Plum & Jaggers

Shreve, Susan

Saint Martin's Press

Joshua T. Bates in Trouble Again

Joshua T. Bates is no stranger to trouble. First he flunked third grade and had to spend three months repeating it. Now he's been promoted to fourth, but that's when his problems really begin. Tommy Wilhelm, Joshua's sworn enemy, is the leader of the class. He's got everyone afraid of him, especially Joshua. Joshua will do anything to prove to Tommy that he's not a nerd. But that will take power. And where can a kid like Joshua get power?

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Knopf Books for Young Readers

Trout and Me

When a new troublemaker, Trout, arrives at school, Ben is soon diagnosed with ADD–just like Trout. Ever since first grade, Ben’s been in trouble, even though he’s really not a bad kid. He just can’t seem to stop doing things that get him sent to the principal’s office. His parents and wise older sister, Meg, swear he’ll be fine in his own time, but when a new kid shows up in Ben’s fifth-grade class, he’s not so sure. Trout sticks to him like glue, and it’s clear from the start that Trout is a much bigger troublemaker than Ben ever was. So when Ben gets diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), just like Trout, and then has to take Ritalin, just like Trout, he’s not sure what to make of his friendship–especially when he starts to get a bad reputation. Is Trout’s badness rubbing off on him? Can Ben make people understand it’s the ADD, not Trout, causing the problems before it’s too late?

Under the Watsons' Porch

Twelve-year-old Ellie Tremont is b-o-r-e-d, bored, and she wishes something, anything, would happen. So when 14-year-old Tommy Bowers moves in next door, with his lanky swagger and his troubled past, Ellie knows her summer is about to get interesting. When Tommy suggests they start a camp for the kids on their street under their elderly neighbors’(the Watsons’) porch, Ellie quickly agrees to that, and everything else Tommy suggests. And when Tommy gives her a diamond necklace that he says he bought, she’s suspicious, though smitten. But by the time her parents forbid her from seeing him, she’s given him her heart. Soon, though, Tommy goes too far and even Ellie isn’t sure what to make of him.

Having ADD causes Ben to get into more trouble than he would like, yet when Trout, another child with ADD enters his world, greater problems arise as Trout's actions cause Ben to get a bad reputation for being a problem child at school.

Twelve-year-old Ellie Tremont is b-o-r-e-d, bored, and she wishes something, anything, would happen. So when 14-year-old Tommy Bowers moves in next door, with his lanky swagger and his troubled past, Ellie knows her summer is about to get interesting. When Tommy suggests they start a camp for the kids on their street under their elderly neighbors’(the Watsons’) porch, Ellie quickly agrees to that, and everything else Tommy suggests. And when Tommy gives her a diamond necklace that he says he bought, she’s suspicious, though smitten. But by the time her parents forbid her from seeing him, she’s given him her heart. Soon, though, Tommy goes too far and even Ellie isn’t sure what to make of him.From the Hardcover edition.

Literature & Fiction

The Bad Dreams of a Good Girl

Camelot Books

In Washington to avenge the senseless slaughter of his brother, a young actor catches the eye of lovely Annie Blakemore, who, on instinct, follows him through the city. 25,000 first printing. $25,000 ad/promo. Tour.

The Train Home

United States

Nan A. Talese

Candid, poignant, provocative, and informative, the essays and stories in Skin Deep explore a wide spectrum of racial issues between black and white women, from self-identity and competition to childrearing and friendship. Eudora Welty contributes a bittersweet story of a one-hundred-year-old black woman whose spirit is as determined and strong as anything in nature. Bestselling author Naomi Wolf recalls her first exposure to racism growing up, examining the subtle forms it can take even among well-meaning people; bell hooks writes about the intersection between black women and feminist politics; and Joyce Carol Oates includes a one-act play in which racial stereotypes are reversed. Among the other writers featured in the collection are Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Susan Straight, Mary Morris, and Beverly Lowry. A groundbreaking anthology that reveals surprising insights and hidden truths to a subject too often clouded by misperceptions and easy assumptions, Skin Deep is a major contribution to understanding our culture.

Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race

Politics & Social Sciences

Golden, Marita

Social Sciences

Anchor

Treating a bacterial outbreak that is threatening the children of small-town Meridian, a visiting pediatrics resident is confronted by local hostilities and solves a devastating family mystery. 20,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo. Tour.

The Visiting Physician

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Plum & Jaggers

Joshua T. Bates in Trouble Again

Trout and Me

Under the Watsons' Porch

Trout and Me

Under the Watsons' Porch

The Bad Dreams of a Good Girl

The Train Home

Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race

The Visiting Physician