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The Ashwater Experiment

by Koss, Amy Goldman

Twelve-year-old Hillary, who has traveled across the country all her life with her parents who sell crafts, finds herself facing a stay of nine whole months in...

The Wild Kid

by Mazer, Harry

Twelve-year-old Sammy, who is mildly retarded, runs away from home and becomes a prisoner of Kevin, a wild kid living in the woods.

Mary on Horseback

Three Mountain Stories

by Wells, Rosemary & McCarty, Peter

Tells the stories of three families who were helped by the work of Mary Breckinridge, the first nurse to go into the Appalachian Mountains and give medical car...

A Year with Butch and Spike

by Gauthier, Gail

Upon entering the sixth grade, straight-A student Jasper falls under the spell of the dreaded, irrepressible Cootch cousins.

The Window

by Dorris, Michael

When ten-year-old Rayona's Native American mother enters a treatment facility, her estranged father, a Black man, finally introduces her to his side of the fam...

Wringer

by Spinelli, Jerry

As Palmer comes of age, he must either accept the violence of being a wringer at his town's annual Pigeon Day or find the courage to oppose it.

Treehouse Tales

by Isaacs, Anne & Bloom, Lloyd

Three chapters relate the experiences and adventures of three 1880s Pennsylvania farm children in their family tree house, which serves as a refuge, a source o...

When Willard Met Babe Ruth

by Hall, Donald Herbert & Moser, Barry

A boy meets the young Babe Ruth and along with his family follows the Babe's long and illustrious career.

Dog Friday

by McKay, Hilary

Ten-year-old Robin Brogan is determined to keep the dog he finds abandoned on the beach from being impounded by the police.

Flip-Flop Girl

by Paterson, Katherine

Uprooted following the death of their father, nine-year-old Vinnie and her five-year-old brother, Mason, cope in different ways--one in silence--but both with ...