Douglas Deeds, a fifteen-year-old orphan, keeps a journal of his travels by wagon train as a member of the ill-fated Donner Party, which became stranded in the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846-47.
Award-winning novelist Rodman Philbrick challenges the boundaries of time and place in this exciting fantasy. "Harry Potter fans will recognize the misfit hero in a strange, new world." - BooklistArthur Woodbury is tired of being called fat. So he's purch
Twelve-year-old Skiff Beaman's mom just died, and his fisherman dad is too depressed to drag himself off the couch and go to work. So these days Skiff has to take care of everything himself. But when his dad's boat sinks, Skiff discovers it will cost thou
From the author of Freak the Mighty, a stirring tale of an orphan boy with a frightening secret...Joe Dilly has a secret way with horses—and with fire. His kid brother, Roy, knows about both secrets, but he's not telling. Not when he and Joe hire on at
Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina.Zane Dupree is a charismatic 12-year-old boy of mixed race visiting
A solar event knocks out our planet's electricity, and a boy must risk his life to save his sick mother. What would you do if every spark of electricity suddenly vanished, as if somebody had flipped a switch on the entire planet? Cars won't start, the hea
A dramatic, witty Civil War tale from bestselling author Rodman PhilbrickMaster storyteller Rodman Philbrick takes readers on a colorful journey as young Homer Figg sets off to follow his brother into the thick of the Civil War. Through a series of fascin
Young Jason, his little sister and his parents plan to spend the summer in the perfect seaside vacation home--except that in this house, children are not welcome. From the first blast of icy air in the driveway to windows that slam shut like guillotines t
