Gracie, a poor eleven-year-old girl whose life begins to mysteriously change when Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to her island, is shocked to learn that the fallen emperor--the monster in the frightening stories she has heard all her life--is her benefactor.
Carmen decides to discard an old pair of jeans, but Tibby, Lena, and Bridget think they are great and decide that whoever the pants fit best will get them. When the jeans fit everyone perfectly, a sisterhood and a memorable summer begin.
Presents a fact-based novel that explores the experiences of Sofia, a young girl from southern Africa who must struggle to rebuild her life after losing her legs in a land mine explosion.
Collects four novels by Judy Blume, including "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret,"in which a girl in the sixth grade struggles with questions of religion and identity as she enters adolescence.
Twelve year-old Vicki Van Meter tells the story of how she learned to fly, going on to become the youngest female pilot ever to make a transcontinental flight across the United States, and how she became an international celebrity by flying from the United States via Iceland to Scotland in a single-engine airplane.
Excerpts from the diaries of seven American women authors of the nineteenth century, and the influence of their personal writing on their public writing.
Margaret Ann Motley has always wanted a room of her very own, but when her English cousin Courtney moves in with Margaret's family to escape the blitz, Margaret loses her only chance of having her own room and begins to resent Courtney, until she realizes how difficult Courtney's own life has been.
Deuce attempts to raise an army and lead the refugees of Salvation to safety, after the town was destroyed by a horde of Freaks, and along the way, she tries to help Fade recover from post-traumatic stress disorder.
