Ada is ten years old and has never left her one-room apartment. Her cruel mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother, Jamie, is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada sneaks out to join him. Ada and Jamie are forced upon Susan Smith, a woman used to having only herself to care for. At Susan's home, Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, lea…
In this spirited tale of adventure, Vincent Wingfield, who is not yet sixteen, returns home to Virginia after four years of school in England to find conditions in America greatly unsettled. When war breaks out in 1861, Vincent staunchly supports the rights of slaves but joins Lee's cavalry to fight for the confederacy. Henty's gripping story, written several decades after the war, weaves th…
Olivia is creating an amazing video game - a virtual Heartlake City, complete with the girls. She thinks her friends will be thrilled, but instead they're upset that she's so busy. When the girls find their game characters aren't very nice, they;re even more angry! Can Olivia make it up to them?
Lord Thislebottom's Book of Pitfalls and How to Survive Them has taught Roxie Warbler how to handle all sorts of situations. If Roxie's ever lost in the desert, or buried in an avalanche, or caught in a dust storm, she knows just what to do. But lord Thistlebottom has no advice to help Roxie deal with Helvetia's Hooligans, the meanest band of bullies in school
More than anything, Menolly wants to become a Harperso she create music. But women aren't allowed to play instruments in the world of Pern. Forbidden to pursue her dreams, Menolly runs away and discovers something miraculous. She befriends a hatch of fire lizards, a rare species of miniature dragons, and teaches them to sing with her.
The circus is coming to River Heights! The flyers claim this circus will be the biggest and best show around, with the funniest clowns, the cutest animals, and the most daring acrobats. Nancy and the Clue Crew can't wait to see it! But when the performers are forced to go on without some very important props, Nancy begins to wonder. Is someone clowning around with this circus? She's not sure, b…
Table of Contents: The horse of wood; the sack of troy; aeneas and anchises; of the voyage of aenes; the voyage of aeneas; shipwreck; carthage; dido; the funereal games of anchises; the burning of the ships-the coming to italy; in italy; the plots of juno; the gathering of the chiefs; king evander; the arms of aeneas; nisus and euryalus; nisus and euryalus; the battle at the camp; the battle on…
Johnny Tremain is fourteen and apprenticed to a silversmith. He is gifted and clever and lords his talent over the other apprentices-until tragedy strikes. A crucible of molten silver breaks and the silver spills over Johnny's right hand. The hand is so badly burned, it's useless-and now, so is Johnny.
Anne of Green Gables is all grown up almost. At sixteen, Anne has transformed from student to teacher, and she's the new big sister to seven-year-old twins, quiet Dora and mischievous Davy. A grumpy new neighbor has moved in next door, and Anne's best friend, Diana, is falling in love. Despite all these changes, she's still the same impulsive Anne-a romantic dreamer with a redheaded temper.
Laura and her family are headed to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land-and stop moving. The new town of De Smet is filling up with settlers lured west by the promise of free land, and the Ingalls family must do whatever it takes to defend their claim.