No Vacancy

No Vacancy

Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn’t eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman’s dream, but at least it’s an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the...
Prisoner and the Writer

Prisoner and the Writer

In 1895 a prisoner watches the ocean through the bars of his cell. Accused of betraying France, Captain Alfred Dreyfus is exiled to a prison on Devil’s Island, far from his wife and children. It’s a horrible fate — but what if he’s innocent? Seven thousand miles away,...
Sunny Days Inside

Sunny Days Inside

Ordered to shelter in place, children living in the same apartment building must cope with strange new rules and extended time at home with parents and siblings. And they survive brilliantly, each in their own way. Twin boys researching prehistoric peoples embrace...
Mud City

Mud City

Parvana’s best friend, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France. This is the dream that has sustained her through the...
Clear Skies

Clear Skies

Clear Skies takes place during the very hot summer of 1961 when the Space Race was well underway but no one had yet stepped onto the Moon. Eleven-year-old Arno Creelman asks all kinds of big questions about the universe. He is sure that being an astronomer will be his...