Lucky, age ten, can’t wait another day. The meanness gland inher heart and the crevices full of questions in her brain makerunning away from Hard Pan, California (population 43), therock-bottom only choice she has. It’s all Brigitte’s fault–for wanting to go back to France.Guardians are supposed to stay put and look after girls in theircare! Instead Lucky is sure that she’ll be abandoned to someorphanage in Los Angeles where her beloved dog, HMS Beagle, won’tbe allowed. She’ll have to lose her friends Miles, who lives oncookies, and Lincoln, future U.S. president (maybe) and member ofthe International Guild of Knot Tyers. Just as bad, she’ll have togive up eavesdropping on twelve-step anonymous programs where theinteresting talk is all about Higher Powers. Lucky needs herown–and quick. But she hadn’t planned on a dust storm. Or needing to lug the world’s heaviest survival-kit backpack intothe desert.
One day, thirteen-year-old jessie Bollier is earning penniesplaying his fife on the docks of New Orleans; the next, he iskidnapped and thrown aboard a slave ship, where his job is toprovide music while shackled slaves "dance" to keep their musclesstrong and their bodies profitable. As the endless voyagecontinues, Jessie grows increasingly sickened by the greed,brutality, and inhumanity of the slave trade, but nothing prepareshim for the ultimate horror he will witness before his nightmareends -- a horror that will change his life forever.
From the moment young Egan arrives in Instep for the annualfair, he is entranced by the fable surrounding the misty peakof Kneeknock Rise: On stormy nights when the rain drives harshand cold, an undiscovered creature raises its voice and moans.Nobody knows what it is—nobody has ever dared to try to find outand come back again. Before long, Egan is climbing the Rise to findan answer to the mystery.
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steelpole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched beforehim are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie thewounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may oneday fall and bury his home. M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, oneday, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it -- two strangers aremaking their way toward Sarah's Mountain. One has the ability tomake M.C.'s mother famous. And the other has the kind of freedomthat M.C. has never even considered.
When she is caught in the backseat of a car with her olderbrother's best friend--Deanna Lambert's teenage life is changedforever. Struggling to overcome the lasting repercussions and thestifling role of "school slut," she longs to escape a life definedby her past. With subtle grace, complicated wisdom and strikingemotion, Story of a Girl reminds us of our human capacityfor resilience, epiphany and redemption.
Now in a digest-sized paperback, DiCamillo's beloved NewberyHonor book is the story of 10-year-old India Opal Buloni, whodescribes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and allthe good things that happen to her because of her big ugly dog,Winn-Dixie.
After his motherdivorces his father and remarries, Asa's sharp intellect andcapacity for forgiveness help him deal with the instabilities ofhis new world. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailableedition of this title.
When the great Velázquez was painting his masterpieces at theSpanish court in the seventeenth century, his colors were expertlymixed and his canvases carefully prepared by his slave, Juan dePareja. In a vibrant novel which depicts both the beauty and thecruelty of the time and place, Elizabeth Borton de Trevi?o tellsthe story of Juan, who was born a slave and died an accomplishedand respected artist. Upon the death of his indulgent mistressin Seville, Juan de Pareja was uprooted from the only home he hadknown and placed in the charge of a vicious gypsy muleteer to besent north to his mistress’s nephew and heir, Diego Velázquez, whorecognized at once the intelligence and gentle breeding which wereto make Juan his indispensable assistant and companion—and hislifelong friend. Through Juan’s eyes the reader seesVelázquez’s delightful family, his working habits and the characterof the man, his relations with the shy yet devoted King Philip IVand with his fellow painters, Rubens and Murillo, t
Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal.
In 17th century England, a terrible accident forces orphanedPhilip Marsham to flee London in fear of his life. He signs on witha frigate bound for Newfoundland. But when the ship is seizedmidocean by pirates, Philip is forced to join them on theirmurderous expeditions. This is a classic Newbery Award-winningpirate adventure.
The gripping story of young Karana, who survives by herselffor eighteen years on a deserted island off the Californiacoast.
Joel Goss knows that Little Bub is a special colt, even though he's a runt. And when schoolteacher Justin Morgan asks Joel to break the colt in, Joel is thrilled! Soon word about Little Bub has spread throughout the entire Northeast -- this spirited colt can pull heavier loads than a pair of oxen. And run faster than thoroughbreds! This is the story of the little runt who became the father of the world-famous breed of American horses -- the Morgan.
There is a Welsh legend about a harp of gold, hidden within acertain hill, that will be found by a boy and a white dog withsilver eyes -- a dog that can see the wind. Will Stanton knewnothing of this when he came to Wales to recover from a severeillness. But when he met Bran, a strange boy who owned a white dog,he began to remember. For Will is the last-born of the Old Ones,immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil,the Dark. And it is Will's task to wake-with the golden harp -- thesix who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hillsto prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light. 《灰国王》是美国著名儿童文学作家苏珊·库珀的力作《黑暗蔓延》魔幻系列的第四部。该系列深受各国小读者欢迎，被誉为媲美哈利·波特的魔幻大作。而本书更是获得了美国纽伯瑞文学奖金奖。 故事发生在威尔士。患了一场大病后，威尔被母亲送到威尔士乡下亲戚家去休养。他在
Nhamo's mother is dead, and her father is gone. She is avirtual slave in her small African village. Before her twelfthbirthday, Nhamo learns that she must marry a cruel man with threeother wives--and decides desperately to run away. Alone on theriver, in a stolen boat, she is swept into the uncharted heart of agreat lake. There, she battles drowning, starvation, and wildanimals, and comes to know Africa's mystical, luminous spirits.Nancy Farmer's masterful storytelling makes this a trulyspellbinding novel--and readers will be cheering for Nhamo frombeginning to end. A gripping adventure, equally a survival storyand a spiritual voyage.Nhamo is a stunning creation--while sheserves as a fictional ambassador from a foreign culture, she issupremely human. An unforgettable work. --Publishers Weekly,starred review
In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for their family. "Keep up your courage, Sarah Noble," her mother had said, but Sarah found that it was not always easy to feel brave inside. The dark woods were full of animals and Indians, too, and Sarah was only eight! The true story of Sarah's journey is inspiring. And as she cares for her father and befriends her Indian neighbors, she learns that to be afraid and to be brave is the greatest courage of all.
DAVID IS ONLY trying to be cool when he helpssome of the popular kids steal Old Lady Bayfield’s cane. But whenthe plan backfires, he’s the one the “old witch” curses. Now Davidcan’t seem to do anything right. Is it the Bayfield curse at work?Or is David simply turning into a total loser?
