Realizing that sending her grandfather, Pop, to live in a nursing home will kill his already dying spirit, Birch urges Pop to take the cross-country plane flight he has always dreamed of, and to take Birch with him.

Coast to Coast

Children's Books

betsy-cromer-byars

Education & Reference

Harcourt

'My Hero' to Be Chosen: Eight finalists will compete tonight for the title My Hero. The winner will wear the coveted gold Hero medal. These brave and courageous dogs will each appear with their nominator who will tell their story. There's Smiley, who fought a giant bull. Bear used his giant paws to save the life of another dog. Munchkin warned a gardener of a poisonous snake about to strike. Old Dog helped find people buried under rubble after a tornado. Buster pulled a baby carriage out of the path of a careening truck. Blue, who had never been known to bark, used his voice to bring help to his wounded master. Dopey's constant barking saved the life of a baby left in a sweltering car. Little Bit brought love and companionship to a nursing home resident. Each story is told in the unique, sometimes humorous, but always Compelling voice of the person whose life was changed by the heroic action of a very extraordinary dog. Betsy Byars and her daughters Betsy Duffey and Laurie Myers have joined forces to create dog stories full of adventure and suspense. Loren Long's paintings capture the heroic dignity of each of the dogs and heighten the drama of their special stories.

My Dog, My Hero

Betsy Duffey

Laurie Myers

Scholastic. Inc.

With their mother dead and their father working nights, Retta tries to be mother to her two younger brothers

The Night Swimmers

DELACORTE PRESS

CREASE ON BACK COVER. WEAR ON EDGES OF SPINE. A FEW CREASES ON CORNERS OF PAGES. WRITING INSIDE FRONT COVER.

The Cybil War

scholastic

For aspiring writer Amen McBee, life at the end of the nineteenth century with her four older sisters (Augusta, Abigail, and the "Bellas," twins Annabella and Arabella) is full of adventure. The only trouble in Amen's life is Mr. Tominski, the strange old man who lives in the woods and keeps a trained flock of doves. Her sisters warn Amen that the dove keeper is not the be trusted, but Amen's father insists that Mr. Tominski wouldn't hurt a soul. Who is right?

Keeper of the Doves (Lib)(CD)

Listening Library

Keeper of the Doves

Now available in paperback--the acclaimed novel from the Newbery Medal-winning author of Summer of the Swans. The snippets of Amie's and her family's lives add up to an exquisitely complete picture.--Publishers Weekly.

Teen & Young Adult

Perfection Learning

When Herculeah Jones's best friend, Meat, decides to take a comedy class, he just expects to get a few laughs. Then he discovers a dead body in the bathroom, and realizes that there's nothing funny about murder.

Disappearing Acts Sleuth/E (Herculeah Jones Mysteries)

Trouble River

Faced with the imminent danger of attack by marauding Indians while both his parents are away, twelve-year-old Dewey Martin prevails upon his grandmother to escape by means of his homemade log raft.--Booklist.

Perfection Learning Pre Bind

Carlie knows she's got no say in what happens to her. Stuck in a foster home with two other kids, Harvey and Thomas J, she's just a pinball being bounced from bumper to bumper. As soon as you get settled, somebody puts another coin in the machine and off you go again. But against her will and her better judgement, Carlie and the boys become friends. And all three of them start to see that they can take control of their own lives.

The Pinballs (Apple Paperbacks)

Cracker Jackson

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