In Brooklyn in the summer not so long ago grown-ups always had someplace to be or some kind of work to do, but the minute ..
I didn’t want to turn to see if anybody was looking at me, but I couldn’t help it and I saw Mama ..
It was the day of the big race. Jim was excited. He loved race day. The animals headed to the starting ..
In Grandfather’s workshop the fire was already crackling inside the brick stove. Later, it would ..
The lion sleeps. He dreams he is in a field of flowers. The flowers are as big as the sun. The flowers ..
Katie laid the thick book on the floor, and everyone knelt for a closer look. The dictionary was a tattered ..
A man climbed aboard with a spotted dog. CJ gave up his seat. “How come that man can’t see?” ..
A big concern was how to keep marchers safe. Rustin worked with Washington’s police chief. A vast ..
“I will be brave” thought Despereaux. “I will try to be brave like a knight in the shining ..
Mickey and his dad were the first to arrive at Eddie Murray Field for the Blue Jays game. The sight of the old ballpark, ..
YOU are deep below the streets of Paris, France, in the twisting network of tunnels known as the Paris ..
The Sheltons followed Danny down toward the gym floor. When Cam and Eric got to the bottom, Eric said, ..
Emily was the door holder. My friend Michael who never ties his shoes was the line leader. The art room ..
We believe in luck. The good kind and the cruel. The kind that graces and the kind that cripples. The kind ..
The machine was ready. After so many months of preparation, the work was finally complete: The motor ..
I’m in the water. Only my eyes are visible, and I blow bubbles. To ensure the rest of me stays ..
Here Is My Beginning, Head down, sunglasses and mask on, baseball cap pulled low, I grabbed what was on the grocery ..
Chapter One Nate I’d recited this blah script more than fifty times. “Welcome to the Zombie ..
1 AT THE START OF EVERY SCHOOL year Mom and Dad try to get me all pumped up by saying things like “it’s ..
THIS LAND Under the crust of that part of the earth called the United States of America are buried the bones, ..
Richard is watching the clock above the whiteboard. Four minutes until his weekend officially begins. ..
“Mother,” I say, “Uncle Ralphie says he’ll hire me and Frankie to work at the store ..
Nikki isn’t playing right. She’s holding her paddle wrong and she isn’t keeping her eye on the ball. ..
