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The Glory Field

Follows a family's two-hundred year history, from the capture of an African boy in the 1750s through the lives of his descendants, as their dreams and circumstances lead them away from and back to the small plot of land in South Carolina that they call the Glory Field.

Losing Joe's place

Jason and his two friends move into Jason's brother's apartment and manage to wreak havoc in it during one funny and memorable summer.

Toning the sweep

On a visit to her grandmother Ola, who is dying of cancer in her house in the desert, fourteen-year-old Emmie hears many stories about the past and her family history.

More tales for the midnight hour

A collection of thirteen frightening stories.

This strange new feeling

The horror of slavery, particularly for women, the excitement and terror of escape, and the problems of the newly free are dramatized in three stories based on actual historical incidents.

Prom dress

1989
Robin is too poor to buy a new dress for the prom. Then she finds a perfect dress in her mysterious employer's house. She "borrows" it to wear to the prom and dances into a nightmare.

Looking for JJ

2005
Three children walked away from the cottages on the edge of town toward Berwick Waters. Later that day, only two of them came back. . . . Alice Tully knows exactly what happened that spring day six years ago, though it's still hard for her to believe it. She'll never be able to forget, even though she's trying to lead a normal life?she has a job, friends, and a boyfriend whom she adores. But Alice's past is dangerous, and violent, and sad . . . and it's about to rip her new life apart. Includes a reader's guide.

Sister dearest

1991
Vicki just wants to haave fun, fun, fun. She won't listen to her sister, brother, or best friend. If she keeps going it will cost her dearly!.

The karate kid, part III

1989
When Daniel returns to California after winning the All-Valley Championship in karate, he finds his old enemies are waiting to fight him.

Up country

1991
When his mother's drinking problem causes him to spend several months with country relatives in upstate Wisconsin, sixteen-year-old Carl begins to build a new life for himself, only to see it threatened by a serious mistake. ..

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