autobiographical fiction

Twelve-year-old Donnie takes the train to visit his grandparents on the farm at Eagle Pond, where Gramp milks the cows and entertains his grandson by speaking rhymed pieces; Donnie's eyes are drawn to an empty stall that houses a graceful, cobwebby sleigh that no one uses anymore, and when the gifts are exchanged and the remains of the Christmas feast put away, the air becomes heavy with fine snowflakes and everyone wonders, how will Donnie get back to his parents on time.

Villette was Charlotte Bronte's name for Brussels, Belgium. Charlotte, and her sister, Emily, had studied there in 1842, and Charlotte returned in 1843 to teach there for a year. She hoped the experience would help her to set up a school in her home town of Haworth in Yorkshire, England. Eventually she wrote a novel, with fictional characters, about her time in Brussels.

"In this semi-autobiographical picture book, author Patricia MacLachlan relates what it might take to grow up to become a writer"--Provided by publisher.

Identical twins Ronde and Tiki Barber's excitement over the approaching state championship football game turns to worry when there is a chicken pox outbreak at Hidden Valley Junior High.

Paul-Edward, the son of a part-Indian, part-African slave mother and a White plantation owner father, finds himself caught between the two worlds of his parents as he pursues his dream of owning land in the aftermath of the Civil War.

"Derek is sure this will be the best season yet! He has it all planned-his dad will have him start at shortstop, and the team will cruise to a championship. But sometimes life doesn't go according to plan."--Provided by publisher.

"Mark Kelly and his twin brother are back for more outer space adventure, this time fixing up an abandoned Apollo command module and taking off to rescue a Russian cosmonaut who is stranded in space"--Provided by publisher.

An autobiographical novel featuring Lele Pons trials and tribulations of high school in Miami, Florida.

"Mark Kelly and his twin brother are back for more outer space adventure, this time fixing up an abandoned Apollo command module and taking off to rescue a Russian cosmonaut who is stranded in space"--Provided by publisher.

When some of the older kids get on Amar'e for not being able to dunk, he sets a goal to make that happen soon, but when Amar'e's playing time is put on hold, he'll have to come to terms with all of the other things he's been neglecting.