During her solitary convalescence from a crippling accident, twelve-year-old Charley finds a wild dog, and the arduous process of training him leads her to explore her feelings about her mother's death two years earlier.
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
Laura's family moves from their home in Wisconsin to live on the prairie. On their way to find a new home, they experience many dangers and exciting adventures.
Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Preparatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.
World War II, October 21, 1942. A B-17 bomber drones high over the Pacific Ocean, sending a desperate SOS into the air. The crew is carrying America's greatest living war hero on a secret mission deep into the battle zone. But the plane is lost, burning through its final gallons of fuel. At 1:30 p.m., there is only one choice left: an emergency landing at sea. If the crew survives the impact, they will be left stranded without food or water hundreds of miles from civilization. Eight men. Three inflatable rafts. Sixty-eight million square miles of ocean. What will it take to make it back alive?
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The story is about a mouse named Geronimo Stilton who is an editor of a newspaper. He is also the author of this book. His sister Thea finds a treasure map so they go on a boat to try to find the treasure. The treasure is the Emerald Eye which they think is some sort of jewel. Their cousin Trap and their nephew Benjamin also come on their adventure. Then, their ship sinks and they land on an island which just happens to be the right one. Geronimo and his family work together to follow the map and find the treasure.
When her quirky grandmother goes to Hawaii for the summer, nine-year-old Ruby learns to survive on her own in Mississippi by writing letters, befriending chickens as well as the new girl in town, and finally coping with her grandfather's death.
This is a biography about Rev. Martin Luther King. The book explains about his life and how he stood up for himself and fought to establish equal rights for his race. He will always be remembered for his "I Have A Dream" famous speech.
Seventeen-year-old Cassia has always trusted the Society to make the right choices for her, but when there is a glitch at her Matching ceremony, she is torn between marrying her best friend and a new love, which could bring disaster.