Mary Lou Finney grudgingly begins writing a journal as a summer project for school. Then her cousin Carl Ray comes to stay, and what started out as a dull assignment quickly becomes an amazing record of first love and family intrigue. Mary Lou’s hilarious observations on love, death, and the confusing mechanics of holding hands will delight fans of ‘Walk Two Moons.’.
Category: Social Science and Family
Wringer
A boy’s tenth birthday marks an event he would rather ignore: the day that he is ready to take his place as a ‘wringer’ at the annual family fest, Pigeon Day. When an unwanted visitor–in the form of a trusting pigeon–arrives on his window sill, the boy realizes that it is a sign to stand up for what he believes..
Walk Two Moons
On a long car trip from Ohio to Idaho, 13-year-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle regales her grandparents with a story about her friend Phoebe, who receives a message from a potential lunatic and must cope with the disappearance of her mother. Beneath Phoebe’s story is Sal’s own–and her seach for her own mother who left for Idaho one sunny morning and never returned. 1995 Newery Medal winner. ALA Notable Children’s Book of 1995. School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, 1994. 1995 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts..
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Journey to Jo’Burg : A South African Story
A Taste of Blackberries
The Pinballs
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
Stone Fox
Ten-year-old Willy needs to win the big dog-sled race in order to pay the back taxes on his grandfather’s farm–but that means beating the huge Indian mountain man, Stone Fox. ‘Gardiner’s description of the race and sudden climax (based on legend) is fast-paced and enveloping.’–‘School Library Journal. New York Times’ Outstanding Children’s Book..