Quick view Coolies by Yin Inspired by actual events, this story reveals the harsh truth about life for the Chinese railroad workers in 1865, while celebrating their perseverance and bravery. View Details
Quick view The Heart of a Chief by Joseph Bruchac Sixth-grader Chris is selected at school to lead a project about different sports teams with Indian names. At home, on the Penacook reservation, the Indians are divided about building a casino. It would destroy the beautiful island Chris thinks of as... View Details
Quick view The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsmith like their father in this exciting tale of ancient Egyptian mystery and intrigue. A Newbery Honor Book. View Details
Quick view The Eath Under Sky Bear's Feet by Joseph Bruchac A retelling of twelve tales from various North American Indian cultures describing how Sky Bear, the Big Dipper, sees the earth from the sky. View Details
Quick view The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli A handicapped boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King. View Details
Quick view The Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel This ALA Notable Book is a powerful novel about two best friends in pre-World War II Austria--one of Nazi influence, the other Jewish--and has surprising truths to tell about individual acts of bravery and love in the face of mass betrayal. View Details
Quick view The Curse of the Gloamglozer by Paul Stewart Quint arrives in Sanctaphrax at the request of Linius Pallitax, the Most High Academe, who needs an apprentice he can trust to carry out a series of highly important tasks. Just how important, Quint is about to find out as he and Linius's daughter,... View Details
Quick view The Black Stallion's Sulky Colt by Walter Farley A racing accident resulting in a frightened horse and an injured driver leads Alec Ramsey and Henry Dailey to try harness racing, working a son of the Black toward the Hambletonian. View Details
Quick view The Black Stallion's Blood Bay Colt by Walter Farley Driver-in-training Tom Messenger gets the chance of a lifetime--to race Bonfire, the second son of the Black Stallion. But does an untried kid like Tom have what it takes to make the colt a champion? View Details
Quick view The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley Alec and the Black are torn apart when an Arab sheik appears and claims the prize stallion as his own. But after a dramatic adventure in the Arabian highlands, boy and horse are reunited, never to be separated again. View Details
Quick view The Black Stallion Challenged! by Walter Farley Alec Ramsey and the Black are training for a big race when they suddenly face a new challenger: Flame, the red stallion being ridden by Steve Duncan. What Alec and Steve don't know is that Flame and the Black have met before--and despise one another. View Details
Quick view The Black Stallion and the Girl by Walter Farley As the success of Hopeful Farm has increased their workload, Alec and Henry hire Pam Athena, who seems to work well with the horses. Even Black, usually wary of strangers, is surprisingly calm around her. And it's not long before Alec himself falls... View Details