Fox, Paula

Eleven-year-old Ned disobeys his parents and sneaks the air rifle his uncle has given him out of the attic to take just one shot, but he is overcome with guilt when a one-eyed cat turns up at an elderly neighbor's woodshed and Ned is sure he is responsible for its sorry condition.

Fifteen-year-old Catherine and her father take their first joint vacation in Nova Scotia and finally get to know each other.

Eleven-year-old Lily has grown closer to her thirteen-year-old brother Paul during the spring their family has spent on the Greek island Thasos, until the unpredictable behavior of another American boy disrupts their lives.

A little boy who can't spell or ever seem to please his parents spends a week with a kooky babysitter and makes a special friend.

A collection of three Italian folktales about a man and his two greedy brothers, five animals who fight their greatest enemy, and a poor mother and son who end up living in luxury.

Eight-year-old Maurice's struggle to protect his bedroom full of treasured "junk" from unsympathetic parents undergoes a transformation when the family moves to the country.

When her father enters the hospital to have open-heart surgery, ten-year-old Emma is sent to Peconic Bay to live with her tormented aunt and finds the experience painful until she meets a friend who suggests making a miniature village in the sand.

An eleven-year-old boy gains new understanding of himself and his father after a trip to Florida with unusual people.

Fifteen-year-old Catherine and her father take their first joint vacation in Nova Scotia and finally get to know each other.

When her father enters the hospital to have open-heart surgery, ten-year-old Emma is sent to Peconic Bay to live with her tormented aunt and finds the experience painful until she makes a miniature village in the sand with her new friend.