M.E. Kerr, real name Marijane Meaker, has published over fifty books under various pen names for the children's, young-adult, mystery and adult community. She began writing young adult novels at the urging of Louise Fitzhugh, author of Harriet the Spy. Her first, Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! was an ALA Notable Book of the year. If I Love You Am I Trapped Forever? was named Children’s Book of the Year by Child Study Association. Kerr also had ...
The hilarious and touching story of Addie Agnew, who seeks to uncover the secret of her mother's mysterious death, “Secret Lives” is also a brilliant portrait of 1930s New Orleans, down to street cars and radio mysteries. Wonderful portrait of a historical New Orleans that has long been gone. Tie into the revived interest in literary mysteries in the YA world. This touching and thrilling mystery about family is a natural for mother-daughter ...
It’s their last summer before college, and Jaret and Peggy have fallen deeply in love. They exchange love letters, have pet names, and spend hours alone in their special clearing in the woods. For once, life is perfect. But Jaret and Peggy live in Gardener’s Point, a small town a hundred miles from New York City, and a place where girls only date boys. In Gardener’s Point, being different isn’t easy ...
Lila Perl has published over sixty volumes of fiction and nonfiction for young readers. In addition to the successful Fat Glenda series, Perl has twice been received American Library Association Notable awards for nonfiction. Perl is also a prominent writer on the holocaust, and is the recipient of the Sidney Taylor Award for Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story. This is the first installment of the “Fat Glenda” series which follows the hilar ...
Set against a 1950s-era backdrop of James Dean billboards and jukeboxes blasting Elvis,Ellen Conford’s classic road adventure follows fifteen-year-old Sylvie as she leaves her foster home in New Jersey chasing dreams of celluloid stardom. Sylvie soon learns, however, that life isn’t like the movies as she ends up broke and alone. ...
Kids who have lived with the chaos of addiction are often relieved, but just as often confused, when a parent enters recovery. This enlightening picture book explores the positive change in a family's life after Daddy enters recovery with a surprisingly light touch for a tough subject. Fully illustrated, with predictive rhyming text for emergent readers, Daddy Goes to Meetings helps kids see just why a parent needs meetings, and addresses t ...
When Denby, an abandoned golden retriever, is rescued by Santa in the Nevada desert on Christmas Eve, he knows he has found the perfect family. But over the months between one Christmas and the next, Denby finds himself again and again doing what he has been told not to do. Is it magic? Are his actions somehow tied to the injury he had when Santa found him? Or is he just a bad dog? With the help of a reindeer, some elves, and Santa himself, Denb ...
