Sweet By and By

Nothing makes Blessing happier than to sit, singing, with Monnie, her grandmother, beside her, making music on the fiddle. Blessing's mama died when she was two, and Monnie has looked after her ever since in their small house in the Tennessee mountains. But it's been a long time since Monnie has felt well, really well. Even working in her beloved garden is beyond her now, and the doctor says she isn't getting any better.Blessing is only eleven, and she knows she's going to be on her own soon. The mountain people will help her, but how does she know whom to trust? And how will she go on without Monnie by her side?From the author of Mama, Let's Dance comes a novel of heartbreak, remembering, and hope, set against the backdrop of the Second World War.

Children's Books

Hermes, Patricia

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins

Tracy must make a difficult decision as a junior high student when her best friend Kelly is scorned by the popular clique that Tracy wishes to join

Friends Are Like That

Harcourt Childrens Books

Bailey, a tough ten-year-old foster child, schemes to become the fifth grade class president to prove her worth to her family and convince her social worker to leave her in her new home.

Heads, I Win

Kevin and his friend Bailey conspire to prevent Kevin's father from moving himself and Kevin once again.

Kevin Corbett Eats Flies

Emily likes to play baseball and tease her brother, but her happy life is interrupted when her brother has a fatal accident.

Nobody's Fault

Harcourt

After she switches schools in the middle of the year and goes to stay with her grandparents, eleven-year-old Jeremy's life is further disrupted when her parents announce from overseas that they are adopting a new baby sister for her.

A Place for Jeremy

Interviews with parents and teenagers explore some of the myths and realities of suicide examining such aspects as motives, warning signs, effects on others, and prevention

A Time to Listen: Preventing Youth Suicide

A 10-year-old girl staying with her grandparents for the summer is appalled to discover that her parents' prolonged stay abroad means that she must start in a new school and somehow hide the fact that she is an epileptic.

What If They Knew?

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

Terrified that the death of the grandmother who was their guardian will separate them, twelve-year-old Mark decides to run away with his retarded younger brother.

Who Will Take Care of Me?

During the autumn of the year, thirteen-year-old Sarah learns her mother is dying of cancer.

You Shouldn't Have to Say Good-Bye

Teen & Young Adult

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