Three original stories in which a boy and a cat change places, a young man learns the price of selfishness, and an invisible princess finds herself.

A 2003 Newbery Award winner for his book Crispin : The Cross of Lead, Avi is one of the foremost children's and young adults' authors read in the classroom toda

One in a million. Yes, that’s how rare it is to have so many write-about-reading strategies so beautifully put to use. Each year Leslie Blauman guides her stu

A story about a headstrong fourteen-year-old girl determined to control her own destiny and become a young teacher.

Driven from their impoverished Irish village, fifteen-year-old Maura and her younger brother meet their landlord's runaway son in Liverpool while all three wait