges a new life for herself, she finally learns the devastating truth about her father.
The Hatford-Malloy feud continues in this fast-paced sequel to The Boys Start the War and The Girls Get Even (both Delacorte, 1993). Their egos still smarting from the humiliation they suffered on Halloween at the hands of their female neighbors, the Hatford boys try to frighten them with tales of the abaguchie, a creature of local legend. A funny series of plans for revenge and retaliation from both sides follows. Ultimately, the children cal...
Lynn Morley and Mouse spot strange purple weeds growing exactly where they threw old Mrs. Tuggle's glass eye in The Witch's Eye. Could these ominous plants be witch weeds?
Someone in Middleburg has put up posters warning of the dangerous--and unheard of--Indiana Aztec bat. And the town is in an uproar over the new church bells that won't stop ringing. Bernie and his friends must get to to the bottom of this hilarious mystery.
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, best known for her humorous "Alice" series and the award-winning "Shiloh", dishes up a gothic tale with all the trimmings: a brave, orphaned heroine, a dark and dreary manor, a hunky savior, a dastardly villain, and a ghostly severed hand that holds the secret to Jade Green's untimely demise.
Here is the remarkable story of Amy Audrey Perkins. She was kind of a klutz. Things just seemed to happen wherever she went. But suddenly, something changed, and it seems that she is not the only klutz in the world.
