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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
1913.
Language
English
Description
Written before his masterpiece Peter Pan, J. M. Barrie's novel Sentimental Tommy grapples with a number of the same themes that the author would later so memorably enshrine in his best-known work. Both feature a central character who clings to the vestiges of youth and refuses to grow up -- often with dire consequences.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Upon learning on Christmas Day that their rich and imperious grandmother may soon die and disown the family unless the one who offended her deeply will confess, each of the three Sullivan sisters sets down her offenses on paper.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
1895.
Language
English
Description
This was the third-best selling book in the United States in 1895. It begins:
"Early in the spring of the year 1884, the three-masted schooner Castor, from San Francisco to Valparaiso, was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm, which rose with frightful suddenness, was of short duration, but it left the Castor a helpless wreck. ...
"The Castor was an American merchant-vessel, commanded by Captain
...Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Austin, aware that life is short, asks his best friend and secret love, Kaylee, to take him to visit people and places in and around Tacoma, Washington, so that he can try to make a difference in the time he has left.
Author
Series
Sweet Valley High ; 72
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Andrea Slade hides the fact that her father, Jamie, is a rock star so people will like her for who she is. Of course, Lila and Jessica will stop at nothing to find out her connection to Jamie.
12) Bruce's story
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1990.
Language
English
Description
Cousins Bruce and Roger are put into a competition to become sole heir for their grandfather's estate.
14) Pirate's promise
Author
Publisher
Thomas Y. Crowell Co
Pub. Date
[1958]
Language
English
Description
Overview: Young and orphaned, Tom Pippin has just been sold by his greedy uncle to the captain of a great sailing ship bound for America. Although Tom has been sold into slavery, no one can buy or sell his unwavering spirit. Tom longs to be free on the shores of America, but when a pirate's ship captures his boat, the young boy's life changes forever. Pirate Captain Land and his motley crew of men reveal to Tom all of the secrets - and dangers - of...