Two bothers, Damian and Anthony, are unwittingly caught up in atrain robbery during Britain's countdown to join the Euro. Suddenlyfinding themselves with a vast amount of cash, the boys have justone glorious, appalling dilemma how to spend it in the few daysbefore it becomes worthless. Torn between the vices of buying amillion pizzas and the virtues of ending world poverty, the boyssoon discover that being rich is a mug's game. For not only is theclock ticking the bungling bank robbers are closing in. Pizzas orWorld Peace, what would you choose?
Summer has a magic all its own in Elizabeth Enright's belovedstories about two children and their discovery of a ghostlylakeside resort. These two modern classics are once again availablein Odyssey/Harcourt Young Classic editions, but now with handsomenew cover art by Mary GrandPre to complement Beth and Joe Krush'soriginal interior illustrations.