When Ritchie's younger sister Rosie gets very sick after their mother suddenly goes away, Rosie begins to receive letters from a lonely troll, and these letters help Ritchie cope with his mother's absence, his father's seeming indifference, and the fifth-grade class bully.In the 1940s American midwest, Ritchie is coping after his mother suddenly goes away, and his little sister Rosie becomes sick, when a strange letter from a lonely troll comes for Rosie that changes both their lives

Under the Bridge

McKenzie, Ellen Kindt

Children's Books

Trophy Pr

Drujienna's Harp is a curious YA/middle grade adventure story. Two children, Tha and her younger brother, enter an antique shop and are pulled out of this world and into Tpal, a world of concentric circles. They are entangled in a prophecy that relates to the three ages of the world, and chances for restoration or destruction. So far, so typical, you may be thinking, but what makes the story different is the uniqueness of the places and the world as a whole (a reviewer on Amazon says "I think the startling landscape that serves as a backdrop for the story is half the beauty of the story"), and the sensitivity and realism with which all the characters are drawn. You travel to the edges of the world with the characters, and when you meet an eventual prince, he's not at all what you're expecting. People's choices aren't easy ones; temptations are hard to resist.

Drujienna's harp

E.P.Dutton & Co.

For 9-year-old Liza Bain it's not easy having a younger brother like John. John is so shy, he won't talk to anyone except Liza. When John starts first grade, he refuses to learn how to read or write. Their teacher punishes him and the other kids start calling him "Stargone John." Now even Liza doesn't know what to do.

Stargone John

Demco Media

The friendship between shy Princess Ekama and Kashka, a court musician and acrobat, and his cousin, Piff, leads to danger when Kashka stumbles upon the sinister plot of the princess's guardian, Lady Ysene, an evil sorceress

Kashka

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Henry Holt Co.

Six-year-old John, emotionally withdrawn and resistant to traditional teaching methods, experiences ridicule and punishment at his one-room schoolhouse, until an old retired teacher reaches out from her blindness to share with him the world of reading and writing.Withdrawn and resistant to traditional teaching methods, a six-year-old boy experiences ridicule and punishment, until a retired teacher reaches out from her blindness to share with him the world of reading and writing

Stargone John (Redfeather Books)

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Eager to see the world, Princess Sweet Rosilla hitches a ride on top of the carriage in which her father, King John, is riding and begins a riotous adventure. By the author of Stargone John.

The King, the Princess, and the Tinker (Redfeather Books)

Literature & Fiction

A colorfully illustrated alphabet storybook with a difference tells of the Old Woman who builds a new house with all of the rooms in the order of the alphabet, starting with the Attic for storing apples and aprons.

The Perfectly Orderly House

"The boy's plain star gone," Ma said, and tugged John forward, and everybody in the classroom heard her words."

Stargone John (Redfeather Paperbacks)

Redfeather Book from Henry Holt

An orphan boy who lives with a witch becomes involved in a dangerous adventure, from which he eventually emerges as the brother of a king

Taash and the Jesters

Eager to see the world, Princess Sweet Rosilla hitches a ride on  top of the carriage in which her father, King John, is riding and  begins a riotous adventure. By the author of Stargone John.

The King, the Princess, and the Tinker (Redfeather Book)

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