When Matt and Abby go to live with Great-Aunt Gerda in SierraMadre Canyon after their mother dies, Matt is put off at first bythe life-size wooden dolls whom Aunt Gerda talks to and calls her"children." However, when someone vandalizes the dolls and twoar
Many people believe Hitler was the personification of evil. In this Sibert Medal-winning biography, James Cross Giblin penetrates this façade and presents a picture of a complex person—at once a brilliant, influential politician and a deeply disturbed
Compassionate and arresting, this exploration of three major diseases that have changed the course of history—the bubonic plague, smallpox, and AIDS—chronicles their fearsome death toll, their lasting social, economic, and political implications, and
Each of these stories is original, each is by a noted author for young adults, and each honestly portrays its subject and theme--growing up gay or lesbian, or with gay or lesbian parents or friends. Includes:"Michael's Little Sister" / C. S. Adler"Dancing
