by Dawn | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Hattie lives with her family in their home which has been turned into a boarding house. She knows all the boarders and their peculiarities. She can’t walk around town without word getting back to her family about where she’s been and with whom she’s...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Non-Fiction
Have you ever gone to a party or a carnival and there is someone there who can tie balloons into the most wonderful animals? Have you wondered how they do that? Well, wonder no more. This book tells you what supplies you need and teaches you precisely what steps to...
by Katy Manck | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Have you ever made a wish? Did you wonder where it went? Benjamin Bartholomew Piff is an orphan, living with Mr. Roach, who lives up to his name, and with Ms. Pinch, who lacks equally in charm and gentleness. On his birthday, Benjamin makes a wish, and that wish finds...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Have you ever wondered what life is like in the witness protection program? Well, after Mr. Green testifies against two fellow police officers, the entire family disappears into this challenging world. Each family member struggles in his/her own way with this new...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Mystery
Hazel is having the dream again. She tries to cry out and she tries to make her legs crawl to the window to escape only she can’t move. Why is this happening to her? As her eyes open, she sees her brother, Ned. “You were having that dream again...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Fiction
Headless Aunt Hortensia and George the Screaming Skull are only two of the ghosts who are finding themselves turned out of their comfortable ghostly homes and haunts. Where can they go and what to do? Turns out plenty of ghosts are losing their happy homes and set to...
by Dawn | Mar 24, 2009 | Historical Fiction
Helmuth Hubener lives in Hamburg, Germany, with his mother and two brothers during the time Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer of Germany. Helmuth watches as the Nazis come into power and his own life changes. School changes. His rights and the rights of those around him...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Picture Book
Henry “Box” Brown was a slave who watched his wife and children sold away, never to be seen again. Henry devised a plan to escape slavery. He asked a friend to help him mail himself to a place where slavery did not exist. Based on a true story. This is a...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Her father died two years ago, and her mother just can’t talk about it. In fact the whole family waits to face the truth about what happened. So, Isabelle finds herself with an eating disorder, and, after her little sister “tells” on her, Bella is...
by Mike Costanzo | Mar 24, 2009 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
Her mother has gone on a bus trip and has mailed postcards at every stop. Suddenly the postcards stop coming. Sal sets out on a journey with her grandparents to follow the trail of the postcards to see if they can solve the mystery of what has happened to her mom....
