Youth Fiction

A story about World War II. During the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, a young Dutch boy's German shepherd proves himself invaluable when his tracking ability saves his young owner's life. One day as Scout was wandering about in the back yard...

When they are invited to spend a few weeks with Uncle Arnie at the seashore, little do Tom, Carl, and Bert realize that they will be staying in the hunting lodge of a medieval castle. Uncle Arnie is quite a storyteller. Soon the boys find their...

Just when things seemed to be settling down, a surprising series of events rocket the five friends along a roller-coaster ride of change. While Emily faces mystery and danger in the rain forests of Suriname, Michael, Buddy, and the others grapple with...

Andi and Riley are together at last--but the adventures don't stop in their happily-ever-after Everyone's favorite frontier heroine, Andi Carter, is back! Only she's Andrea Prescott now, and she and her husband, Riley, are starting their lives...

Charles and Mary Lamb's classic adaptations of Shakespeare's works have made the Bard accessible to millions of children. Believing that children should have access to more than mere morality stories, they set about giving the magnificent, "wild" stories...

Atmospheric woodcuts illustrate this Newbery Award–winning collection of 19 South American folktales. Charles J. Finger heard the tales firsthand from native storytellers, whose fables of talking animals, witches, giants, and ordinary people in...

The Night Heroes, Volume 9 Finally, a much-needed vacation for the Night Heroes! Now if only they could suppress their natural tendency to "notice when things seem off." That wasn't going to happen and unless they were smarter, stronger, and more prayed...

  Strange happenings are afoot in Brenham, Texas, as dogs start showing up at the Lone Star Veterinary Clinic with a Z spray painted on them. The cops blame pranksters, while pet owners are blaming each other. Receptionist Cassidy Carter uses her...

It was the beginning of March, 1572. Four years earlier Martin, along with his father and his father’s dear friend, Boudewyn, who was a blacksmith, had signed up on a Beggars’ ship in Emden . . .  This is reading for Reformed children,...

The Night Heroes, Volume 4 Tears of fear were streaming down Aly’s face. Mine too. Kyle and Black Crow circled each other warily. I knew my brother was strong, really strong, but that knife in Black Crow’s hand was gleaming, and razor sharp...

In Anita Williams’ whimsical fiction, The Captain’s Hat, Pedro and Spud explore the Big River, romp through a wild and tangled green jungle, and discover a huge dark ship half buried in the sand. But all the while, Pedro’s real...

Chebron, the young son of an Egyptian high priest, and Amuba, a young slave in the boy's household, are close friends; but their lives are greatly altered when Chebron accidentally kills a cat, an animal held sacred by the ancient Egyptians. Forced to...