As fifteen-year-old Devon begins mid-year at a new prestigious prep school, he is plagued by compulsions such as the need to sort things into groups of four.
Evan Birch's steady life as a husband, father, and professor of philosophy is ruined when he is wrongfully accused of kidnapping a local high school cheerleader.
As fifteen-year-old Devon begins mid-year at a new prestigious prep school, he is plagued by compulsions such as the need to sort things into groups of four.
Twelve-year-old Andrew, who has attention deficit disorder, is adopted by new parents after years of other foster homes and desperately hopes that he will not mess up the situation.
Describes experiments in which apes and dolphins have been taught aspects of human language and discusses the contributions of these experiments to our understanding of animal intelligence.
In 1919 New Hampshire, Jeremy "Trouble" Chance leaves home after a disagreement with his father, heading off to Boston to meet the ship bringing his brother home from World War I, and discovers his potential to be more than just a troublemaker.
In the summer of 1954, eleven-year-old Jesse James MacLean contracts polio, but with a friend's help and despite his unsympathetic father, he finds ways to prove that his spirit is still strong.
