If Arthur and Buster cannot find a way to get Francine and the Brain to stop fighting, their soccer team will never make it to the playoffs. Illustrations. ...

Marc Brown's chapter book series starring Arthur continues as he and his friends try to adjust to having a new soccer coach. Illustrations. ...

Aruna's Journeys -- Novel for ages 8-12. Winner, 1998 Skipping Stones Award for Multicultural Books. One of only a few available novels dealing with Indian-American children. "Should be in every school and library." - Multicultural Review. "Puts many Indian traditions into a twentieth-century perspective, something rarely seen in children's literature today." - Booklist. ...

Luke Bledsoe is a talented pitcher, and a left-handed whiz. But his father, the town preacher, believes baseball is a game of the devil and the left side is Satan's tool. Will Luke fulfill his dreams or lose his family? An ALA Best Book for Young Adults, 1999 IRA Children's Book Award, and BCCB Blue Ribbon Book. ...

Twelve-year-old Ron Baker finds a mini-bike while scuba diving and, with the help of a former motorcycle rider and racer, restores the bike and enters competition. ...

Two girls--one black, one white--journey into their uncertain futures at the end of the Civil War. ...

Sarah "Scoop" Coop's life revolves around her horse, Orphan, and the stability of the family stable business. Scoop learns major coming-of-age lessons as she learns to rely on God. ...

Sarah "Scoop" Coop's life revolves around her horse, Orphan, and the stability of the family stable business. Scoop learns major coming-of-age lessons as she learns to rely on God. ...

Kirsten, a pioneer girl of strength and spirit who settles on the frontier. You'll see some things about growing up have changed, while others--like families friendship, and feelings--haven't changed at all. ...

Rebecca becomes more keenly aware of the responsibilities of being an adult. A successful young businessman now moves deeper into her everyday conversation and thought. What does the future hold for both of them? ...