Gloria Whelan's National Book Award–winning novel, chronicles the breathtaking story of a remarkable young woman who dares to defy fate. Like many girls her age in India, thirteen–year–old Koly faces her arranged marriage with...

When shy, ten-year-old Lucy comes to live with her aunt and uncle at their mission school, she's surprised at the number of harsh rules and restrictions imposed on the children. Why, she wonders, should the Indians have to do all the ...

Deep in the Alaskan wilds, 9-year-old Rachel dreams of owning and racing a sled dog one day. When her father, who breeds and races huskies, gives her the runt of the litter, Rachel names the puppy Silver and sets out to prove he's a c...

Based on true accounts of the Potawatomi Indians' forced migration fromMichigan territory in 1840, this sequel to Next Spring an Orioleportrays the friendship between two families--one white, one Native American.'An exciting adventure...

In 1913 Russia, twelve-year-old Katya Ivanova eagerly anticipates leaving her St. Petersburg home, though not her older cousin Misha, to join her mother, a lady in waiting in the household of Tsar Nicholas II, but the ensuing years br...

One girl too many . . . When a girl is born to Chu Ju's family, it is quickly determined that the baby must be sent away. After all, the law states that a family may have only two children, and tradition dictates that every family ...

When Mai's family discovers that Vietnam government soldiers will soon apprehend her father and grandmother, the family slips away in the night. They trudge through the swamps of the Mekong Delta toward the sea. The gut-wrenching trip...

When war erupts between England and America in 1812, it brings change and uncertainty—even to Michigan's remote Mackinac Island.For young Mary O'Shea, the hardest change is the departure of her father, who leaves Mackinac to join th...

Illus. in black-and-white. 'Nine-year-old Hannah, living on a farm in 1887Michigan, is referred to as 'poor Hannah' because she is blind. In this briefhistorical novel, Hannah tells of a turning point in her life when Miss Robbin,the...

Historical fiction with a wicked twist. Listening for Lions is a breathtaking story of tragedy, deception, and triumph against all odds. National Book Award–winning author Gloria Whelan sets this richly historical coming–of–age ...

The woods of southern Michigan are getting crowded so Libby Mitchell and her family load up their wagon and move north to the shores of Lake Michigan, where Libby discovers she is right next to the Indian camp where her friend Fawn li...

In 1837 ten-year-old Libby and her parents journey by covered wagon to the Michigan frontier, where they make themselves a new home near friendly Indians and other pioneers.

Kindness has incredible consequences in this compelling novel set in colonial India from a "master storyteller" (Publishers Weekly) and National Book Award-winning author.It is India, 1918, six months after the end of World ...

Silvia's brother, Eduardo, has Disappeared, and she won't stop fighting until she finds him. Norberto, the general's son, is just foolish enough to help. He'll fall in love with her, and then he'll ask his father to set Eduardo free. ...