When she is abandoned by her alcoholic mother, high school senior Ruby winds up living with Cora, the sister she has not seen for ten years, and learns about Cora's new life, what makes a family, how to allow people to help her when she needs it, and that she too has something to offer others.

Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons.

During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in their attempts to succeed at farming on the South Dakota prairie.

Henty gives us another action-packed story of a fictional boy during fascinating periods in history. In this adventure, he accompanies Sir Francis Drake, revealing the perilous life lived by this sixteenth-century privateer.

The pout-pout fish believes he only knows how to frown, even though many of his friends suggest ways to change his expression, until one day a fish comes along that shows him otherwise.

Madeline, smallest and naughtiest of the twelve little charges of Miss Clavel, wakes up one night with an attack of appendicitis.

Presents five of the author's most popular novels.

"Jason Whittaker tracks down the villainous Mr. Grote to London and discovers an ominous plot that could endanger the leaders of the free world. With the help of some old friends, will he unravel it in time? Back in Odyssey, Eugene Meltsner and Red Holland tell the story of a World War I hero-- Sergeant Alvin York. And Penny Wise's plan to promote Connie Kendall's wedding planning business dramatically backfires when an invitation is sent out featuring...

Pinkalicious loves pink, from pink cupcakes to pink flowers. Join Pinkalicious as she embarks on five grand adventures.